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Joni has presented workshops and author panel discussions on various topics at universities, writer’s groups, and writing conferences. She lives in Florida and North Carolina and is willing to meet with book clubs in person and online.
Where will Joni be in 2026?
April 14 to 19, 2026
Lakeland, FL
SUN ‘n FUN Fly-In and Expo
Meet Author Joni M. Fisher at SUN ‘n FUN, on the south side of Lakeland Linder Airport, where she will be reporting for General Aviation News and having fun. Look for her in a bright pink shirt.
May 2, 2026
Jacksonville, FL
Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop
Author Joni M. Fisher will lead her popular dialogue writing workshop at the Clay County Chapter of the Florida Writers Association at the Fleming Island Public Library from 10 a.m. to noon. Looking forward to seeing Lou Pugliese and the great authors in this group! For more information, contact lou_gwu@yahoo.com.
August 26-30, 2026
Memphis, TN
The American Christian Fiction Writers Conference and StoryFest
Each year, hundreds of veteran authors and those just learning the craft of Christian fiction gather in a setting like this to hear skilled instructors, inspiring keynoters…to gain from the insights of industry professionals…to interact with other writers…and to present their ideas to agents and editors looking for stories like theirs, or to mentors who can help them move forward in their writing career. If you write Christian fiction—or want to learn how—the ACFW conference is an investment worth making.
Where Has She Been?
February 7, 2025
Lakeland, FL
Girlfriends & Chocolate Event
Author Joni M. Fisher was invited to do a book signing at this fun annual event held at Victory Church. The keynote speaker is humorist Lisa Harper. Advance tickets are required for $25 per person.
All women are invited to a special evening featuring incredible worship and guest speaker Lisa Harper happening Friday, February 7, 2025, at 6:30 PM.
April 1 to 6, 2025
Lakeland, FL
SUN ‘n FUN Fly-In and Expo
Meet Author Joni M. Fisher at SUN ‘n FUN where she will be reporting for General Aviation News and having fun. Look for her in a bright pink shirt.
April 4, 2025
Lakeland, FL
Book Club Guest Speaker
The book club of Foxwood Lake Estates hosted Author Joni M. Fisher to discuss South of Justice and aspects of writing a novel.
April 17, 2025
Zoom
Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop
Author Joni M. Fisher will lead her Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop for the 540 Writers Community.
The 540 Writers Community—a faith-based 501c3 nonprofit—exists to educate, encourage, and equip writers to create clean, clear, compelling, life-changing content. They seek to help underserved writers overcome barriers by providing free, accessible opportunities to learn and to hone writing skills. They offer conference-level writing education, a community for writers, and connection to writing-related resources.
May 13, 2025
Valrico, FL
Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop
Author Joni M. Fisher will lead her Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop at the Bloomingdale Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m.
June 6, 2025
Suncoast Writers Guild
Writing for Magazines and Paid Blogs Workshop
The Suncoast Writers Guild is hosting Author Joni M. Fisher to present a workshop on Writing for Magazines and Paid Blogs. Joni shares advice from decades of journalism experience as a freelancer and reporter on how to identify and develop newsworthy articles.
July 12, 2025
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Crafting Memorable Dialogue Workshop
The NE FWA Chapter is hosting Author Joni M. Fisher to present a workshop on Crafting Memorable Dialogue. Dialogue often makes up half of a novel, so mastering this element of storytelling can make or break a story.
September 2-7, 2025
Springfield, MO
The American Christian Fiction Writers Conference
Joni is presenting the Writing Quotable Dialogue workshop at the conference.
Each year, hundreds of veteran authors and those just learning the craft of Christian fiction gather in a setting like this to hear skilled instructors, inspiring keynoters…to gain from the insights of industry professionals…to interact with other writers…and to present their ideas to agents and editors looking for stories like theirs, or to mentors who can help them move forward in their writing career. If you write Christian fiction—or want to learn how—the ACFW conference is an investment worth making.
October 2, 2025
Lakeland, FL
Little Bus Books Fundraiser
The Plot is an evening of local authors reading a sample of their works (from behind a curtain) while partygoers identify the genre of the story. After all read, they are identified and brought out to mingle and sign books.
The fundraiser helps launch the portable Little Bus Books of Lakeland, Florida.
