Events
Rehearse Your Story
In Partnership with Ironed Words Productions
In this half-day conference, learn about crafting your five-minute, memoir-style, first-person, true story. Practice it out loud in a safe space to get a feel for your story’s enunciation, arc, and pacing.
***New for MAY 2024*** Authors preparing for book readings are welcome, too! Practice your excerpt out loud and get feedback on your tone and expressiveness. Hook your book-buying audience with your delivery!
Get creative inspiration and enhance your presence with insight and wisdom from the panelists:
MARIA SIMBRA: Opening with a Bang
SAMANTHA AINSWORTH: Bringing Your Best Self to the Stage
SARAH ROSE: Sensitivity in Storytelling
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Rehearse Your Story features:
Keynote presentations: first-hand insight and expertise on the art and craft of storytelling
Feedback on your storytelling from the expert panel and from the group
Camaraderie with other passionate storytellers
A gift card for delicious Panera lunch selections and bottomless coffee or fountain drink
Easy, free, onsite parking.
Enrollment will be capped at 10, so please register as soon as possible.
Registration is $30 for early bird, $50 after the cutoff.
Book Discussion with Instituto Mondo Italiano
Italian Dinner and The Treasures We Seek
Your Path to Publishing, Author Panel
In Partnership with Ironed Words Productions
Cori Wamsley is on the panel.
If you have a manuscript ready to publish, this is the event for you!
Spend the evening with three authors, representing traditional, independent, and hybrid publishing. Hear how they did it, and how you can do it, too.
You’ll get exclusive access to the panel for all of your questions about the publishing process.
Free, on-site, accessible parking with coffee at your fingertips!
To maintain an intimate conversation in a relaxed forum, there will be a maximum of FIVE participants, so register as soon as possible!
The Inspiration for and Writing of The Treasures We Seek
Presented by Cori Wamsley
Award-winning women’s fiction author Cori Wamsley shares what happens behind the scenes when authors are writing, focusing on her latest novel The Treasures We Seek. Learn about what inspired the story and characters, how she writes books, and what’s important for her to convey to her readers. Plus, ask questions about the story and her writing process.
The Treasures We Seek is a beautiful story of coming back to yourself and being ok with your flaws, of learning to trust again, and of taking baby steps to build your confidence. Months after a rough breakup, Kenzi is still struggling to trust herself and others, and it’s showing up in her work. She needs constant affirmation that she’s doing a great job, even though she’s really talented. So her best friend suggests that she and Kenzi escape to Italy for three weeks for an archaeological adventure—yep, the kind where you dig in the dirt for literal treasures. Worlds away from the bustle of Pittsburgh, PA, in the town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Kenzi and Lauren breath in the sweet sting of fresh lemons and gentle oleander, sink their hands into the dirt where emperors and their courts lived and loved, and open their hearts to new friends from all over the world seeking a chance for an adventure.
Written with a style across between the calm brilliance of Barbara O’Neal and the snappy quirkiness of Christina Lauren, The Treasures We Seek is smart and funny, a delightful read that will have you not only journaling about your feelings but also grabbing all your girlfriends for a road trip.
Cori Wamsley is an author of ten books, as well as a writing coach and CEO of Aurora Corialis Publishing, where she helps leaders write and publish their transformational stories so they can make an impact with their business.
Jump Start Your Writing
In Partnership with Ironed Words Productions
Cori Wamsley will discuss what it’s like to work with a professional editor.
If you…
have a new story, article, or book idea
are trying to advance or finish a writing project
want to try writing in a new and different genre
JUMP START YOUR WRITING IS THE EVENT FOR YOU!
Hear presentations from published authors about the art and craft and business of writing.
Network with other writers and authors.
Get feedback on YOUR 1,000 words from a panel of published authors.
Walk & Run for Love
Author Elly Sheykhet & Alina's Light
Join the Alina’s Light community for a family fun day in the park!
- Awards for runners
- Trackless train rides
- Bounce houses
- Magician
- Petting zoo
- DJ/music
- Food/ice cream
- Beer garden
- Raffle baskets
- Dove release
Marketing Your Book
In Partnership with Ironed Words Productions
If you have a manuscript ready for publishing, or if your book is already published, this is the event for you!
Spend the evening with a panel of authors, traditionally and independently published. Hear how they market their books, and how you can do it, too.
You’ll get exclusive access to the panel for all of your questions about book marketing.
Includes a gift card for delicious Panera food and beverage.
To maintain an intimate conversation and relaxed forum, there will be a maximum of FIVE participants, so register as soon as possible!
The August 2024 panelists will be
Lainey Davis, Independently Published Author, Romance Fiction
David Rullo, Traditionally Published Author, Non-Fiction
- Cori Wamsley, Hybrid Publisher (Nonfiction) & Author (Fiction)