Day 2 - August 21, 2025
About this Stage
Welcome to Day 2 of WorldShift: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit
On this page you will find all of the Worldshift presentations scheduled for August 21st.
Stage Schedule
Weaving Plot, Character, and Theme for Powerful Storytelling ✨
K. M. Weiland
Award-winning and Internationally Published Author, Helping Writers Become Authors
Narrative Distance for Cutting-Edge Fantasy
Megan Sells
Acquisitions Manager and Developmental Editor, Atmosphere Press
The Moment It All Goes Wrong: Crafting a Compelling Inciting Incident
Kerry Savage
Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach and co-founder of Shadows & Secrets
Adding Emotionally Resonant Romance to Your Speculative Fiction
Trisha Jenn Loehr
Book Coach and Developmental Editor
Write It Ugly: Dismantling Perfectionism to Finish the Damn/Darn Book
Brooke Black
Founder + Senior Editor, Blackbear Communications
It's Nuts Out There: Holding Space for Creativity and Inspiration in the Chaos
Laura Matney
Book Coach, The Writers Life, LLC
Deepening Reader Engagement Through Emotional & Sensory Detail
Sharon Skinner
Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach & Freelance Editor, Book Coaching by Sharon
Write in Spite of Imposter Syndrome
Margaret McNellis
Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach & Novelist
Traditional vs Self-Publishing in Today's Market (Show Me the Money!)
Rachael Herron
Novelist, Memoirist, Host of Ink in Your Veins
