Authors Who Own it Conference

AUTHORS WHO OWN IT ~ JAN 2026

Day 1:
Featured Speaker: CROWNED to Lead: LaTanya Orr, How Authors Can Monetize Their Message & Multiply Their Impact

Featured Speaker: Finding Your New Journey: LaTanya Edenburgs, Transformation stories & author journeys

Day 2:

Saturday –
Featured Speaker: The Multi-Generational Blueprint: Building a Brand That Speaks to Every Age Group: Monica Swope

Featured Speaker: Getting to the Bag – Book Edition: Shaneisha Dodson

Featured Speaker: Marketing and Book Coach: Paula Banks

Featured Speaker: How Christian Women Can Increase Their Income Without Leaving the Career They Love: Dr. Stevii

All Children’s Writers Featured Panel: Ellisha Newton

Featured Speaker: How I Beat The Odds: Maureen Whitsett

Poetry Writing Featured Reading: Blue Peotress

DAY 3:
Welcome Back & Weekend Recap
Virtual Networking in Breakout Rooms
Power Talk: Marketing on Roku TV: C.F. Jackson, Resilience & leadership identity
Featured Speaker: Mental Health: Lady Charmaine Day
Closing Keynote: From Book to Business: The Author’s Blueprint for Brand, Revenue & Impact: Eric Hamilton
Black Awards Nominee’s
Evening Wrap-Up & Open Q&A

AUTHORS WHO OWN IT VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
JAN 16TH - 18TH
This year’s powerful speaker lineup brings real strategies, lived experience, and actionable tools to help you grow beyond book sales and into purpose-driven platforms.
Featured Speakers Include:

LaTanya Orr – CROWNED to Lead: Monetize your message & build aligned income streams

LaTanya Edenburgs – Finding Your New Journey: Navigating change and creating a new normal

Shaneisha Dodson – Getting to the Bag: Book Edition: Multiple income streams from one book

Monica Swope – Building a brand that connects across generations + courageous marketing

Lady Charmaine Day – Mental health, resilience, and overcoming adversity
Dr. Stevii Aisha Mills – Increase income without leaving the career you love

Maureen Whitsett – Owning your story, purpose, and calling with confidence
Eric Hamilton – From Book to Business: Brand, revenue, and legacy strategy
CF Johnson - The Power of Interview to Build Authority
Paula Banks - Book Publisher and Coach
Dr. Kym Oglesby - Marketing and Media You Want & AI

Ellisha Newton M.Ed - Writing Children’s Books – and Creating the Accessories
Kelly Morgan -Breaking the Algorithm™ (BTA): Real Strategies for Indie Authors Who Want Sales, Not Just Likes
Whether you’re writing your first book or building your author empire, this conference will help you move from published to positioned—and from

AUTHORS WHO OWN IT OCT 2026!!!

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