Take your career to the next level in 2025 and beyond!
MASTERMIND + CONFERENCE
HILTON RIVERSIDE NEW ORLEANS
MARCH 16-22, 2025
MEET US IN NEW ORLEANS!
One Week
Two Events
March 16 - 22, 2025
New Orleans, LA
FUTURE OF PUBLISHING MASTERMIND
MARCH 16-18, 2025
Join an elite group of hand-selected authors and publishers in New Orleans for a two-day event brimming with connection and bleeding-edge thought leadership.
WRITER MBA CONFERENCE
March 19-22, 2025
The Writer MBA Conference is the only writer conference that focuses on creating a cross-disciplinary career across different modalities while bringing together the Author Ecosystem methodology to helping you grow.
When you purchase a ticket for the mastermind, you also get access to the conference!
Schedule
2025
March 16-18
The Future of Publishing In-Person Mastermind
Join us in New Orleans for a three-day mastermind packed with keynotes, workshops, panels, small groups, and roundtables with industry experts to help chart a path for the future of publishing.
Sunday - Registration + Welcome Reception
Monday & Tuesday - Workshops, Hot Seats, Breakthrough Sessions, Breakfast, Lunch
2025
March 19
Vendor Day + Conference Registration
Whether you purchase a ticket for the mastermind or the conference, you are welcome to visit with sponsors and industry guests at our vendor day on Wednesday, March 19th!
Wednesday - If you're only attending the conference, this is when you'll pick up your badge
2025
March 20-22
Writer MBA Conference
Join hundreds of other writers looking to take their career to the next level.
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday - Two tracks of workshops
LIFE-CHANGING
"I LOVED the Future of Publishing Mastermind! Absolutely coming back next year! Truly a life-changing event. I'm still buzzing with insight and personal validation."
Jonathan Ashline
Author
INSPIRING
"The Future of Publishing Mastermind was unlike any other #indieauthor event I've ever attended. Small, curated and intimate. Mindful and inspiring."
Orna Ross
Alliance of Independent Authors
COMMUNITY
"What a wonderful community of authors. I loved the information brainstorm. I made new friends and I love the camaraderie and practical tools I received from this wonderful event."
Macarena luz Bianchi
Author
2024 Sponsors
This incredible group of sponsors helped make our 2024 event amazing!
The Organizing Team
ORGANIZER
Russell Nohelty
ORGANIZER
Monica Leonelle
ORGANIZER
Mel Jolly
ORGANIZER
Tawdra Kandle
A high level writing conference and mastermind experience dedicated to getting you to the next level across writing disciplines
For 25+ years, USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle have created systems to help writers get to the next level in their careers. They've had success and helped other writers succeed in fiction and nonfiction, along with courses, blogs, subscriptions, web stores, advertising, and more. There are not two more accomplished writers in the industry who have had more success across more disciplines.
Now, they are taking their extensive experience and bringing out of the digital space and bringing it straight to you through a unique, high level conference experience focused on helping you get to the next level by combining their famous Author Ecosystem framework and helping you navigate the publishing landscape across disciplines to build a robust, thriving, and sustainable author career.
If you're looking to take your career to the next level and want to surround yourself with writers working to maximize their careers, this is the conference for you. We call it Writer MBA for a reason, because you're about to master your writing business and take it to the next level.
PART 1: Future of Publishing Mastermind
Join an elite group of hand-selected authors and publishers in New Orleans for a three-day event brimming with connection and bleeding-edge thought leadership.
The benefits are clear:
PART 2: Writer MBA Conference
Even if you can't join us for the mastermind, our Writer MBA conference is second to none. It's the only writer conference that focuses on creating a cross-disciplinary career across different modalities while bringing together the Author Ecosystem methodology to helping you grow.
The benefits are clear:
FAQ
What time does the in-person event start and end?
Are you taking applications for speakers?
We have a long list of speakers who we plan to reach out to before we start accepting applications.
Will this be worth my money and time?
If you have joined any of our events before, then you know we never go halfway. This will be the most comprehensive publishing experience on the market, and we will bring all our resources to bear making it the best.
What is an industry guest?
Industry guests are our approved vendors for the event. Not only will you be get a table at our vendor day, but you'll also have our approval to sell from the stage, book meetings, host events, and generally conduct business at the event. You will be given a special lanyard that denotes you are an approved vendors. Anyone who conducts business outside of being an industry guest does so without our approval. They will not be able to sell their services during presentations, and will be barred from returning or asked to upgrade their membership if they are caught doing so. We think this is the best way to show our attendees who we have vetted and the names they can trust. All sponsors will also be approved to sell their services at the event.
What's your refund policy?
We do not offer refunds on digital products and events due to receiving the content or a portion of the content immediately.
We do not offer refunds on the live event due to the necessity for a head count to secure the venue and pay for other expenses. We are happy to connect you with a waitlist of people who may be interested in buying your ticket, and we are happy to honor a transfer to someone else.
Will the conference be live-streamed?
The in-person event will not be recorded, but we will ask speakers to present an online version of their talk at the virtual summit. Those talks will be made available to virtual attendees, and we will offer additional speakers through our virtual summit as well.
What are your Covid-19 Protocols?
Writer MBA is dedicated to ensuring a healthy experience for our team and event guests. We are following guidance from the CDC and local health authorities in the implementation of our plans and will continue to update the plans accordingly.
Due to the ever-changing nature of COVID-19, the event planning team will be making protocol decisions when we have relevant information closer to the event date.
In the event that The Future of Publishing Mastermind must be canceled due to COVID-19, we will compensate all tickets appropriately, commensurate with the value of the ticket.
Can I sponsor this event?
Yes, we are accepting sponsors for both our virtual and in-person events. We have many vendor packages to suit your needs. Please email Mel at melissa at authorrx dot com to receive a complete listing of sponsorship opportunities.
