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.
The Advance of Audiobooks & Niche Publishing
Panelists address the rapid growth of audiobooks and how they, as audiobook producers and narrators, handle it, as well as the logistics and benefits of audiobooks. The panelists also discuss audiobooks in the context of niche publishing, a form of publishing that...




