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WriteHive 2025 Recap

| July 21, 2025

July 11-13 was the WriteHive annual online conference for this year, and as I have for the past couple of years, I attended and participated in a bunch of events! On Friday night, I was the interviewer for an interactive fiction Q&A with Livia J. Elliot. This was a fantastic Q&A, with Livia providing a […]

Don’t Forget to Register for the WriteHive 2025 Online Conference!

| July 2, 2025

The WriteHive 2025 Online Conference is coming up on the weekend of July 11-13. If you haven’t already registered, now is a great time to do so! There are a ton of fantastic panels and other events planned for this year, no matter where you are in your writing career. Plus, it’s all online, so […]

WriteHive 2025 Online Conference Registration is Open!

| June 2, 2025

Registration has just opened for the 2025 WriteHive Online Conference, which will be held July 11-13, 2025. There are a ton of fantastic panels and other events planned for this year, no matter where you are in your writing career. Plus, it’s all online, so you can attend (for FREE) from wherever you are! I’ll […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Fashion in Worldbuilding

| February 24, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! The panel on “Fashion in Worldbuilding” talked about the different ways that clothing can be used not only […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Show and Tell

| February 17, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! I watched the panel titled “Show and Tell: What Works and What Writers Get Wrong,” because even after […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Passive Marketing

| February 10, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! Jessica Salina’s presentation, “Passive Marketing: How Authors Can Leverage SEO,” is a brilliantly useful watch for anyone who […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Rooted in Story

| February 3, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! I watched “Rooted in Story: Cultivating the Natural World in Ink” to get some cool ideas on how […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Tackling Procrastination and Creating a Routine

| January 13, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! Amusingly enough, I procrastinated quite a bit on watching “Tackling Procrastination and Creating a Routine.” But once I […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Tarot for Writers

| January 6, 2025

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! I enjoyed Kris Waldherr’s presentation on “Tarot for Writers,” which was a neat look at the ways in […]

WriteHive Online Conference 2024: Marketing Tactics for the Self-Published Author

| December 23, 2024

Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! “Marketing Tactics for the Self-Published Author” was a fantastic panel filled with great information for self-published authors who […]