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Speakers Joining us for the 2019 PLANNING FOR SUCCESS Conference

NINC 2019 Speakers

Dave Chesson is the guy behind Kindlepreneur.com, a website devoted to teaching authors about book marketing and the digital world. His works on keywords and sales optimization have been featured and promoted by Amazon itself. Dave is also the creator of KDP Rocket, a software that helps authors see what's really going on in the book market, and thus pick better keywords and categories to help them sell more books. 

Having been a consultant for multiple publishing companies and NYT bestselling authors, he’s seen both sides of the writing world. When he’s not running Kindlepreneur, he’s usually lightsaber dueling with little Jedi, and sipping tea with princesses.
Sarra Cannon is the indie author of more than twenty-five Young Adult contemporary fantasy novels, including her bestselling Shadow Demons Saga. Her novels often stem from her own experiences growing up in the small town of Hawkinsville, Georgia, where she learned that being popular always comes at a price and relationships are rarely as simple as they seem. With close to three-quarters of a million books sold, Sarra is also passionate about helping fellow authors learn to self-publish in a way that puts joy and creativity at the forefront. She is the host of the successful YouTube channel and blog Heart Breathings, where she talks about everything from productivity to plotting. Sarra lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her supportive husband and her adorable red-headed son.
David Gaughran lives in Dublin, where rain comes up from the ground and everyone has pints for hands. He writes historical fiction and science fiction, and has helped thousands of authors publish their work through his workshops, blog, and writers’ books: Let’s Get Digital, Strangers to Superfans, Amazon Decoded, and BookBub Ads Expert. He has also created marketing campaigns for some of the biggest self-publishers on the planet.
Damon Suede as earned his crust as a model, a messenger, a promoter, a programmer, a sculptor, a singer, a stripper, a bookkeeper, a bartender, a techie, a teacher, a director… but writing has ever been his bread and butter. Though new to romance fiction, Damon has been a full-time writer for print, stage, and screen for over two decades. He has won some awards, but counts his blessings more often: his amazing friends, his demented family, his beautiful husband, his loyal fans, and his silly, stern, seductive Muse who keeps whispering in his ear, year after year.

Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur

Dave Chesson is the guy behind Kindlepreneur.com, a website devoted to teaching authors about book marketing and the digital world. His works on keywords and sales optimization have been featured and promoted by Amazon itself.

Dave is also the creator of KDP Rocket, a software that helps authors see what's really going on in the book market, and thus pick better keywords and categories to help them sell more books.  

Having been a consultant for multiple publishing companies and NYT bestselling authors, he’s seen both sides of the writing world.

When he’s not running Kindlepreneur, he’s usually lightsaber dueling with little Jedi, and sipping tea with princesses.

Sarra Cannon

Sarra Cannon is the indie author of more than twenty-five Young Adult contemporary fantasy novels, including her bestselling Shadow Demons Saga. Her novels often stem from her own experiences growing up in the small town of Hawkinsville, Georgia, where she learned that being popular always comes at a price and relationships are rarely as simple as they seem.
With close to three-quarters of a million books sold, Sarra is also passionate about helping fellow authors learn to self-publish in a way that puts joy and creativity at the forefront. She is the host of the successful YouTube channel and blog Heart Breathings, where she talks about everything from productivity to plotting. Sarra lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her supportive husband and her adorable red-headed son.

David Gaughran - Let's Get Digital

David Gaughran lives in Dublin, where rain comes up from the ground and everyone has pints for hands. He writes historical fiction and science fiction, and has helped thousands of authors publish their work through his workshops, blog, and writers’ books: Let’s Get Digital, Strangers to Superfans, Amazon Decoded, and BookBub Ads Expert. He has also created marketing campaigns for some of the biggest self-publishers on the planet.

Damon Suede 

Damon Suede as earned his crust as a model, a messenger, a promoter, a programmer, a sculptor, a singer, a stripper, a bookkeeper, a bartender, a techie, a teacher, a director… but writing has ever been his bread and butter. Though new to romance fiction, Damon has been a full-time writer for print, stage, and screen for over two decades. He has won some awards, but counts his blessings more often: his amazing friends, his demented family, his beautiful husband, his loyal fans, and his silly, stern, seductive Muse who keeps whispering in his ear, year after year.

