Are you still looking for more suggestions for summit presenters?
I am watching a Reedsy writing webinar featuring Michelle Schusterman. She is speaking about writing and publishing Middle Grade books. I am finding her to be an exceptional speaker and knowledgeable.
Her contact info:
Website: https://www.michelleschusterman.com/ (with contact form, sorry)
Email: schustermanworkshop@gmail.com
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelleSchustermanAuthor/featured
Keep them coming! Not everyone is saying yes, so more suggestions are appreciated.
Just asked her! Fingers crossed — she looks great.
James is, sadly, taking some time off from speaking. 
I just asked her. Fingers crossed!
Is Derek Murphy (derekmurphy@creativindie.com) on your list yet? I figured he was well known enough that someone else may have mentioned him already but I’ll put his name forth just in case. He is primarily known for his generous self-publishing and marketing advice but he has a writing craft book on pre-order and has a few of his videos on plotting.
Another suggestion: Joe Nassise (jnassise@gmail.com).
I attended a webinar for his Story Engines system of planning a novel about a year or so ago. I recall he was an excellent speaker. He does writer coaching and mentoring in addition to being a bestselling fiction author.
Here is his website:
https://josephnassise.com/meet-joe/
From his coaching page on the site:
Speaking Engagements
If you have a writing class or group and would like to receive a custom-tailored workshop or presentation, feel free to get in touch and discuss it with me. I can create a presentation for any size group or experience level and would be happy to do so for you.
Here is the link to the contact form but he probably responds directly to his email, too.
What about Eva Deverell? I’m subscribed to her newsletter and have watched several of her videos on her YouTube channel. I find her One Page Novel plotting structure intriguing, as well as her worldbuilding approach.
Michelle said yes! Great news.
Who is this teacher?
Her name is Addie Emmons. She has lots of YouTube videos and a good website https://www.abbiee.com. One reason I started watching her videos is that she uses Scrivener and I’m interested in ideas for how to use it. She also gives some templates as gifts.
I looked around his site but couldn’t see an email address! I signed up to his newsletter and nothing arrived…
Kris is in! This is fantastic. Great recommendation.
Did the email address I provided next to his name not work?
Let me try that… & Joe Nassise just said he is interested! Thank you for the recommendation!
If I recall correctly, Derek has been living in Thailand so there is a timezone difference to consider in response time. He also mentioned in recent newsletters he has been having some visa troubles with staying there with his wife because of pandemic policies and nationality. I think he is worth pursuing but he may have his plate full with that and the many writing and editing projects he appears to have spread himself thin on recently.
Okay. I love all these recommendations. I have discovered so many great writers, speakers, and teachers through this topic thread. THANK YOU. Keep the recommendations coming. Now… I’m going to crowdsource something that may seem rather awkward… but here’s my question: can you recommend any online teachers of fiction writing who are of colour / non-white?
I don’t mean famous authors, necessarily — although if you are close friends with NK Jemisin or Ta-Nehisi Coates, please tell me. I really mean people like me: teachers who have newsletters, online courses, and a blog or a Youtube channel.
To speak frankly: my speaker list, while international and a good mix of men and women, is extremely white at the moment, and while I’ve reached out to some great teachers, I want to keep reaching out to more people.
PS One complication: the “Writing the Other” collective is holding a big event on world-building in October, so I’m not sure if they will be available for another summit (I worked with Nisi Shawl in the past and she was fantastic). But if you definitely want me to ask someone like Nisi, tell me, and I will.
There first name to come to mind is Michael La Ronn.
I didn’t think of him earlier before because in my mind I associate him with his videos on Scrivener, Ulysses and Vellum and self-publishing in general, not plotting. I looked back at his YouTube channel and he does have many videos on writing craft. I’ll have to add those to my Watch Later queue.
He is well known on the Alliance of Independent Authors, as co-host of the ALLi Q&A podcast and regularly posts videos on self-publishing topics and writing craft on his YouTube channel: Author Level Up
Email: info@authorlevelup.com
His Websites:
https://www.michaellaronn.com/press/
(Edit: Slight formatting change. The second onebox was being suppressed too. They need a line between them apparently. The content seems to be the same on both sites so it may just be that both domains point to the same place.)
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