First: thank you. Florida WritersCon 2026 was an absolute blast. Thank you to everyone who sat in one of my workshops, stopped me in a hallway, asked a question between sessions, showed me a cover, talked publishing, compared author-business notes, laughed with me, or trusted me enough to let me poke at something you were actively working on. One of my favorite moments of the weekend was getting to see advice turn into something tangible in real time. We talked through a cove

Welcome to the sign-up post for the upcoming release, Cursebreaker's Guide to Novel Writing: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Curse of Writing a Novel to by Valerie Willis.

Thank you all for joining me for FWA's WritersCon and sitting in on my workshop. Here is a download PDF of the slides as promised. Don't hesitate to email or use my Contact form if you still have questions or even comment below!

Thank you all for joining me for FWA's WritersCon and sitting in on my workshop. Here is a download PDF of the slides as promised. Don't hesitate to email or use my Contact form if you still have questions or even comment below!

Thank you all for joining me for FWA's WritersCon and sitting in on my workshop. Here is a download PDF of the slides as promised. Don't hesitate to email or use my Contact form if you still have questions or even comment below!

Thank you all for joining me for Orlando Reads Books and sitting in on my workshop. Here is a download PDF of the slides with notes and reminders of a lot of what I talked about. Don't hesitate to email or use my Contact form if you still have questions or even comment below!