Finding the right balance in description can make or break a story’s pacing and voice. Carolyn Rowland, Gay Yellen, John DeDakis, Lois Winston, Maggie Toussaint, and Randy Overbeck discuss how to create vivid scenes without slowing momentum and how to trust readers to engage their imagination. This session explores how thoughtful restraint and purposeful detail can elevate good writing into great storytelling.
J.T. Ellison on Finding Her Voice and Shaping a Thriller Career
Clay Stafford sits down with J.T. Ellison to discuss her background in politics, her evolution as a psychological thriller author, and the experiences that helped shape her writing career.




