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Welcome to When Words Collide 2024!

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Live Action Slush - Romance
Saturday August 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Fairview
Bring the first page of your romance manuscript to be anonymously read aloud and receive feedback from our panel of editors. (Please indicate the genre at the top of the page.)
Moderators
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Joy Norstrom

Joy Norstrom (she/her) is a fiction writer and social worker residing in Treaty 7 Territory. She writes for both children (Marjorie Magic, 2023) and adult audiences (Flying the Nest, 2020; Out of Play, 2016). Her stories feature current social issues while exploring themes of identify... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman is a story coach, international speaker, and co-author of the bestselling book, The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, and its many sequels. Available in nine languages, her guides are sourced by universities, recommended by agents and editors... Read More →
avatar for Shelley Kassian

Shelley Kassian

Bestselling author Shelley Kassian has been writing timeless love stories filled with romance or dark fantasy (romantasy) for more than twenty years, novels that include her recent true love story, A Mountain Leads Home, which is loosely based on her daughter and son-in-law. A history... Read More →
avatar for Trisha Jenn Loehr

Trisha Jenn Loehr

Trisha Jenn Loehr is a romance writer and Author Accelerator-certified book coach who helps busy women who want to write romance novels without guilt or shame prioritize their writing, develop their craft, and find joy in the journey toward their publishing dreams. Connect with her... Read More →
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Katie O’Connor

Katie O'Connor is a sweet contemporary romance author who resides in Calgary, Alberta. She has over 30 published titles including an author career planning workbook. She has been traditionally and independently published. She is a writing mentor as well as a romance acquisitions editor... Read More →
Saturday August 17, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Fairview
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