Speakers: Van Kunder, Darie Patrie, & M.C. Joudrey Join our panelists as they read their own poetry or favorite pieces of poetry from speculative fiction. Bring your own poetry or favorite works to share and discuss with the panelists.
Blue Pencil Session with Melinda Friesen
Speaker: Melinda Friesen Melinda Friesen reviews the chosen submissions of our convention members.
How to Edit Your Own Work, and Why You Need an Editor
Speakers: Lindsay Kitson, J. Boone Dryden, Diane Walton, & Daria Patrie The trick to writing is re-writing. Our panelists will share a few tips on editing your own work, and will go over what an editor will do with your…
Suspension of Disbelief
Speakers: Gerald Brandt & Craig Russell All things are possible if you can imagine it, but how do you keep it plausible when writing it? Is writing near future and urban fantasy easier than far future and high fantasy? What are…
Favourite Writers
Speakers: M.C. Joudrey & Ronald Hore Our panelists discuss their favorite writers both in and out of SF&F genre. What writers inspired them to write? Are there any guilty pleasures on their bookshelves?
Book Reading: Various
Speakers: Craig Russell & Den Valdron Craig Russell reads from Fragment and Den Valdron reads from The Mermaid’s Tale. A question and answer session follows the readings. Stay until the end to receive a free ticket for a chance to win…
Character Development
Speakers: M.C. Joudrey, J. Boone Dryden, & Van Kunder How do you develop fully rounded characters in fiction? Will they develop on their own as the story progresses, or do you need to fully flesh them out ahead of time?…
Book Reading
Featuring Gerald Brandt & Ronald Hore Gerald Brandt reads from The Operative, and Ronald Hore reads from his new novella. A question and answer session follows the readings. Stay until the end to receive a free ticket for a chance…
Religion & SF/F
Speakers: Lindsay Kitson, Sherry Peters, & Daria Patrie From Piers Anthony’s Incarnations of Immortality to David Webber’s Honor Harrington Series, from Michael Carpenter in Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files to Bobby Dollar in The Dirty Streets of Heaven, and many more novels,…
Miyazaki and Flight
Speaker: Timothy Gwyn Flight has fascinated humankind for centuries. Join our panelists as they discuss anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s use of flight in his films, and how they’ve inspired writers and fans alike.
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