Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026: Full Schedule

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9:00am MDT

Baby Got Back(story)

Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT

Douglas

Learn how to create complex, multi-dimensional characters by developing their backstories. This class introduces tools and techniques for building backstory and includes interactive group exercises so attendees can “try on” the methods presented.

Faculty

Chris Mandeville

Author

Chris Mandeville is an unrepentant coffee drinker, night owl, and binge writer. She can write anywhere, but her usual spot is a comfy chair at home in the Rocky Mountains with her service dog, Oski, snoozing by her feet. When she isn't writing, she loves to cook, travel, and teach... Read More →

Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Douglas

Craft of Writing

Moderator John Neal
Audience Beginner

10:15am MDT

Write Lore Your Readers Won’t Forget (2 hours)

Sunday April 19, 2026 10:15am - 12:30pm MDT

Douglas

Our mythologies shape and define us. Explore techniques for designing the stories behind the story you’re telling – the stories that your characters either carry in their hearts or resist with all their capacity. Lore is the engine that your characters (and readers) use to interpret the story they're in and the life they're living. Come join Stant Litore in exploring how to share the lore of your fictional world with the reader in entertaining and surprising ways.

Faculty

Stant Litore

Stant Litore is the author of Ansible, The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur (recently adapted into an Emmy-nominated episode of Love, Death, and Robots), The Zombie Bible, and Dante’s Heart. Besides science fiction and fantasy, he has written the writers’ toolkits Write Wo... Read More →

Sunday April 19, 2026 10:15am - 12:30pm MDT
Douglas

Craft of Writing

Moderator Pam McCutcheon

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

9:00am MDT

Chris Mandeville

10:15am MDT

Stant Litore

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