2023 Regency Fiction Writers Virtual Conference

“Navigating the Regency Era One Story at a Time”  July 13-15, 2023

Hello!

On behalf of the RFW Board of Directors, we’re thrilled to officially announce our 3rd annual Regency Fiction Writers conference, “2023 RFW Virtual Conference: Navigating the Regency Era One Story at a Time.” It will be conducted virtually via Zoom on July 13-15, 2023.

This Year’s Keynote Speakers

We’re even more excited to share with you our amazing keynote speakers for the conference, two ladies who are legends in the Regency storytelling world: Julia Quinn, the NY Times bestselling author and creator of the Bridgerton series, and RFW member Cathy Maxwell, a multi-award winner and NY Times and USA Today bestselling author.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn loves to dispel the myth that smart women don’t read (or write) romance, and if you watch reruns of the game show The Weakest Link you might just catch her winning the $79,000 jackpot. She displayed a decided lack of knowledge about baseball, country music, and plush toys, but she is proud to say that she aced all things British and literary, answered all of her history and geography questions correctly, and knew that there was a Da Vinci long before there was a code. On December 25, 2020, Netflix premiered Bridgerton, based on her popular series of novels about the Bridgerton family. Season 2 premiered on March 25, 2022, and season 3 is forthcoming.

Cathy Maxwell has been in publishing for thirty years. Yes, that makes her a war horse, i.e. she has seen a lot of stuff.  Over the course of that quarter of a century, Cathy has written forty historical romances, hit the New York Times and USA Today lists, been nominated for or won some nice awards, made dynamite writing friends, and has had the time of her life. Her latest book is A KISS IN THE MOONLIGHT. You can find out more about her at her website, or, if you wish to stalk her, you can find her on Facebook. She usually yaks back.

We are grateful to both authors for accepting our invitation to participate in our conference.

General Conference and Registration Information

The RFW Board voted once again to hold our annual conference virtually as we have the past three years. Conference Chair Cecilia (Cece) Melton and her committee of volunteers are hard at work creating yet another conference to remember.

Preliminary Conference Schedule July 13-15, 2023

Day 1, Thursday, will be dedicated to industry workshops and the business of writing, while Days 2 and 3, Friday and Saturday, will feature historical, marketing, and writing craft workshops. Cathy Maxwell’s RFW Member Keynote will occur on Friday, and Julia Quinn’s Guest Keynote Q&A will happen on Saturday.

The conference will culminate on Saturday evening with our Soirée. The evening will include breakout rooms, the final hours of our Silent Auction, and fellowship. Never fear, CeCe’s got a few surprises for us, too!

Conference Registration is now open!

Please join us for three days of Regency learning, fellowship and fun! Early Bird Registration is back with a special opportunity for early registrants (see below for more!).

Registration is as follows:

• Early Bird – Saturday, April 1st through Thursday, June 1st
• Regular – Friday, June 2nd through Friday, July 7th

There will be no late registrations.

Early Bird Special Opportunity: Submit Your Questions for the Julia Quinn Keynote Q&A

Do you have a question you’ve been dying to ask Julia Quinn? Maybe you’ve wondered how she came up with her character names? Or who her favorite actor was in the Bridgerton series on Netflix? Or how her story process has changed over time? Well, here’s your chance to ask.

When you register before the Early Bird deadline of June 1, 2023, you can submit your questions for the Julia Quinn Keynote Q&A!

Of course, we can’t guarantee to ask her every question we receive, but we will do our best to give you a shout-out during the Q&A if we ask your question. Remember…only Early Bird registrants are eligible to submit questions.

We’ll send a registration reminder and link prior to kick-off, so start thinking about what you want to ask Julia.

Conference Fees and Financial Assistance

The fees for the conference are as follows:

• Early Bird (RFW Member) – $99
• Early Bird (Non-Member) – $175
• Regular (RFW Member) – $125
• Regular (Non-Member) – $199

Not a member, but want to take advantage of member pricing? It’s easy! Join RFW for $65, then register for the conference at member pricing, and you’ll get the conference and a year’s membership for $10 less than non-member conference pricing alone.

For more information about RFW and all the benefits membership offers, as well as to join, visit our Membership page.

For questions about membership please contact Darlene Marshall, our Membership Director.

Until then, be safe and happy writing!