Angela and I have learned much on our writing journeys and love to pass this knowledge on. If your group is looking for guidance on writing craft, self-publishing, platform building & audience relationships, marketing, managing an author business, and even insight into leveraging foreign rights, we’re happy to help.
We teach online and in person, so if you are looking for a conference or workshop presenter, retreat presenter, or wish to arrange a personal online webinar for your group or organization, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us here.
Our current schedule is below, and our Speaker’s Brochure is available on request.
2024
PlotCon 2024
(December 5th-7th, Online)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Content: Character Creation from a Character Arc Perspective
Registration for this 3-day event is FREE and is open to everyone!
The Storyteller’s Summit (September 23rd-27th, Online)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Content: An Introduction to the Writers Helping Writers Descriptive Thesaurus Collection
Registration for this week-long event is FREE and will be open to everyone starting September 9th.
Writing Romance Mastery Summit (August 19th-23rd, Online)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Content: Mastering Character Emotion
Registration for this week-long event is FREE and will be open to everyone starting August 12th.
ACFW Workshop (August 10th, Online)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Workshop: Showing Hidden Emotion & Subtext
Registration is open to ACFW members. Check here for more details.
When Words Collide Calgary
(August 16th-18th)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Workshops: Emotion Amplifiers & Inner Conflict
Registration is almost full. Visit here to sign up!
WRWA Albuquerque Writing Retreat
(September 4th-7th)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Half-day Workshops: Showing Hidden Emotion & Subtext; Emotional Wounds; Conflict & Stakes
Registration is open to WFWA members. Check here for more details.
Vancouver Romance Writers
(October 19th, Online)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Workshop: Raising the Stakes
Contact Angela for more details.
Storygarden Summit
(Online, March 19th-22nd)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Presentation (March 20th, 4pm ET): First Pages: Tips, Troubleshooting, and Techniques to Make Them Shine
Registration is open to the public! Check here for more details.
2023
Federation of BC Writers Summit
(Online, May 8-13th)
Keynote Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Workshop: Hidden Emotion & Subtext
Additional: Panels, Fireside Chat
Registration is open to the public! Check here for more details.
Apex Writers Group
(Online, July 24th)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Workshop: Hidden Emotion & Subtext: Making Dialogue Crackle with What Isn’t Said
Check here for more details.
When Words Collide Conference
(Calgary, Alberta, August 4-6th)
Special Guest & Keynote Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Master Class: Hidden Emotion & Subtext
Registration will be open to the public. Check here for more details.
Romance Writers Online
(Online, January 28)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Workshop: Using Character Emotion to Wow Readers
Registration is open to the public!
New Jersey Romance Writers
(Online, January 14)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Workshop: Hidden Emotion and Subtext: Making Dialogue Crackle with What Isn’t Said
Registration is open to the public. Link coming soon!
2022
Long Island Romance Writers (Online, November 5, 2022)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada (via Zoom, October 2, 2021)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
North Texas RWA Workshop (Via Zoom, February 20, 2021)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
10MinCon (Online, July 17-19th)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Romance Writers of Australia (Gold Coast, August 13-15th, Online)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
CARWA Workshop (March 17th, 2020 Calgary, Alberta)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
SCBWI Carolinas Online Webinar (April 23, 2020)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
10 Minute Novelist Mini-Con Webinar (May 4th, 2020)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
New Hampshire Romance Writers of America (Online, December 12th)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
WisRWA 2019 Write Touch Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconson, April 5-7, 2019)
Speakers: Becca Puglisi & Angela Ackerman
Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop (Midland, Texas October 12-13th, 2019)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Alaska Writer’s Guild Annual Conference, (Anchorage, Alaska September 21 & 22, 2018)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Storymakers Conference (Provo, Utah, May 3-5, 2018)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
7-Day Western Caribbean Writers Retreat (September 10-17th, Texas port)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Surrey International Writers’ Conference (October 19-22, 2017, Surrey, BC, Canada)
Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Write Canada Online (October 21, 2017, Everywhere)
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Dallas Area Romance Authors Workshop (2017), Texas
When Words Collide (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Calgary
Speaker and Panelist: Angela Ackerman—
CARWA Spring Workshop 2016, Calgary
Speakers: Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
RWA Get Fresh Conference 2015, Australia
International Speaker: Angela Ackerman
Florida SCBWI Winter Conference 2013
Speaker: Becca Puglisi
Interested in having you speak via Webinar for our local writer’s group in California. We have about 200 members and as many as 50 might attend. Can you send information about your fees? Thanks.
