Rom-Coms and the Art of Unrealistic Relationship Standards

Romance-Con | Presented by Toledo Library

The wit! The banter! The prolonged eye contact! We want yearning and rom-coms are here to serve. This panel of authors will discuss the art of writing with a comedic flair that still singes.

At each program, authors will speak, followed by a question and answer session. This event is free, and tickets are not required.  For other Romance-Con events and offerings, visit toledolibrary.org/romance-con.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

K.M. Neuhold is a complete romance junkie and often describes herself as being in love with love. She loves to write stories full of bearded, cinnamon roll men who get super swoony HEAs. Her philosophy is there’s so much angst and sadness for LGBT characters in media, all she wants is to give them the happiest happily ever afters she can with little angst, tons of humor, and SO MUCH STEAM. K.M. fully admits to her tendencies of making sure every side character has a full backstory that will likely always lead to every book turning into a series or spin-off. When she's not writing she's a lion tamer, an astronaut, and a superhero...just kidding, she's likely watching Netflix and snuggling with her huskies while her amazing husband brings her coffee. 

Ellie Palmer is the author of Four Weekends and a Funeral and Anywhere With You, and is a prototypical Midwesterner who routinely apologizes to inanimate objects when she bumps into them. When she’s not writing romantic comedies featuring delightfully messy characters, she’s at home in Minnesota, eating breakfast food, watching too much reality television, and triple texting her husband about their son. 

Tanvier Peart is a future bestselling author who writes spicy romance books with a healthy obsession with snacks and happily ever afters.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Cami Roth Szirotnyak is an intersectional feminist, policy wonk, and spiritual life coach. She is the cocreator of the antiracist flashcard deck, Dinner with Racists, and the coauthor of the memoir/how-to book, On Drowning Rats: How Two Women Took Down a Sexual Harasser and How You Can Too—the latter of which was named one of TLCPL’s ‘Best Books of 2023.’ Currently, she volunteers with the Steinem Sisters Collective at the TLCPL, which holds the U.S.’s first and only feminist collection in a public library. She enjoys LGBTQ+ contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and romantasy at a preferred spice level of 3.75 (but will settle for a 2 if necessary). Cami’s first novel, an upmarket historical fiction featuring Old Hollywood, is slated for completion this year (spice level pending).

Sensory Considerations: This program will use artificial lighting.  All speakers will use microphones.

Accessibility Details: Located on the first floor, accessed by elevator and/or stairs. All doors will feature an automatic function or be propped open prior to program start. Tile or low pile carpet throughout the building. Limited free parking is available in the attached garage. 

Please call Public Services at 419-259-5293 to request an accommodation at least two weeks prior to the program date.

Romance-Con is presented by Toledo Library, with support from Destination Toledo, the official Destination Marketing Organization promoting the Toledo, Ohio region to visitors, meeting and convention business locally, regionally, and nationwide.