Virtual Fiction Writing Conference

Member

Single Days: $60

Both Days: $100

Non-member

Single Days: $75

Both Days: $125

Agent Pitch Sessions

$25 for members

$35 for non-members

Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. 

She lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions), two incredibly spoiled cats and a man so wonderful he's been dubbed Mr. Awesome. She is a die-hard history lover who will happily lose herself in research any day. When she's not writing, researching or 'moming', you can find her spending time with her family at Disney or sneaking a couple spoonfuls of Nutella while laughing over cat videos. She also loves research and travel, attributing her fascination with history to having spent most of her childhood as an Army brat in Germany. https://madelinemartin.com/ 

Laura Drake, WFWA’s 2026 Guiding Scribe and author,was raised in snowy Michigan but went west as soon as she could. She was corporate CFO for twenty-five years. She fell in love with a crazy motorcyclist and rode behind him for over 100,000 miles, propping a book on his back and reading on the boring stretches. Riding in Central California they came around a corner to see an old Victorian on a hill like a shoddy queen surveying her territory—it captured her imagination and she began writing.

After 417 rejections, she secured an agent and sold in 2013.

She’s since published 10 romances, 4 Women’s Fiction and in 2025, indie published a Domestic Thriller. Though she’s genre-hopped, at their core, every story is a woman’s journey of becoming. Laura now lives outside Fort Worth and is working on her next Suspense/Thriller.