Hi JT, I’ll send you our Speaker’s brochure via email; thanks for asking. 🙂
Angela
Hi! Greetings from Singapore, this is Jess here. I’m interested to sign up for your webina on 12/12 , New Hampshire Romance Writers of America.
Do advise.
Jess
Hi, Jess. I’m so excited that you’re interested in the webinar! Registration has just opened, so I’ll update our page with that information, but you can find it here: https://nhrwa.wordpress.com/special-events/nhrwa-winter-frolic-2018/.
I hope to see you there!
Becca
Are these webinars recor Ed for playback
Hi Bill, often we do have a recording available for a limited time, yes. 🙂
Hello, Ladies!
I am the new Special Events Coordinator for Pikes Peak Writers in Colorado, USA
Will you both consider being guest speakers for “my” first event?
Available dates are: near the end of October or beginning of November, 2020. (I know, the holidays are fast approaching.) Yikes! Where did the year go?
We pay a limited honorarium to each presenter.
This will be via Zoom.
We’re hoping to hear about your newest book, The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers. That said, I personally am needing help with all my characters wounded emotions.
I appreciate your talents and time!
Sending you a message!
Cool
I would like to set up a webinar. Is this possible?
Absolutely! I’ve just sent you an email, Dani. 🙂
I am interested in inviting someone to speak at my writers’ group meeting. I don’t know how to go about this. Maybe you could send me speaker and pricing information? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank You
Sending you a message, Marilyn!
I am a new writer at the age of 72, a retired MHC I would be interested in your webinars do they have to be for a group? how much are they etc… I do have a small writers group that I am a part of, older women as myself,
Please let me know anything that is coming up , we live in Florida Orlando
I’m sending you an email, Gloria!
I just love your books. I have several and they have been most helpful for me as I am a new writer.
I am a graduate of the College of St Elizabeth and an alumna name Pat Puglisi is also a writer. I was wondering if you are related.
Hi, Sarina! Thank you for the kind words, and welcome to the writing journey!. The road is long and winding, but with the kind and generous help of the other writers you’ll meet along the way, I know you’ll find it rewarding :). I don’t know a Pat Puglisi, but I guess we must be related at some level ;).
When the updates to the Nonverbal Communication webinar are complete, I am interested in attending/purchasing. Could you please include me in your list of interested parties?
Thanks!
P.S. – I love what you ladies have done with this site and the books. They are enormously helpful in writing, brainstorming, and in motivating me to get back to the keyboard to write some. Thank you for sharing all of your hard work with us.
Hi, Katie! I’m so excited to hear that you’ll be joining us for the next nonverbal communication seminar. We’ll definitely add you to the list and let you know when we do that one again. So glad to have you here!
I am interested in finding out about the cost of putting on either an in-person or webinar of Using Nonverbal Communication to Wow Readers. We are the Tucson chapter of RWA and I am exploring options for 2015 presentations. Our meetings typically take place the 4th Saturday of the month and the presentation portion of the meetings are usually 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. Another alternative is to have a special event where you could have 2 1/2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the possibilities for a presentation.
Rose Ortiz
Hi Rose! I have sent you an email. Thanks for getting in touch!
Hi Angela,
Would you also mind sending me rates also. Looking at a webinar / video conference for a group of writers at a writing retreat down the track. Maybe about an hour however long you may recommend.
Thanks,
Louise
Hi, Louise! Angela is in Australia right now, speaking at RWA Australia and vacationing with her husband. She’ll be back in another week or two and will get back to you with her rates :).
I am also interested. Please keep me in the loop. Thanks.
i am looking forward for listening to the webinar of Using Non Verbal Communication to Wow Readers and also to pay fees if so. Will you please tell e how will i be able to do so.
Thanks
Hi there! Thanks so much for your interest in our Using Nonverbal Communication to Wow Readers webinar. We’re in the process of updating it so it’s not available for purchase just yet. I’ll keep your information on file; when the course is offered again, I’ll shoot you an email.
I am interested in listening to the webinar of Using Non Verbal Communication to Wow Readers. Can you tell me how I access/purchase this?
Thank you.
Hi, Jenny! I’m sending you a message with the info.
I am interested in finding out specific details about this course such as fees and schedules as I do not see them posted here.
Hi Meggie,
Becca and I are still working out dates for our webinars this year, but I’ll contact you as soon as we know. I have also added details for WANACON, an online conference in February where you can find us. I hope this helps and thanks so much for your interest!