ONLINE Hopeless Romantasy - A Beginner's Guide to One of the Fastest Growing Genres
One-Day Workshop | Monday, May 26, 2025
5pm-8pm PT | 6pm-9pm MT | 7pm-10pm CT | 8pm-11pm ET | 9pm-12am AT
Instructor: Andrew Buckley
MEMBER PRICE: $60.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $80.00
Dust off that dark fae princess/prince costume and step into the enchanting world of Romantasy—where magic meets modern romance in this comprehensive workshop exploring one of publishing's fastest-growing genres. We'll dive into what makes Romantasy unique, examining the delicate balance between fantasy worldbuilding and romantic elements, and explore the key tropes that readers love. Through interactive discussion and writing exercises, participants will learn how to craft compelling romantic arcs within magical settings, develop chemistry between characters, and weave supernatural elements into their love stories. Whether you're interested in writing about fae courts, witch academies, or mildly horny dragon shifters, this workshop will provide the tools needed to create captivating stories that resonate with today's readers.
This class is an interactive online workshop using Zoom.
Andrew Buckley is a film school-educated writer, which means he’s spent most of his life with no money and a strong opinion about bad movies. Around the turn of the century he attended the Vancouver Film School’s Writing for Film and Television program, graduating with excellence. Today, he’s a traditional and self-published novelist of rather silly, yet enjoyable speculative fiction for all ages, a comic book writer, screenwriter, podcaster, creator, and keynote speaker.
For over 20 years, he’s worked in the dreaded world of marketing as a content creator, copywriter, and strategist for large national and international brands. He actively develops curriculum and teaches marketing, social media, and communication theory at the post-secondary level.
As a writer, Andrew favours playing in the fantasy and paranormal sandboxes and has a terrible habit of writing with a humorous and satirical slant despite being asked politely on numerous occasions to ‘please stop doing that’.
Andrew speaks to thousands of people each year, all over the world, about storytelling and writing through the delivery of interactive and engaging keynotes, workshops, and presentations at schools, colleges, writing conferences, teacher conferences, and comic cons.
At the time you’re reading this, he’s likely busy working on several new projects and attempting to bend time and space to allow for more hours in the day. He now lives happily in the Okanagan Valley, BC with a multitude of characters that dwell comfortably inside of his mind.
Andrew is represented by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management.
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