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Avoiding Problematic Stereotypes and Tropes
Friday March 27, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Algonquin A
Tropes and stereotypes in your books can be upsetting to readers if they're not carefully handled. Authors discuss how to avoid using stereotyped characters and offensive tropes, and also how to turn them on their heads to write better fiction.
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Leslie Gulvas

I'm a collector of experiences and writer of both fact and fiction. I live on a farm with a giant wolf hound, a disgruntled guard pig, silly cats and an old gray horseMy books are:
Carnival Charlatan an urban fantasy,
Brenda's House a middle grade ghost story, and
Off the Reservatio... Read More →
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Jennifer Blackstream

Author
"Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and fantasy romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Murder She Wrote, and endless research into mythology... Read More →
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Friday March 27, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Algonquin A
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