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Vanessa MacLaren-Wray

She/her

engineer/writer
RPG Power Systems
Participates in 3 items

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray writes science fiction and fantasy exploring the challenges of communication and attachment in a diverse, complex universe. She’s the author of the Patchwork Universe series, including All That Was Asked, Shadows of Insurrection, and Flames of Attrition. She’s also a member of the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy shared-universe consortium. Her short fiction has appeared with Dragon Gems and in the award-winning anthology Fault Zone: Reverse. She hosts regular online open mics for the California Writers Club and guest-hosts for the podcast Small Publishing in a Big Universe. She is also an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). As an engineer in the energy industry, she’s written extensively on alternative energy, changes in the electric power industry, and responding to the climate crisis. When not arguing with her cats, she works on new stories, her email journal Messages from the Oort Cloud, and her website, cometarytales.com.

Find all her connections at https://linktr.ee/Vanessa_MacLarenWray

 

Sessions in which Vanessa MacLaren-Wray participates

Sunday 27 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Science and Politics in the USA: Latter Day Lysenkoism?
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Howard Davidson, Facebook (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Bad Science: Pseudoscience, Hoaxes, and Illogical Thinking
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Moderator)

Howard Davidson, Facebook (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

When we're reading or writing science fiction, we've got some poetic license, but we want the science to be fundamentally right. When looking for s...

Monday 28 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Wild Weather
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

For the first time, science can show that three extreme weather events would not have happened without global warming, including the rain bomb that...

Sessions in which Vanessa MacLaren-Wray attends

Friday 25 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Integrating Mythology
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Jacob Fisk (Moderator)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

From books to anime, comics to television, classical mythology to modern entertainment, old myths can both delight and confound consumers. What are...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Family Friendly: Make A Magic Wand
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Refugees
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Will there be any end to the influx? Or is this just the beginning? Where will they come from? What do we owe them? What if they can't ever go home...
The Art And Craft of Story Openings
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Meet The Guests
1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Margaret Organ-Kean (Participant)

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Open Singing Friday
5 hours, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Saturday 26 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Introduction to Unarmed Stage Combat
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Megan Messinger (Participant)

 In theater, fi...
Imagination Fair
6 hours, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Peter Beagle Interview
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Peter Beagle (Participant)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Saving What We Love: The Different Layers of Resistance
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Jennifer Nestojko, San Jose City College (Moderator)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Skye Allen (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Peter Beagle reading
45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Peter Beagle (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Master Class: Getting To The Point
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

2:30 PM
2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Moderator)

Debbie Bretschneider (Participant)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Christopher Erickson (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Small Gathering: Tamora Pierce
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

5:30 PM
5:30 PM
English Country Dancing
1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Better Living Through Robotics - LARP
5 hours, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Acata Felton (Participant)

7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Concert: Puzzlebox Light
30 minutes, 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Paul Kwinn (Participant)

9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Open Singing Saturday
5 hours, 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Sunday 27 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Tao Cheng
30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Miss JS Devivre, Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences (Participant)

The precursor to Tai...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Master Class: Other World World Building
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

David Friedman, School of Law, Santa Clara University (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Lightsabers 102
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Join Saber Guild for...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Parody-Writing Workshop
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Paul Kwinn (Moderator)

Bob Kanefsky (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Participant)

Every wanted to write a parody, filk or satirical song? Our experienced composers offer tips and tales about the musical process of recycle, reduce...

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Writing from the Heart
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Deborah J. Ross (Moderator)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Fred Wiehe (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Master Class: Getting Out of the Slush Pile
1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Participant)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Theatre Arcanos presents Jheregs’ Banquet
5 hours, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Baron Teldron of Southpoint is dead, and all hell is breaking loose. His assassination wasn’t unusual - death by violent misadventure is a com...

Monday 28 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Tamora Pierce (Moderator)

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Nerdvana Podcast
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Chuck Serface (Participant)

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Community versus individualism.
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Jacob Fisk (Participant)

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)