Novelists Inc.'s 2026 conference opens today in Florida
NINC's 37th annual conference for working, multi-published novelists runs September 23-26 in St. Pete Beach, with 45 workshops on craft, business and mindset.
Novelists Inc.'s 37th annual conference opens today, September 23, running through the 26th at St. Pete Beach, Florida, with 45 workshops on craft, business and mindset for working, multi-published novelists. Registration is already sold out, so if you're not there, watch for public write-ups of sessions from Thursday's Craft, Mindset & Business Intensive with Lisa Cron, Becca Syme and Ines Johnson. It's one of the few conferences aimed specifically at full-time professional novelists rather than aspiring ones.
Why it matters to you: It's one of the few conferences pitched specifically at working professional novelists rather than aspiring ones, so its programming is a signal for where full-time author business practice is heading this year.
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