Our panelists examine history to help you craft strong, believable characters from a pagan point of view. This year weâll concentrate on witchcraft and warlocks. Panelists: Kerrie Hughes, Steven Schend
Do you read or write for the love of language? Is your favorite author one who can transport you into the setting? Learn how observation and imagination can put life in your writing and make your readers see, smell, and feel what your characters do. Panelists: Anton Strout, Patrick Rothfuss
Political intrigue plays a role in many science fiction/fantasy tales. Our panelists suggest how to incorporate politics, how to foreshadow political events and conflicts, and how to make political intrigue as dynamic as any fight scene. Panelists: Tim Waggoner, Donald Bingle
Come enjoy an open forum with the folks from Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Shane Hensley, creator of Deadlands and Savage Worlds, Pinnacleâs President Simon Lucas, and others will be on hand to talk about up-coming releases and to take questions from the crowd. And just like last year, Shane may even let slip a secret or two.
A panel of two teams of 3 people will be given items to write a story about. Each member of the team will be given less than 2 minutes to write a story that will have to contain 3 specific items in it. Each subsequent writer will have to add to the story using an additional 3 items in the story line.
God-like human beings in colorful costumes battle the forces of evil, with the whole world hanging in the balance! At heart, the super-hero genre is very straightforward in its approach, yet most of the time super-hero game systems get bogged down in math & complex mechanics & lose sight of the fun. Though you may not believe it, an RPG can recreate the thrills of your favorite comic book. This panel will tell you how.
Weâll discuss the books: fiction, non-fiction, and ones on the craft of writing, that every author should read. Panelists: Elizabeth Vaughan, Chris Pierson, Donald Bingle, Jean Rabe
Why spend your lunch hour in a crowded restaurant when you can sit back, relax, and listen to the refreshing prose of Symposium authors Paul Genesse and Kelly Swails. Make it a picnic.