November 1, 2025
ZOOM
The Faith & Fellowship Book Festival
Our Book Festival is a place to meet new authors and hear about the inspiration behind their books. A place to hear over 30, well read Christian authors in the market today talk about their writing journey and what inspires them. A place where you can ask questions and meet new book lovers. A place where you can purchase books for yourself and for gifts in a manner that supports the authors.
Our festival is a great place to learn about the very best books out there. That’s why we sponsor the Angel Book Awards. The awards are presented live at the end of the festival.
Our festival is non-profit.
Registration and participation is free, so register today! The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5ish p.m on Saturday, November 1.
October 18 – 20, 2024
Altamonte Springs, FL
2024 Florida WritersCon
The annual Florida Writers Association conference and awards ceremony for the Royal Palm Literary Awards.
September 4 – 8, 2024
New Orleans
American Christian Fiction Writers Conference
We hope you’ll join us on this exciting journey, taking a major step forward in your writing career. ACFW, the Voice of Christian Fiction.
September 5-7, 2024
New Orleans
Storyfest
Celebrate story and your favorite Christian fiction authors right on the premises of the ACFW conference—where hundreds of Christian fiction authors gather each year.
Bring a friend, your book club, and an extra suitcase for free books, in addition to the books that will be available for purchase onsite.
July 20, 2024
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Leading an Editing Workshop
The NE FWA Chapter hosts Author Joni M. Fisher to present a workshop on editing down to the bones.
April 9 to 14, 2024
Lakeland, FL
SUN ‘n FUN 50th Anniversary
Meet Author Joni M. Fisher at SUN ‘n FUN where she will be reporting for General Aviation News and having fun.
Grasslands Book Club Talk
February 2, 2023 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Grasslands Gulf & Country Club, 1600 Grasslands Blvd.,
Lakeland, FL 33803
SUN ‘n FUN Fly-In & Expo
March 28 to April 3, 2023
Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL),
Lakeland, Florida
Book Signing
April 8, 2023, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Winter Haven Public Library, 325 Avenue A NW,
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Paducah Page Turners Book Club
May 1, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. Central Time until…
Discussion of West of Famous via Zoom.
American Christian Fiction Writers Conference
August 23 to 28, 2023
St. Louis, Missouri
Author Joni M. Fisher presented her Writing Quotable Dialogue Workshop through the ACFW At Home broadcasts.
Storyfest
August 24 to 26, 2023
St. Louis, Missouri
Come meet authors and pick up free books, swag, and stories to tell your reader pals. See you there! When you register, tell them Joni Fisher sent you. Please.
Teaching at Florida WritersCon
October 20 to 22, 2023
Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs,
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Author Joni M. Fisher presents a workshop on “Writing for Magazines or Paid Blogs.” Essays and articles are in high demand by magazines, paid blogs, and organizations. To tap into this rich market, writers need to know 10 basics.
The other workshop Joni is presenting is “Writing Quotable Dialogue.” We’ve all slogged through novels with boring, predictable, or chit-chat dialogue. This workshop offers ten practical techniques to apply immediately to a scene or chapter in your work in progress or to an example scene.
Florida Writers Con 2022
OCTOBER 27-30, 2022
Altamonte Springs, FL
We are back to in-person workshops, awards, and networking! Oh, and East of Evil, which comes out in May, 2023, is a finalist in the Royal Palm Literary Awards in the 2 categories of unpublished full-length fiction–crime and mystery.
Guest Blog
OCTOBER, 2022
Debbie Laskey’s Blog
Debbie Laskey interviewed Author Joni M. Fisher for her blog. Debbie’s expertise and blog features strategic planning, brand development, marketing plans and audits, competitive positioning, websites, corporate communications, public relations, employee engagement, customer experiences, and social media marketing.
Editing Down to the Bones Workshop
AUGUST 20, 2022
Melbourne, FL
The Space Coast Writer’s Guild is hosting the one-day workshop.
Whether you are writing your first novel or your fiftieth, how you approach the editing stage can make or break your story. This 2-hour workshop teaches a streamlined process to strengthen and deepen your story from its structural bones to the final polishing of sentences. Thriller author Steve Berry said he edits every scene and sentence of his work seventy times before it goes to the publisher. His 27 historical thrillers have been translated into 40 languages. He understands the power of editing.
