Author Nation Live 2024
Programming
Production & Workflow
This domain aims to enhance efficiency and quality. Sessions will offer practical advice and tips on managing the logistical aspects of writing and publishing.
*Titles are tentative and subject to change.
Other Domains
Intro to Creative Writing With AI
Track: All
This session will explain tokens, basic prompting, and how to build a ChatGPT assistant using Claude Chat, ChatGPT, and prompt examples.
Next Level Brainstorming with AI
Track: All
This session will cover intermediate prompting strategies for Claude Chat and ChatGPT, enhancing authors’ brainstorming capabilities with insights into series planning, character building, literary devices, and overcoming writer’s block.
Elizabeth Ann West
Invited speaker
she/her
Starting as an SEO non-fiction writer, Elizabeth Ann West was an early adopter of self-publishing in 2011 with her first novel, Cancelled. Taking a detour for three years to work in book marketing with The-Cheap.net, she doubled down in the genre she loved to read: Jane Austen Fan Fiction.
Elizabeth became a mighty mid-lister, making thousands of dollars of PROFIT each month for over ten years straight and publishing over 20 titles. In 2018, after her divorce, she began a school for authors sharing her knowledge, experience, and insights on the digital parts of digital publishing.
When AI came on the scene in a viable way in 2021, Elizabeth began experimenting with prompting and published three titles incorporating AI writing. Her readers loved it. In December 2022, she began teaching authors how to use AI for their fiction writing. Elizabeth now runs the Future Fiction Academy and created specialized software called Rexy for professional writers looking to leverage AI. She loves to research end-user applications of AI and advocate for the needs of authors in the AI writing space.
Using AI to Increase Efficiency
Track: All
This session will cover the unexpected ways AI can enhance an author’s efficiency beyond writing, including marketing, automated transcription, content optimization, proofreading, research assistance, automated task management, and more, offering attendees valuable tools to streamline their business tasks and free up more time for writing.
Danica Favorite
Invited speaker
she/her
Danica Favorite is the Community Manager at PublishDrive. A multi-published hybrid author, Danica understands the many challenges authors face today and seeks to help them navigate them, both in her role at PublishDrive and as an author. Her mission is to empower people to tell their stories because every story matters.
As an advocate for the thoughtful integration of AI in publishing, her goal is to empower authors to leverage artificial intelligence ethically and effectively. Understanding AI's potential, she focuses on guiding writers through its complexities, ensuring they harness its capabilities to enhance creativity while upholding artistic integrity. Her commitment is to demystify AI for the publishing community, moving forward in a positive direction.
If you could read any book again for the first time, what would it be?
I get something from every book, even reading multiple times.
Building Sustainable Productivity
Track: All
This talk will cover actionable steps to sustainably improve writing productivity, offering strategies to increase words per hour, words per day, and words per year while keeping the specter of burnout at bay.
Kevin McLaughlin
Invited speaker
he/him
Kevin McLaughlin likes paying it forward. When he was struggling to make any sales, Kevin got help from other writers who were further along their paths than he was. Now, he does the same for others.
If you could read any book again for the first time, what would it be?
None! Too many other books out there I want to read. :)
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