March 16, 2025

Succinct, Savvy Novel Description Workshop
Are you a genre fiction writer struggling to craft compelling loglines and short descriptions for your novel? You’re not alone. This workshop is like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy meets Save the Cat!—practical, fun, and packed with tools to hook readers fast. We’ll define what makes a logline pop and a short description irresistible, then put it into practice with hands-on formulas and examples. Giveaways, too!

 T.K. Sheffield is a Wisconsin author known for crafting funny cozy mysteries for readers to laugh and escape. Most recently, her dark comedy screenplay achieved semifinalist status in the Wisconsin Screenwriting Symposium contest and was a finalist in the Madison Film Festival. She serves on the board of the Wisconsin Writers Association and is a member of Blackbird Writers and Sisters in Crime.

Literary Magazine Editors panel discussion
Editors from several prominent literary magazines will talk about the inner workings of literary magazines, what place they hold in the literary ecosystem, and how best to get writing accepted by one of these journals.

The Benefits of Writing and Publishing Across Multiple Genres
Writing and publishing across multiple genres can be a highly rewarding, By exploring different genres, writers can strengthen their storytelling skills, increase productivity, expand their readership and enhance their marketability. Learn how to tackle the challenges of writing in multiple genres to create a long and sustainable writing career.

Malinda Andrews is an award winning, multi-genre author of over a dozen published works and holds a BA in Creative Writing from UW-Milwaukee. She balances her day job, writing and publishing, all while caring for her young children.

Bill’s conversation with Oshkosh author, Ron Rindo
Ron Rindo is a writer, a trout fisherman, a gardener and orchardist, a keeper of chickens and sheep, a lover of books and family and wild places. Small presses published his first three books: two short story collections and a novel. His fourth book, Life, and Death, and Giants, caught the attention of a New York City literary agent who sold it to St. Martin’s Press; they will publish it this September. Bill Gillard will moderate this delightful and informal conversation.

The Lakefly Writers Conference and Book Fair are sponsored by the Oshkosh Public Library in partnership with the Oshkosh Area Writers Club, with support from the Wisconsin Writers Association and Lake Literary Center, Fond du Lac.