AI and authorship. The future of romance publishing. What the headlines got wrong. What working authors actually need to do next. If that’s the room you’re building — I’ll show up with a point of view and the receipts to back it up.
A keynote on what happens when the industry you love becomes the story everyone’s fighting about — and the pragmatic playbook for staying in business through the change. Part founder story, part case study, part survival guide. Finishes with a Q&A that actually answers the hard questions.
A craft talk on why tooling changes nothing about the emotional contract between a romance author and her reader — and how to keep that contract intact while your workflow triples. Built from fifteen years of editing manuscripts that didn’t work, and writing 216 that did.
The founder-operator story of PlotProse: how a working author built a six-figure teaching business on the back of a fifteen-year craft, and what that looks like for anyone trying to build an indie publishing career in 2026. Numbers, frameworks, and the thing nobody talks about — pen name portfolio strategy.
An on-the-record conversation about what transparency actually looks like, why disclosure is harder than it sounds, and what working authors, platforms, and readers need from each other now. For media panels that want a practitioner, not a pundit.
Conference-stage opener or closer. 45–60 minutes, usually with Q&A. Visually tight deck, room to improvise, no dead weight.
The practitioner voice on a panel of journalists, academics, or industry figures. Works especially well on AI ethics, publishing economics, and genre futures.
Long-form, short-form, live, or produced. I come in with the receipts. If it’s a show about authorship, AI, or indie publishing, I’m probably already prepared.
A slower-paced interview or fireside for a curated audience — author retreats, mastermind groups, invite-only summits. One-on-one with a host who’s done their homework.
Coral Hart is a bestselling romance novelist and founder of PlotProse — and, in her own words, “a publisher who writes, not a writer who publishes.” Featured in The New York Times, NPR’s 1A, Brave New Bookshelf, and Writing With AI, she has trained more than 2,400 authors to build sustainable book businesses.
She has spent fifteen years in publishing — as an editor, cover designer, ghostwriter, and indie publisher before her first bestseller — and brings that full range into every conversation. Author of 216 novels across 21 pen names. Imbali Award winner — the regional equivalent of the former RITA. Unapologetic about all of it.
Tell me about the room, the audience, and what you want them to walk out thinking. I read every inquiry personally.