The Online Writer's Conference

The Online Writer's Conference is the premiere digital writing conference in the world. Join us to learn everything you need to know about how to write, submit, and publish the best book of your life... and it's absolutely free.

We are hosting this virtual writers’ conference on Saturday April 18th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) and April 19th from 9 am to 4 pm with many of your favorite writers, editors, agents, and publishers, with special guests Jonas Saul (Sarah Roberts), Jody Lynn Nye (MythAdventures), Joe Biel and Elly Blue (Microcosm Publishing), Kaja and Phil Foglio (Girl Genius), and Tanya Del Rio (Sabrina the Teenage Witch).

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Day 1

10 am PDT/1 pm EDT - Mindset and Pre-writing with Debra Eckerling, Dr. Debra Holland, and Sean McLachlan

11 am PFT/ 2 pm EDT - Structure and Pacing with Ethan Ransom and Craig Miller

12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT - Keynote Conversation with Tania Del Rio

1 pm PDT/4 pm EDT - Dialogue and Character with Raven Oak and Pat Shand

2 pm PDT/5 pm EDT - Setting and World Building with RJ Blain and Arthur Slade

3 pm PDT/6 pm EDT - Keynote Conversation with Kaja and Phil Foglio

Day 2

9 am PDT/12 pm EDT - Keynote conversation with Joe Biel and Elly Blue from Microcosm Publishing

10 am PDT/1 pm EDT - Revision and Editing with Barbra Dillon and Leah Lederman

11 am PDT/ 2 pm EDT - Submitting and Publishing with Helga Schier and Elise Capron

12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT - Keynote Conversation with Jonas Saul

1 pm PDT/4 pm EDT - Marketing and the Pitch with Derek Murphy, Sheri Fink, and Desirée Duffy

2 pm PDT/5 pm EDT - Pitfalls of Publishing with Whitney Davis and Neo Edmund

3 pm PDT/6 pm EDT - Keynote Conversation with Jody Lynn Nye

Your hosts

Russell Nohelty

Russell Nohelty is a USA Today Bestselling author and speaker. He’s raised over $170,000 on Kickstarter, built a mailing list of over 25,000 people, and tabled at more than one hundred and fifty events since 2016. Now, he teaches creatives how to lead a complete and successful life through his teaching academy The Complete Creative, www.thecompletecreative.com.

Nicolas Nelson

Nicolas Nelson founded Wordsmith Writing Coaches in 2004 to help international grad students excel in America. WWC added nonfiction book editing and coaching, then genre fiction editing and coaching, then entrepreneurship coaching for authors. Nic’s clients have published coming-of-age, Western, memoir, philosophy, how-to, self-help, short stories, poetry collections, and more. www.wordsmithwritingcoaches.com.

Keynote guests

We are so thrilled with the lineup of incredible keynote speakers we have put together for this show. Each one is a world-class writer who has risen to the top of their genre, and we can't wait for them to inspire and educate you. Click on any image to visit that speaker’s website.

Kaja and Phil Foglio

Kaja and Phil Foglio are a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher team. Together, they won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, and has continued to co-win two Hugo Awards the following years.

Jonas Saul

Jonas Saul is the bestselling author of the Sarah Roberts Series and has written and published over thirty thrillers. After selling more than two million books, he signed with the Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary and Dramatic Rights Management. His recent release is The Immortal Gene, published by Vesuvian Books.

Tania Del Rio

Tania Del Rio is a professional comic book writer and artist who has spent the past 10 years writing and illustrating, primarily for a young audience. Her clients include Archie Comics, Dark Horse, and Marvel; she is best known for her work writing and drawing the 42-issue run of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. She is also the author of the WARREN THE 13TH series published by Quirk Books. She lives in Los Angeles.

Joe Biel and Elly Blue

Joe Biel and Elly Blue comprise 2/5 of the ownership and 2/3 of the management of Microcosm Publishing, a 24-year-old publisher in Portland, Oregon that has sold millions of books. They have also each written around a dozen books and been featured everywhere from Time Magazine to to Democracy Now! to Publisher’s Weekly to fashion magazines in Japan and Korea to the front page of the Oregonian. Together, they produce a weekly podcast.

Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as “spoiling cats.” She lives near Atlanta with three feline overlords, Athena, Minx, and Marmalade; and her husband, author and packager Bill Fawcett. She has published more than 50 books, including collaborations with Anne McCaffrey and Robert Asprin, and over 170 short stories. Her latest books are Rhythm of the Imperium (Baen), Moon Tracks (with Travis S. Taylor, Baen), Myth-Fits (Ace), and Once More, with Feeling, a short book on revising manuscripts (WordFire). She teaches the annual DragonCon Two-Day Writers Workshop in Atlanta, GA, and is a judge for the Writers of the Future Contest.

Other guests

We have an amazing lineup of world-class subject matter experts, USA Today bestselling authors, and more. Click on any image to visit that guest's website.