The Readers & Writers Jubilee on June 8 at the Decatur Public Library (Alabama) partnering with the HEART OF DIXIE FICTION WRITERS! This year’s featured author will be Dean James, who writes mysteries under the pseudonyms Miranda James, Honor Hartman and Jimmie Ruth Evans, as well as the Deep South Mysteries series as Dean James.  The 2024 Jubilee will take place from 12 noon until 5pm and will have the Author Meet & Greet as well as the panels/sessions for readers and writers.

Future Meetings

July

Writing Spinoff Series That Sell: Or how I accidentally fell into writing spinoffs because I hate change

NYT and USAT bestselling author Lynn Raye Harris hates buying new cars, software updates that take forever and change how everything looks, getting a new phone when the old one was perfectly fine, and starting over at anything. Rather than creating an entire new world whenever she wants to write a new series, she spins it off from her bestselling Hostile Operations Team® world instead. This workshop is about how to connect your series and create new entry points for readers while still writing in a world you love.

August

The Three Virtues of Building a Social Media Platform: Exploring the key aspects of growing your author business through social media channels with Hannah Bird

Hannah Bird writes emotional Women’s Fiction novels set in charming small towns, with all the romance, angst, and bittersweet ever afters a reader could want. In two years of publishing, Hannah has released a novella and three novels, with a fourth on the way. She has also gone viral on Instagram and signed with an agent, who found her books through TikTok.