Conference
| Day 1(Friday, July 25, 2025) | Day 2(Saturday, July 26, 2025) | Day 3(Sunday, July 27, 2025) |
| (5pm ET | 4pm CT | 3pm MT | 2pm PT) Masterclass: Building a Blockbuster Brand (Deanna Roy) (Requires Masterclass Registration) | (11:00am ET | 10:00am CT | 9:00am MT | 8:00am PT) Business: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Beta Readers (Jacqueline Duczek) Craft: Dual POVs: When and Where (Keila Gallardo) | (11:00am ET | 10:00am CT | 9:00am MT | 8:00am PT) Business: How to Expand Your Author Business Internationally With Translations (Isabella Nanni) Craft: Writing the Novella (Margaret Bates) |
| (9pm ET | 8pm CT | 7pm MT | 6pm PT) Conference Kickoff Meet and Greet | (12:30pm ET | 11:30am CT | 10:30am MT | 9:30am PT) Business: Organize Your Romance Writing with Notion (Jeremy Flagg) Craft: Writing Love in All Its Forms: Nonmonogamy, Polyamory, & Representation (Victoria Krouse) | (12:30pm ET | 11:30am CT | 10:30am MT | 9:30am PT) Business: Building Your Author Network: How to Connect, Collaborate, and Grow in a Lonely Industry (Brooke Black) Craft: Consent In Romance: Leave No Doubt (Shannon Scott) |
| (2:00pm ET | 1:00pm CT | 12:00pm MT | 11:00am PT) KEYNOTE (Deanna Roy) | (2:00pm ET | 1:00pm CT | 12:00pm MT | 11:00am PT) Business: I’ve Completed My Final Draft! What Now? (Eliza Collins) Craft: Trauma and Healing: Writing About Sensitive Topics Like Abuse or Mental Health Without Glamorizing or Trivializing Them (Amy Ayres) | |
| (3:30pm ET | 2:30pm CT | 1:30pm MT | 12:30pm PT) Business: Bridging the Burnout Gap: Understand Creative Burnout and Start Actually Recovering (Kyra Sutherland) Craft: Love Beyond the Stereotypes: Writing Authentic Muslim Romance (Talia Basma) | (3:30pm ET | 2:30pm CT | 1:30pm MT | 12:30pm PT) Business: 5 Ways to Make Your Series Shine (Sue Toth) Craft: Writing People of Color with Respect, Sensitivity, and Authenticity (Elisha Fernandez) | |
| (5:00pm ET | 4:00pm CT | 3:00pm MT | 2:00pm PT) Business: Bosses and Family and Chores, Oh My! Finding Time to Write In a Busy World (Michelle McCraw) Craft: Let’s Talk About Sex: Writing Sex Scenes (Brenna Bailey-Davies and Molly Rookwood) | (5:00pm ET | 4:00pm CT | 3:00pm MT | 2:00pm PT) Business: Interactive Cover Critique for Submitted Covers (Tamian Wood & Cathy Helms) Craft: Mastering Subtext in Dialogue (Alida Winternheimer) | |
| (6:30pm ET | 5:30pm CT | 4:30pm MT | 3:30pm PT) Business: Online Author Essentials: Best Practices for Social Media Profiles & Website Media Kits (H.L. Brooks) Craft: The Trope Trap: Spotting Stereotypes Before They Write You (Courtney Doss) | (6:30pm ET | 5:30pm CT | 4:30pm MT | 3:30pm PT) Business: Ethical Marketing Practices: Avoiding Manipulative Tactics like Fake Reviews, Overpromising, or Misleading Blurbs (Elona Washington) Craft: Constructing Memorable Romance Characters (Charlotte Chipperfield) | |
| (8:00pm ET | 7:00pm CT | 6:00pm MT | 5:00pm PT) Stiletto Contest Award Ceremony | (8:00pm ET | 7:00pm CT | 6:00pm MT | 5:00pm PT) Conference Wrap-Up with 2025 CRW Board | |
| (9:00pm ET | 8:00pm CT | 7:00pm MT | 6:00pm PT) CRW Annual General Meeting |