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Evening Webinar: Permission to Smooch: Why Romance ROCKS & How to Make Yours Sing with Jenn Sommersby

When
12 Feb 2026
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Zoom

Registration

Guest Registration – $28.00
Member Registration – $18.00

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Permission to Smooch: Why Romance ROCKS & How to Make Yours Sing

with Jenn Sommersby

Member Price: $18

Non-Member Price is $28

**This event will be recorded. Registrants can access the recording for 45 days.

Workshop/Event Description

Romance isn’t easy, frivolous, or “just tropes.” It’s a genre built on emotional honesty, character change, and earned intimacy. This session busts myths, digs into craft, and gives you permission to write love boldly—without apology.

Connect with Jenn on her website:

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Intended audience:

Writers of every skill level and any genre

Bio:

Jennifer Sommersby is a freelance editor (via Plumfield Editing), publishing mentor, educator, and author of a baker’s dozen books written under Sommersby and Eliza Gordon, including award-winning YA and best-selling rom-com titles. Through her company SGA Books, she supports indie authors with publishing resources and hands-on teaching, as well as branding, design, and custom merch through Bard & Bloom. Her first nonfiction series geared toward early-career writers will publish in 2026. Shop direct: shop.sgabooks.com.

Digital doors open at 6:55 pm, event starts at 7:00 pm

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