Romance: Writing Love Stories
Featured writers: Lucy Gilmore, Penny Reid, and Pamala Knight
Get to the heart of writing love stories! Romance authors Lucy Gilmore and Penny Reid discuss their craft, shaping characters’ feelings, and the creative potentials of the genre. Gilmore and Reid are interviewed by fellow romance author Pamala Knight.
Book signing times (all signings take place by the front desk of the AWM)
🖊️Lucy Gilmore: 1:00 – 1:30
🖊️Penny Reid: 1:00 – 1:30
About the writers:
LUCY GILMORE is a contemporary romance author with a love of puppies, rainbows, and happily ever afters. She began her reading (and writing) career as an English literature major and ended as a die-hard fan of romance in all forms. When she’s not rolling around with her two Akitas, she can be found hiking, biking, or with her nose buried in a book. Visit her online at http://lucygilmore.com.
PENNY REID is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she writes kissing books. Penny is an obsessive knitter and manages the #OwnVoices-focused mentorship incubator / publishing imprint, Smartypants Romance. She lives in Seattle Washington with her husband, three kids, and dog named Hazel.
PAMALA KNIGHT writes historical paranormal, regency romance and mystery. She’s a member of the Regency Fiction Writers, Hearts through History and the Chicago-North Romance Writers where she’s a past president and programs chair. She’s the current co-chair of the biennial conference, Spring Fling.
Beard Science
by Penny Reid
Jennifer Sylvester wants one thing, and that one thing is NOT to be Tennessee’s reigning Banana Cake Queen. Ever the perpetual good girl and obedient daughter, Jennifer is buckling under the weight of her social media celebrity, her mother’s ambitions, and her father’s puritanical mandates. Jennifer is officially desperate. And desperate times call for Cletus Winston.
Cletus Winston is a puzzle wrapped in a mystery covered in conundrum sauce, and now he’s in a pickle. Despite being convinced of his own omniscience, extortion by the exalted Banana Cake Queen of Green Valley has taken him completely by surprise. So…what’s a maniacal mastermind to do? Likely, the last thing you expect.
A Thousand Little Goodbyes
by Lucy Gilmore
When lifelong best friends Chrissie and Scarlett finally embark on their long-dreamed-of road trip, they’re chasing joy, freedom, and best few weeks of their lives. But as laughter fills the miles, Chrissie begins to suspect that this adventure is more than a getaway—it’s a goodbye. And Scarlett, always the brave one, may be hiding the hardest truth of all.