The genre of crime immediately brings that gruff, scarily intelligent, weight-of-the-world-on-their-shoulders detective to mind. Think Sherlock Holmes, certified workaholic and condescending genius, or Nancy Drew, the immaculate, imaginative, sleuth-prodigy.  

With your host Stephen M. Irwin, co-creator/co-producer of the popular ABC series Harrow, and panelists R.W.R McDonald and J.P. Pomare, we’ll explore the endless ways to put your detective in the limelight and give them the recognition they deserve. 

Creative language can have a profound effect on how people absorb information. Writers who can create clever wordplay will keep readers on their toes and enjoying the work on multiple levels.  

Join host Megan Albany as she discusses weaving witty wordplay into your writing with panelists Natasha Lester, Steve MinOn and Jay Kristoff.  

This event is sponsored by Totally Lit Podcast.

Subtle shifts can help make your writing more nuanced and complex, more memorable, more persuasive. One word change, one shift in perspective, and everything's different. Finding subtlety in your writing is about discovering a balance between explicitness and implicitness, and it can mean the difference between a novel that works and one that falls flat.  

Lori-Jay Ellis discusses the subtle craft of romance with acclaimed authors Nalini Singh, Alli Sinclair and Will Kostakis.