Speaker Schedule

VFRW members enjoy a slate of programs from a varied and highly skilled group of speakers.

We plan our programs to ensure we touch on all the elements important to Romance writers:

  • Craft (lessons on the mechanics of character and plot, voice, and style),
  • Business (topics focused on publishing, marketing, and taxes),
  • Industry (updates on the publishing world and specific areas of interest to writers.)


Many of our speakers are current or former members of VFRW.
We would be happy to recommend any of our previous speakers — feel free to use our Contact Us page to ask for more information. 

Featured Speaker Event: Consent is King with Rachell Nichole 

May 3, 2025

Join Professor and BDSM author Rachell Nichole as she shares how Risk Aware Consensual Kink (RACK), a concept from the BDSM community that can help you get consent on the page in your novels in seamless, sexy ways that won’t pull readers out of the story. 

 

January 4, 2025

VFRW and You!

Join your fellow VFRW members today to discuss the path forward this year and all the exciting things we have in store!

 

February 1, 2025

Book Covers

Join us for a program led by Stephanie Julian to learn about mastering the art of cover art and design.

 

March 1, 2025

TBD

Join us for a great program with your fellow writers. Topic TBD. Stay tuned! 

April 5, 2025

Crafting Memorable Meet-Cutes is a Piece of  Cake with Melonie Johnson

USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart, funny contemporary romances include the romantic comedies Too Wrong to be Right and Too Good to Be Real, as well as her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, Melonie now spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet cutes. So get April 5th on your calendar for her workshop, Crafting Memorable Meet Cutes is a Piece of Cake, and by the end of workshop, you’ll be ready to bake a memorable meet cute that readers will savor!
 
 

May 3, 2025

Consent with Rachell Nichole

Join erotic romance author and BDSM writer Rachell Nichole to talk about consent, BDSM, and weaving consent seamlessly into sex scenes.  

June 7, 2025

Canva for Covers & Promo with Rachell Nichole

Join Rachell Nichole to learn the ins and outs of Canva in order to make book covers, promo images, slides, videos and more.

September 6, 2025

TBD

This meeting we shall have a special guest speaker, stay tuned for more info soon!

October 4, 2025

General Meeting & TBD Program

Join us for the group’s Annual General Meeting and a great program (topic TBD)

November 1, 2025

Indie Author Mini Con

Join us for a full day event all about being an Indie Author. Stay tuned for specific information on speakers and programs. 

December, 2025

 

We’ll keep you posted via email.