2024-1Writer Symposium Speakers

  • Susan Watts

    Susan Watts, who writes under the name Michelle Allums, has been writing stories since she can remember. Her favorite thing as a child was to open a blank notebook and begin writing a new adventure. She always liked reading but enjoyed creating her own stories even more. She also loves the martial arts and has…

  • Rebecca J. Clark

    Rebecca J. Clark (Becky) is a USA Today best-selling romance author, and has also been a personal fitness instructor and class instructor for the past 22 years. She’s trained hundreds of clients over the years, from retired ballerinas and professional bodybuilders, to 97-year-old great-great grandmas. But the majority of her clients are just regular people…

  • Sarah (Sally) Hamer

    Sally Hamer, B. S., MLA, is passionate about teaching people both to write their stories and to take care of themselves. A writing instructor at LSU in Shreveport, Louisiana and for the Lawson Writing Academy for decades, and a new instructor at the No Stress Academy, she’s proud of the success of her many multi-published…

  • Lisa Norman

    Lisa Norman’s passion has been writing since she could hold a pencil. While that is a cliché, she is unique in that her first novel was written on gum wrappers. As a young woman, she learned to program and discovered she has a talent for helping people and computers learn to work together and play…