Marella Sands

Adjunct Faculty

Webster University

Participates in 8 items

Hey, I finally started my own YouTube channel (youtube.com/@marellasands6260)! Watch some videos, hit that “like” button, subscribe, and leave some comments. If you’d like to be on the channel, contact me and let me know what you’d like to discuss. Currently, I'm working on two series: Tales from the Angels' Share, about a bartender whose boss proves to be a supernatural creature; and Escaping Normal, about the paranormal. If you'd like your paranormal story to be featured in one of the Escaping Normal books, head to my website (marellasands.com) and click on the "Submit" button to the right on the home page. This year, I had two short stories published: Golden Eyes, in Jewels of Darkover, and Europa's Children, in Merciless Mermaids. I am also writing a book on shamanism, researching an alternate history series set in West Africa, and seeing my Rook & Thorn books reissued by Untreed Reads. In 2022, I got one item off my bucket list when I lived for four months in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Sessions in which Marella Sands participates

Friday 29 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

3:00 PM

Author Readings with Cole Gibsen, Marella Sands, and Lloyd Kropp

50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Gateway Center - Ballroom A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Cole Lanahan (Participant)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Participant)

Lloyd Kropp, Retired from University (Participant)

8:00 PM

Urban Fantasy: What Would You Like to Read?

50 minutes, 8:00 PM - 8:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette B

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Walt Boyes, The Grantville Gazette & Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press (Participant)

Shawntelle Madison (Participant)

The urban fantasy subgenre has been everywhere in the last few years! What themes or supernatural beings would you like explored in an urban fantas...

9:00 PM

Fantasy World-Building: Not Just a Copy of Medieval Europe

50 minutes, 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Moderator)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Participant)

John Hornor Jacobs, Hornor and Son (Participant)

Thomas Carpenter K. (Participant)

Michael Z. Williamson, SharpPointyThings.com (Participant)

Learn about creating a setting that lives and breathes and is believably consistent. Fantasy worlds are much more than physical surroundings and n...

Saturday 30 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

Wonder Woman: Did DC Finally Hit a Home Run?

50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Gateway Center - Salon 6

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Michael McFadden, Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) (Participant)

Matthew Edward Munro Wagenblast (Participant)

Ms Joy Ward, Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press/ Galaxy's Edge Magazine (Participant)

1:00 PM

British TV - Doctor Who, Class, Orphan Black

50 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Gateway Center - Salon 6

Panel

Cindy A. Matthews (Moderator)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Participant)

Ms Allison Stein, na (Participant)

Mike Cole, Digital Originals (Participant)

3:00 PM

Give Me That Old-Time Religion: Why Are We So Fascinated with Magic?

50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Gateway Center - Salon 4

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Lloyd Kropp, Retired from University (Participant)

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Participant)

5:00 PM

Tips For Writing About Things You Know Nothing About

50 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Marella Sands, Webster University (Moderator)

Mr. Bryan Schmidt (Participant)

Ms Joy Ward, Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press/ Galaxy's Edge Magazine (Participant)

Rachel Neumeier (Participant)

Mr Mark Tiedemann (Participant)

Okay, we can't know everything about everything. Listen to our experts reveal what they have done to become knowledgeable on a subject or at least ...

7:00 PM

Writing Death Scenes

50 minutes, 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM

Gateway Center - Marquette A

Panel

Cole Lanahan (Moderator)

Marella Sands, Webster University (Participant)

Tonya De Marco, Tonya L. De Marco aka Cosplay Tonya (Participant)

Matthew R.R. Morrese, Canticles Productions LLC (Participant)