I was super excited to record/host/moderate a panel for attendees of Virtual StokerCon 2025 with author & editor Dan Franklin, author Erin MacNair, author Premee Mohamed, author Steven James, and author & publisher Alan Lastufka.

In folklore, crossroads represent a place betwixt and between where paranormal events take place. In the ever-evolving publishing industry, deciding which avenue to pursue can feel like facing such a crossroad. Publishing in literary vs. genre magazines & anthologies, contest & award wins, Kickstarter, indie, traditional, and hybrid publishing… these are just a few paths available. How do you decide which road to choose? And how can success be defined, when down some paths, selling 1,000 copies of a novel is a huge win while down others, that’s a failure? Be inspired and uplifted by unique industry insights from panelists who are successfully travelling different publishing roads: an award-winning small press publisher, an emerging short story writer published alongside Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen Graham Jones, an acclaimed author/poet/freelance editor, a critically acclaimed author with over 1 million copies sold of 20+ books, and a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Ignyte award-winning eldritch writer-monster!