Presenter spotlight: Gracie York

Gracie York is the guild founder and head editor of the York Editing Guild, offering editorial services to self-published authors. She also has experience proofreading and copyediting traditionally published material, including medical textbooks, homeschool curriculum, and sci-fi/fantasy books. Gracie accidentally writes things in her spare time. It’s definitely not an attempt to disprove the old …

Presenter spotlight: John M. Olsen

John M. Olsen edits and writes speculative fiction across multiple genres and loves stories about ordinary people stepping up to do extraordinary things. His short stories have appeared in dozens of anthologies. He’s also written several novels across multiple genres, including the Polecat Protocol science fiction series (Discovery, Breakdown, Emergence), the Riland Throne fantasy series …

Presenter spotlight: Brad R. Torgersen

Brad R. Torgersen is a multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer whose book A Star-Wheeled Sky won the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at the 33rd annual DragonCon fan convention in Atlanta, GA. A prolific short fiction author, Torgersen has published stories in numerous anthologies and magazines, to include several Best Of …

Presenter spotlight: D.J. (Dave) Butler

D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and he is now a Consulting Editor for Baen Books. His novels published by Baen Books include the Witchy War series (Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter), In the Palace of Shadow …