Gwen Hernandez - Scrivener for Dummies

Gwen Hernandez is the author of Scrivener For Dummies. She helps authors all over the world find the joy in Scrivener through her online courses, in-person workshops, and private training. Gwen has been using Scrivener to write romantic suspense (Men of Steele series) since 2009. In her spare time she likes to travel, read, jog, flail on a yoga mat, and explore southern California, where she currently lives with her husband and a lazy golden retriever.

Geoff Symon

Geoff Symon is a 20-year Federal Forensic Investigator. His participation in high-profile cases includes the attacks on September 11, 2001, the War in Iraq, the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion, among countless other cases. He has direct, first-hand experience investigating cases including murder (of all types), suicide, arson, kidnapping, bombings, sexual assault, child exploitation, theft and financial crimes. He has specified and certified training in the collection and preservation of evidence, blood spatter analysis, autopsies and laboratory techniques. His Forensics for Fiction series has become the go-to resource for genre authors. You can reach him at GeoffSymon.com.

Jordyn White

Jordyn White has published over a dozen books in two genres. She launched her third contemporary romance series with the novel Heart of Glass. She also writes epic fantasy adventure under a different pen name. Her debut fantasy novel, Gift of the Phoenix, has won several awards. 

Before going full-time as an author, Jordyn worked many years as a freelance book editor and publishing consultant. She co-founded the Idaho Editor and Writers Association and still leads alongside her co-founders to facilitate the group’s mission to develop and nurture the professional growth of its members.

Her publishing house has a limited roster of authors—one—and published the award-winning, literary novel I Call Myself Coca Joe, by Arrow Keane in 2016. The final book of the Coca Joe trilogy, I Call Myself Warrior, will be followed by the author’s revealing memoir. (Jordyn’s publishing house is not open to submissions.)

Every year, Jordyn teaches at several writers events, both big and small, and is known for her engaging, insightful presentations. She considers it an honor to be among the speakers at Novelists, Inc. (NINC) Conference in Florida in September.

For information about her contemporary romance novels, visit JordynWhiteBooks.com

For information about her epic fantasy novels, visit DonnaCookAuthor.com

Chris Fox

Chris Fox firmly believes that talking about yourself in the 3rd person makes you sound like a giant jackass. He’s written over 20 novels, but is best known among authors for his Write Faster, Write Smarter series. From 5,000 Words Per Hour to Plot Gardening to Write to Market Chris has engineered a road map to take any writer from hobbyist to professional. Chris spent many years in software and data analysis, and has used this model to sell over 300,000 books through Amazon and Audible since 2015. He resides in Marin, California, which can be found by following the scent of entitlement until you reach the town with teens driving Teslas.

Houston Howard

As the Chief Storyteller and Co-Founder of One 3 Creative, Houston Howard is a recognized producer, author, speaker and thought leader in the entertainment and branding communities because of his unique and proprietary transmedia approach to story.

Advising entities such as Mattel, Disney Imagineering, Reliance Media Works, West Coast Customs, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Harper Collins Publishing, as well as designing a number of transmedia-focused projects for Fox, the CW, TNT, Slinky and the writers of Toy Story, Houston has an impressive amount of of experience designing projects that are primed for the 21st Century.

When he’s not outlining a new slate of transmedia design books, setting up international co-productions for current transmedia projects or leading a cross-disciplinary creative team, Houston is educating professionals on how to adapt to an ever-changing entertainment landscape. This has included leading workshops for the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences, Producers Guild of America, the National Association of Broadcasters, Act One, Storyworld USA, Beijing International Film Festival, The Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

His two books — Make Your Story Really Stinkin’ Big and, his latest, You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Story — have been go-to manuals for creative professionals on how to leverage a variety of media platforms, maximizes revenue potential and engages audiences in new and innovative ways.

Learn more about how Houston builds projects that exist at the intersection of branding and entertainment at one3creative.com

Register and join us at the Tradewinds resort in St. Petersburg, Florida from September 25 - September 29, 2019.

Speakers will also be announced on our blog, Twitter, and Facebook pages. Workshops will also be listed below, as we get official speaker confirmation.

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