L. Marie Wood

Panelist

L. Marie Wood

L. Marie Wood creates immersive worlds that defy genre as they intersect horror, romance, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, and fantasy elements to weave harrowing tapestries of speculative fiction. She is the recipient of the Golden Stake Award, a MICO Award-winning screenwriter, a two-time Bram Stoker Award® Finalist, a Rhysling nominated poet, and an accomplished essayist. Wood has won over 50 national and international screenplay and film awards. She has penned short fiction that has been published in groundbreaking works, including the anthologies Sycorax’s Daughters and Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire. She is also part of the 2022 Bookfest Book Award winning poetry anthology, Under Her Skin. Her nonfiction has been published in Nightmare Magazine and academic textbooks such as the cross-curricular, Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook. Her papers are archived as part of University of Pittsburgh’s Horror Studies Collection. Wood is the Vice President of the Horror Writers Association, the founder of the Speculative Fiction Academy, an English and Creative Writing professor, a horror scholar with a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and an MFA in Speculative Fiction, and a frequent contributor to the conversation around the evolution of genre fiction.

Sessions by L. Marie Wood

1st Day

June 7, 2024

Making Each Word Count: A Short Story Master Class

It takes skill to tell an elaborate story well. It equally takes skill to tell a concise story well. This panel discussion is for writers who specialize or want to specialize in short story writing. What are the tips, best practices, and pitfalls to know? Join our panelists to find out. | Moderated by Adria Bailton

8:00 - 09:30 PM #making-each-word-count-short-story-master-class

3rd Day

June 9, 2024

Breaking the Rules: The Path to Authentic Writing (Presentation)

You know how the saying goes: some rules are meant to be broken. That doesn’t mean you can break ALL of them. Believe it or not, there is a strategic approach to breaking rules. Join our presenter for this inspirational talk that will leave you energized and ready to take on your writing projects with renewed motivation!

8:00 - 09:30 AM #breaking-the-rules-the-path-to-authentic-writing