📣 Attention FICTION AUTHORS! 📣
Plot to Publish: The Fiction Author Summit
Harness Your GENIUS Story Ideas to UNLOCK Unique Fiction that Rocks Your Readers' Emotions!
FREE Online Summit for Fiction Authors!
September 2nd & 3rd, 2025
Confirmed Speakers and Topics:
Your Host: Liesel K. Hill
Liesel Hill is a USA Today Best Selling author of four--yes, that's right FOUR--genres. She specializes in elements of storytelling, especially with how psychology and spirituality intersect with storytelling, and how to communicate emotion effectively on the page.
She hosts the Fiction Story Blueprint podcast and is the founder of the Legendary Fiction Forge, a membership for authors.
Presentation Topics: 5 Mistakes Fiction Authors Make that Interrupt the Emotional Flow of Their Stories and Scenes; The Fiction Author's Survival Guide to AI.
Stacy Juba
Stacy Juba, a seasoned author, freelance developmental editor, and the founder of Shortcuts for Writers, helps authors write better, edit smarter, and get organized.
Presentation Topic: Outline, Hook, and
Tweak Like a Seasoned Author
Jenna Moreci
Jenna Moreci is a bestselling dark fantasy romance and writing craft author, as well as a YouTube sensation with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Presentation topic: Write Romantasy
Like a PRO with Jenna Moreci
Matty Dalrymple
Matty Dalrymple is a suspense, mystery, and thriller author; she also podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author.
Presentation Topic: Indie Publishing Your
Short Fiction
Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Author of 28 books and 12 screenplays, Dawn Greenfield Ireland has led Artistic Origins since 1995, where she coaches, edits, formats, and publishes for other writers.
Presentation Topic: How to Get Organized BEFORE You Start Writing
Lisa M. Lilly
Lisa M. Lilly writes thrillers and detective novels, hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story, and is the author of the Writing As A Second Career books for fiction writers.
Presentation Topic: How to SIMPLIFY Your Fiction Writing for More Joy and Success
Bailey Lang
Dr. Bailey Lang is a book coach, editor, and ghostwriter. At The Writing Desk, she helps authors build sustainable, enjoyable writing practices, taking books from draft to done.
Presentation Topic: Crafting a Sustainable Writing Practice
Miranda Darrow
Miranda Darrow is a freelance fiction editor and #RevPit online revision contest board member and contributing editor.
Presentation Topic: Unputdownable Openings with Miranda Darrow
Romy Sommer
Romy Sommer writes feel-good contemporary romances and works as a story coach and developmental editor.
Presentation Topic: Developing Your Writing Voice
Gala Russ
Gala Russ is a romance author, book coach, and indie-publishing strategist who helps writers finish their novels and confidently navigate the path to publication.
Presentation Topic: Romancing the Subplot with Gala Russ
Dani Fankhauser
Dani Fankhauser is a writing coach and energy healer who helps intuitive writers finish their book while keeping their soul intact.
Presentation Topic: How to Use Intuition to Write a Powerful, Life-Changing Book
Stacy Frazer
Stacy Frazer is an Author Accelerator book coach and hosts The Write It Scared Podcast, helping fiction writers conquer self-doubt and finish the novels they’ve been dreaming about.
Presentation Topic: Mastering Scene Structure: How to Craft Moments That Move Your Story
Kat Caldwell
Kat Caldwell is an Amazon best-selling historical romance author, contemporary fiction author and host of Pencils & Lipstick, a podcast for Indie Authors.
Presentation Topic: Building a Story
Megan Fuentes
Megan Fuentes is a story coach who guides fiction writers in finding the true heart of their story, so they can touch the hearts of their readers.
Presentation Topic: How Scenes Work to Move Your Story Forward & Capture Reader Emotions
Caryn Devincenti
Caryn Devincenti, also The Write Coach, is an Author Accelerator book coach, develop-mental editor, and creative writing teacher who helps fiction writers refine their craft.
Presentation Topic: How Your Characters are Your Treasure
Johnny Worthen
JOHNNY WORTHEN is an award-winning, multiple-genre author, mentor, Utah Writer of the Year, and previous president of the League of Utah Writers.
Presentation Topic: Basic Story Structurer in 3 Acts - Freytag, Crisis, and Climax
Jennifer Larkin
Jennifer Larkin is a certified fiction book coach who helps romance writers untangle their ideas & write stories that resonate.
Presentation Topic: How to Write Backstory Without Boring Your Readers
Beth McMullen
Beth McMullen is an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach, author of multiple published novels, and co-host of the popular writing podcast Writers with Wrinkles.
Presentation Topic: Writing for Middle Grade and YA and How to Fix What You're Stuck On
Karyn Fischer
Karyn Fischer is a certified fiction book coach, former literary agent, and freelance editor.
Presentation Topic: Character Quirks, Personality, and Choices
Meet Your Host!
Liesel Hill is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes across multiple genres, including scifi/fantasy, crime fiction, and historical romance.
She is the founder of 6 Figure Storyteller and the Fiction By Design method of fiction-writing, which includes applying elements of universal human psychology and spiritualism to story, to connect with readers on a subconscious level.
She plans to keep writing and deconstructing stories until they nail her coffin shut. Or the Second Coming happens. Whichever is first. ;D
Summit Hosted by USA Today Best-Selling Author, Liesel Hill.