WRITE QUOTABLE DIALOGUE
We’ve all slogged through novels with boring, predictable, or chit-chat dialogue. In many genres, dialogue makes up half of the novel, so dialogue can make or break your bond with readers. Discover how to craft purposeful, quotable dialogue, by applying techniques used by screenwriters and playwrights. The workshop offers ten practical lessons to apply immediately to your work in progress.
The lessons are:
- Discover when and when not to use dialogue
- Infuse conflict
- Employ text and subtext
- Create suspense
SUN ‘n FUN Fly-in and Expo
Lakeland, Florida
The SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo is Florida’s largest annual convention of any kind and the 2nd largest air show in the world. Join over 225,000 aviation enthusiasts for 6 exciting days of cutting-edge technology exhibits, forums, workshops, career fairs, and of course our world-famous breathtaking aerial displays by some of the best airshow performers in the business! See the Air Force Thunderbirds. I will be reporting for General Aviation News.
Crafting Memorable Dialog Workshop
Melbourne, FL
The Space Coast Writer’s Guild is hosting the one-day workshop. We’ve all slogged through novels with boring, predictable, or chit-chat dialog. In many genres, dialog makes up half of the novel, so dialog can make or break your bond with readers. You can learn how to craft purposeful, quotable dialog by discovering and applying techniques used by screenwriters and playwrights. This class on Crafting Memorable Dialog offers ten practical lessons to apply immediately to your work in progress.
Gardenia Garden Club hosts Author Joni M. Fisher
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Winter Haven, Florida
The 65-member club hosted an evening with local Author Joni M. Fisher to learn about her research and writing process and to discuss her Compass Crimes series.
2021 Florida Writers Association Annual Conference
OCTOBER 14-17, 2021
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Workshops, panel discussions, the Royal Palm Literary Awards, networking, and fun.
2021 Bouchercon — Blood on the Bayou
AUGUST 25-29, 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world’s premier annual crime fiction event. Join the mystery community — from authors, fans, and publishers to reviewers, booksellers, and editors — for 5 days of panels, parties, and pure mystery fun.
SUN ‘n FUN Fly-in and Expo
APRIL 13-18, 2021
Lakeland, Florida
The SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo is Florida’s largest annual convention of any kind and the 2nd largest air show in the world. Join over 225,000 aviation enthusiasts for 6 exciting days of cutting-edge technology exhibits, forums, workshops, career fairs, and of course our world-famous breathtaking aerial displays by some of the best airshow performers in the business! See the Blue Angels. Author Joni M. Fisher reports for General Aviation News.
Expressions Storytelling Institute and Writers Workshop
JANUARY 31, 2020
Southeastern University
Keynote speaker Jeff Goins. Workshops by Authors Joni M., Fisher, Carol J. Post, and Paul Linzey Ph.D. Professors from Southeastern will present a panel discussion. This event is open to the public for $30 fee. Pre-registration is required.
Interview on Authors on the Air Global Radio Network with Host Pam Stack
MARCH 4, 2020
Radio
Pam Stack interviews Author Joni M. Fisher for Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. It is an international digital media corporation comprised of radio talk shows, podcasts, book reviews broadcasting to 40 countries, and the most popular podcast apps and video sites with 3 million listeners and over one million social media listeners. Listen to the recording by clicking on the button below.
SUN ‘n FUN FLY-IN AND EXPO
MAY 5 – MAY 10 CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC
LAKELAND, FL
Joni will be reporting for General Aviation News / SUN ‘n FUN TODAY. Sometimes she gets to fly with airshow performers as a ride-along.
panel discussion on Authors on the Air Global Radio Network with Host Pam Stack
MAY 21
Podcast
SOCIAL MEDIA IN BOOK MARKETING
Authors on the panel: Claire Fullerston, Joanne Kukanza Easley, Mary Anne Willow, Kit Morgan, Susan Z. Ritz, and Joni M. Fisher. Learn how these authors navigate social media to market their books.
Florida Writers Association Conference
OCTOBER 15 – 18 — ONLINE IN 2020
Altamonte Springs, FL
The FWA conference is an annual event that includes workshops and panel discussions. The event is capped off by the Royal Palm Literary Awards.
WRITING FOR MAGAZINES AND PAID BLOGS
Essays and articles are in high demand by magazines, paid blogs, and organizations. To tap into this rich market, writers need to know 10 basics.