Superstars Writing Seminars 2025: Full Schedule

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8:45am MST

A New Take on Raising the Stakes

Friday February 7, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST

Once you understand—more accurately—the relationship between plot and stakes, you can create and raise them more easily and effectively.

Speakers

September C. Fawkes

September C. Fawkes works as a freelance editor and writing instructor and is best known for her award-winning writing tip blog, SeptemberCFawkes.com. She has edited for award-winning and best-selling authors as well as beginning writers. For seven years she worked with David Farland... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST
Manitou

Session

10:00am MST

Avoiding the Sophomore Novel Slump

Friday February 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST

Manitou

Master the art of writing on deadline and avoiding the dreaded "sophomore novel slump"

Speakers

Jennifer Brody

Jennifer Brody (a/k/a Vera Strange) is a Bram Stoker Award Finalist and the author of A SACRIFICE OF BLOOD & STARS, DISNEY CHILLS, THE 13TH CONTINUUM trilogy, STAR WARS: STORIES OF JEDI AND SITH, and SPECTRE DEEP 6, prompting Forbes to call her “a star in the graphic novel worl... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Manitou

Session

11:15am MST

TribeTalks: “Ted Talk” Style Presentations from Tribe

Friday February 7, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST

Manitou

Critical Community: How to Build an Excellent Critique Group (presented by Elise Stephens)
Harnessing Your “Starter” energy to become a “Finisher” (presented by C.L. Fors)
East Meets West: Exploring the Fusion of Storytelling Traditions (presented by Sammie Trinidad)

Moderators

Joshua Essoe

Joshua Essoe is a full-time editor who’s edited for NYT bestsellers, like David Farland and Piers Anthony, along with hundreds of independents. His books on writing, funded in just hours on Kickstarter cover the most-common issues he sees in fiction writing. Find him teaching at... Read More →

Speakers

C.L. Fors

CL Fors, Cherrie Lynn to her friends, is an author, illustrator, and publisher hailing from the California desert where she lives with her author husband, four clever children, and a small menagerie of creatures. She is a recent Illustrators of the Future winner and author of the... Read More →

Elise Stephens

Elise Stephens (she/her) writes stories influenced by the themes of family, memory, and finding hope after a devastating loss. She also draws inspiration from her love for theater and a globetrotting childhood. She is a first-place winner of Writers of the Future (2019) and a finalist... Read More →

Sammie Trinidad

Sammie Trinidad likes to call herself the "Filipina Wonder Woman" - she even has the cosplay to prove it. Her stories include romance, both in SFF and contemporary, and her stories have been published in League of Utah Writer anthologies and the Eagle Con anthology. The three C's... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST
Manitou

Session

1:45pm MST

Elephants and Elevators: Demystifying Marketing

Friday February 7, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST

Manitou

Focusing on marketing principles and how they apply to self-publishing and indie authors, this class will be an exploration of marketing and how to make it work for you. Advertising is only one small part of marketing and understanding what else it is will help you to be more a more effective promoter.

Speakers

Logan Uber

The Brothers Uber

Logan Uber, author, publisher, and presenter, has more than a decade of marketing and crowdfunding experience. He runs the Brothers Uber, a publishing house with a focus on telling great stories. He holds four master’s degrees and has been a guest lecturer at schools throughout... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Manitou

Session

3:00pm MST

Indie Author Book Services

Friday February 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST

Manitou

TBD

Speakers

Dave Sheets

Indie Author Book Services

Dave Sheets has spent more than 28 years in the publishing industry working with many of the top book publishers, distributors, and printers in the industry, followed by owning a publishing services company working with independent authors. He has served clients in various sales and... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Manitou

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