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Who Needs an Agent Anyway?
Friday July 11, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Piedmont (Marriott)
Michael G. Williams spent ten months in 2023 & 2024 trying to get an agent and not finding one. He had a few near-misses but got sick of waiting and signed with a publisher for his next horror novel instead (a decision with which he is EXTREMELY happy). Michael will give a brief presentation on why and how he tried to get an agent, what he did to try it, and specific hard numbers about the response rates and his interactions with agents. This will also be a panel discussion with other authors and will include time for Q&A.

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William C. Tracy

Literary Guest
William C. Tracy (he/him) writes and publishes queer science fiction and fantasy through his indie press Space Wizard Science Fantasy. His largest work is the Dissolutionverse: a space opera with music-based magic including nine books and a TTRPG. He’s also published Fruits of the... Read More →
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Stuart Jaffe

Literary Guest
Stuart Jaffe is the madman behind The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries, the Nathan K thrillers, The Ridnight Mysteries, the Parallel Society novels, The Malja Chronicles, The Pathway Ring series, Founders, Real Magic, and much more. He trained in martial arts for over a decade until... Read More →
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Darin Kennedy

Literary Guest
Darin Kennedy, born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC, is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Bowman Gray School of Medicine. After completing family medicine residency in the mountains of Virginia, he served eight years as a United States Army physician and wrote his first novel... Read More →
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Jason Roach

Literary Guest
Jason Roach is an American Writing Awards award-winning finalist in LGBT+ Fiction & Thriller Fiction for his book The House on Dead Man’s Curve – inspired by his personal paranormal experiences. His new M/M Vampiric romance series, The Vampire Crusades, launched in August of 2024... Read More →
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Michael G. Williams

Online Media Guest
Michael G. Williams writes queer-themed horror and science fiction celebrating the monstrous and the macabre. His books include the award-winning vampire series The Withrow Chronicles (Laine Cunningham Award); the thrilling urban fantasy time travel series Servant Sovereign; the sci-fi... Read More →
Friday July 11, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Piedmont (Marriott)
  Literary/Writing

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