DFWCon 2026

DFWCon 2026

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7:30am CDT

Conference Doors Open Hurst Conference Center

8:00am CDT

Dawn Of The Gong! The Query Gong Show Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Publishing 101 Room 5 Home Is Where the Heart Is: Using the Setting Around You to Build Fantasical Worlds Room 2 Screen to Page: Screenwriting Techniques for Creating Dynamic Fiction Room 3 You Can’t Always Leave the Past in the Past: Trauma, Flashbacks, and the Art of Backstory Room 1 ✅ Writing Resources 101 Room 6 On the Same Page: The Author-Agent Partnership Room E-F Read & Critique Room 4

10:00am CDT

Book Signing: Duygu Balan, RC Bramhall, Andy C. Naranjo, Dana Swift Bookstore The Art of the BookBub Deal Room 1 Strategic Dialogue Deployment: Subtext, Story Beats, and Other Things You Didn’t Know Dialogue Could Do Room 2 Writing Middle Grade Books Room 3 Writing Suspense, Mysteries, and Thrillers Room 6 ✅ Feed Your Readers: All About Social Media Content For Authors Room 5 Queerly Beloved: LGBTQIA+ Romance Room E-F So Here's My Problem: Fiction Room 4

11:00am CDT

Book Signing: Kay Goodnight, Rosemary Clement Bookstore Welcome to the Indie Author Trenches Room 1 Andor: A Study in Adding Politics to Your Plot Room 2 Grammar AMA Room 5 How To Revise Like An Editor Room 6 ✅ Scene Structure Room 3 Truth Be Told: Memoir And Creative Nonfiction Room E-F Read & Critique Room 4

12:00pm CDT

Lunch: Keynote Speaker Natalie Sue Ballroom

1:40pm CDT

Book Signing: Natalie Sue, Matthew Pitt, Harry Hall Bookstore How to Plot a Romance Arc That Complements the External Plot Room 1 No Small Parts: Big Worlds Built with Minor Characters Room 6 Revision as Momentum Engineering: Building a Revision Roadmap That Actually Works Room 3 Write a Picture Book with Me! Room 5 ✅ Brick House Chapter Building Room 2 Own The Process: Building a Career in Self-Publishing Room E-F So Here's My Problem: Querying Room 4

2:40pm CDT

Book Signing: Amanda Arista, CCS Jones, Aleese Lin Bookstore How to Self-Publish with Amazon: From Start to Finish Room 2 The Art of the Breakup Room 5 The Greatest Duos of All Time: How to Craft Killer Character Foils Room 3 ✅ The Writing Habit: How to Create Routines That Reduce Writing Anxiety and Produce Better Work TBA The Speed Editing Event Room 6 The Young and the Restless: Exploring the Heart of Young Adult Fiction Room E-F Read & Critique TBA

3:40pm CDT

Book Signing: Jalyn Renae Fiske, Leslie Lutz, Dr. Kimberlee Mendoza Bookstore From Badge to Courtroom: Understanding the Layers of Criminal Investigation Room 2 The Art of the Memoir: Telling Your Story Room 5 Time Travels — A Fiction Workshop on the Clock Room 3 When to Rework It and When to Kill It: Revising vs Rewriting Room 1 ✅ Let's Chat: An Overview & Celebration of DFWCON 2026! Room E-F So Here's My Problem: Fiction Room 4