BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:October 2026: Horror and Romance: The Scarlet Hearts of Two Genres DESCRIPTION:Many can't imagine how two genres could be more different than horror and romance. But the underlying mechanisms of how they work are actually quite similar\, and the exploration of the (perhaps) surprising connections between them can help editors better understand the genres and better serve their clients.\n\nIn this presentation\, James Gallagher digs into the major beats\, themes\, and reader expectations of these magnificent genres. Covering everything from HEAs and evil that never dies to meet-cutes and monsters\, this presentation celebrates two genres close to the presenter's heart.\n\nLearning objectivesGain a stronger understanding of how the horror and romance genres workDiscover ways to better support authors writing horror and romanceDeepen your grasp of storytelling as it applies to all genresAbout the speaker\n\nJames Gallagher\, owner of Castle Walls Editing\, has edited for indie authors and for publishers such as Hachette Book Group\, Macmillan\, Catapult\, and Thomas & Mercer. While primarily a copy editor\, James also provides developmental editing and proofreading services. James's favorite genres to edit are horror and romance\, and James is proud to be part of the ever-changing and endlessly invigorating editing community. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Many can'\;t imagine how two genres could be more different than horror and romance. But the underlying mechanisms of how they work are actually quite similar\, and the exploration of the (perhaps) surprising connections between them can help editors better understand the genres &mdash\; and better serve their clients.

In this presentation\, James Gallagher digs into the major beats\, themes\, and reader expectations of these magnificent genres. Covering everything from HEAs and evil that never dies to meet-cutes and monsters\, this presentation celebrates two genres close to the presenter&rsquo\;s heart.

Learning objectives

About the speaker

James Gallagher\, owner of Castle Walls Editing\, has edited for indie authors and for publishers such as Hachette Book Group\, Macmillan\, Catapult\, and Thomas &\; Mercer. While primarily a copy editor\, James also provides developmental editing and proofreading services. James&rsquo\;s favorite genres to edit are horror and romance\, and James is proud to be part of the ever-changing and endlessly invigorating editing community.

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