Craft Con Virtual Summit (Hosted by Plotdrive)
Join us Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday Nov. 21 for Craft Con, a free two-day virtual summit made by authors for authors. You’ll hear from bestselling authors who’ve been in the trenches, facing every kind of writing block, from losing momentum and getting tangled in the messy middle to doubting their own talent — and the strategies they used to break through and become successful.
All registrants will also receive the Blockbreaker Digital Bundle for free, packed with tools and ebooks from our speakers to crush your own writing blocks!
If you’re:
stuck halfway through your story
struggling to find time to write
sitting on an idea for a story but aren't sure how to start
or just need a creative reset before the new year
...this summit is for you.
Each day starts with a live writing sprint, followed by exclusive author interviews conducted by Russell Nohelty (Founder of The Author Stack) filled with real, practical advice. You’ll also get a Plotdrive workshop led by Jay Rosenkrantz, co-founder of Plotdrive, who will show you how to break common writing blocks using Plotdrive.
📅 Full day schedule will be posted here soon.
🎁 Everyone who registers will receive:
The Blockbreaker Digital Bundle — packed with tools and ebooks to crush your own writing blocks.
Full recordings of all 2 days of Craft Con to watch anytime.
The Blockbreaker Bundle includes:
The Zero to Sixty Author: One Road to Writing Success (ebook) by Kevin McLaughlin
The Write Naked Affirmation Deck by Jennifer Probst
Book Launch Checklist by Lee Savino
Marketing Quickstart Guide by Lee Savino
Manifest Your HEA (ebook) by Heather Hildenbrand
How to Write Irresistible Books That Readers Devour (ebook) by Russell Nohelty
🎉 Plus, one lucky registrant will also win:
A 1-hour coaching call with Joseph Nassise
A consultation with Kern Carter
A free “Manuscript to Marketing Report” from Novel Publicity ($100 value)
A discount for Lee Savino’s Seven-Figure Author course
Fiction Unboxed ebook by Johnny B. Truant
A paperback copy of The Trope Thesaurus by Jennifer Hilt
A Plotdrive coffee mug
A Plotdrive “Finish What You Start” t-shirt
Meet Our Craft Con Speakers:
Russell Nohelty
USA Today bestselling author of myth-filled fantasy and monster-hunting novels and comics, including Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter, the Godsverse Chronicles, and The Obsidian Spindle Saga, as well as being the editor for the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell anthology series. He also is founder of the Substack newsletter “The Author Stack."
https://www.russellnohelty.com/
https://www.theauthorstack.com/
Jennifer Probst
New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal-bestselling author with over sixty contemporary romance books, women's fiction, non-fiction, and children books, and more than two million copies sold, including "The Reluctant Flirt," "To Sicily with Love," and the Red series.
Lee Savino
Seven-figure romance author with over 69 novels featuring bad-boy alphas, mafia men, and dragon shifters in space. Her bestselling series include Bad Boy Alphas, Berserker Saga, and Brides of the Kindred. She also runs the Millionaire Author Mastermind on Facebook for authors looking to scale to six and seven figures, and co-hosts the Six-Figure Author Experiment podcast.
Joseph Nassise
Joseph Nassise is a New York Times, USA Today, and Der Spiegel bestselling author of more than sixty-five books, including the Templar Chronicles, Jeremiah Hunt trilogy, and Great Undead War series. He also writes epic fantasy as Matthew Caine and reimagines Arthurian myth as Rowan Casey. His work has been nominated for the Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild Awards, translated into multiple languages, and he has served two terms as president of the Horror Writers Association.
Kevin McLaughlin
USA Today bestselling author with over a hundred science fiction and fantasy novels to his name, Kevin McLaughlin is known for creating expansive, character-driven worlds that blend adventure, technology, and magic. His popular series include Adventures of the Starship Satori, Valhalla Online, and Blackwell Magic.
https://kevinomclaughlin.com/
Malorie Cooper
Co-founder of the author coaching brand The Writing Wives, Malorie Cooper writes science fiction under the pen name M.D. Cooper, with over 120 books in her expansive Aeon 14 universe. Beyond her fiction, she helps authors master marketing and Facebook ads, bringing both creative depth and strategic insight to finishing and launching successful series.
https://www.thewritingwives.com/
Heather Hildenbrand
USA Today bestselling author of over 170 paranormal romance and fantasy romance novels, including the Dirty Blood, Witches of Half Moon Bay, and Supernatural Security Force series. Her stories blend danger, desire, and the supernatural, earning her a devoted readership and a reputation for finishing series that keep readers hooked until the last page.
She is also the CEO and head coach of Manifest Your HEA, where she helps authors release blocks and align mindset with strategy to reach their full potential.
https://heatherhildenbrandbooks.com/
Johnny B. Truant
Author of 100+ novels across multiple genres and creator of Fat Vampire, which was adapted into Syfy’s Reginald the Vampire. He’s also known for the Unicorn Western and Invasion series, co-author of Write. Publish. Repeat., co-founder of The Self-Publishing Podcast, and a pioneer of the digital self-publishing movement.
Ines Johnson
Ines Johnson has written over 100 works spanning fantasy romance, military romance, and later-in-life stories, including The Last Dragons series and Dark Vintage. She reimagines fairy tales, folklore, and mythology in a modern world—where princesses wield swords and moms save the day. She also writes a weekly Substack newsletter where she breaks down TV and movie storytelling techniques, indie-publishing strategy, and author marketing tactics.
https://ineswrites.substack.com/
Melissa Storm
New York Times & USA Today bestselling author with 100+ uplifting romances and women’s-fiction novels under her belt. Her beloved series include The Alaskan Hearts, Cupid on Call, and The Sunday Potluck Club, all centered on love, friendship, and finding hope after loss.
She is also the CEO of Novel Publicity, a full-service marketing and PR agency that helps authors build their brands, grow their readership, and launch bestselling books.
Jennifer Hilt
USA Today bestselling author, story consultant, and author of The Trope Thesaurus, Horror Trope Thesaurus, and Trope Thesaurus Romance. She’s helped thousands of writers use tropes to strengthen plot and character development. She’s also the author of 25 fiction books published under a variety of pen names, including the urban-fantasy trilogy The Undead Detective.
https://www.jenniferhilt.com/
Kern Carter
Author of And Then There Was Us (Penguin), Is There a Boy Like Me? (Scholastic), and Boys and Girls Screaming (DCB), whose novels explore identity, ambition, and emotional truth. He’s also the founder of Writers Are Superstars, a Substack devoted to helping authors build confidence and navigate publishing.
https://writersaresuperstars.substack.com/
Alex Dobrenko
Author, actor, and storyteller, Alex is the founder of the 17K+ subscriber Substack Both Are True, where he writes absurd, vulnerable stories about his life.
https://botharetrue.substack.com/
Come hang out, take notes, write with us, and leave with a system that helps you finish what you started.
👉 It’s free, it’s inspiring, and it’s exactly what your writing needs right now.
Hosted by Plotdrive, the writing processor built to crush writer's block. It helps authors outline smarter, draft faster, and finally finish their books....Over 300M+ words written!