I've lived many roles in my life starting with Foreign Service Brat (child of US diplomats) and ranging through editor, programmer, wife, writer, mother, and cook, along with too many others to mention. I called foreign countries home as a child then lived and worked in many segments of US society, both racial and economic. These experiences inform my writing as I explore the barriers between cultures, economic classes, and social standings. Ultimately, my stories are about people whether in the distant future, in alternate pasts, or pretty much anywhere in between. My stories have appeared in various science fiction and fantasy anthologies while my indie novels cover science fiction, steampunk, and romance. Like my stories, I enjoy exploring a wide variety of topics, especially when discussions veer off in unexpected directions. I am an amateur philosopher and keen observer of humanity. This makes me confident, but eager to learn both where I've gone astray and where I've never been. A closed mind is a sad waste of the little time we have to experience our complicated world.
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Sessions in which Margaret McGaffey Fisk participates
- The Seduction of Utopia. San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What would you be willing to give up for utopia? Why is it so many portrayals are rigid and limiting? Why do they take the concept of other and use...
- The Art of Storytelling San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 20:00 - 21:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panelists get elements for a story from the audience and craft quick tales, passing it along among themselves until the present the audience with t...
- World building techniques and approaches San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:30 - 13:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Girls will be Girls San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why are so many YA dystopias centered on young women? What about this particular genre is so appealing to (or inclusive of) young women and what do...
- The Dreaded Outline San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 - 11:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ultranationalism San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 13:00 - 14:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why is ultranationalism suddenly so widespread? Is it a reaction to multi-culti mores? To globalization? To demographic change? What are we all so ...
Sessions in which Margaret McGaffey Fisk attends
- Opening Ceremonies San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 hour
- The Seduction of Utopia. San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What would you be willing to give up for utopia? Why is it so many portrayals are rigid and limiting? Why do they take the concept of other and use...
- Ethics of Magic San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 15:00 - 16:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- When is magic a reasonable tool and when is it an abuse of power? Does the end justify the means and does the answer shift in a world where magic i...
- So You Wanna Write A Series? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 16:30 - 18:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Art of Storytelling San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 20:00 - 21:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panelists get elements for a story from the audience and craft quick tales, passing it along among themselves until the present the audience with t...
- Earthlike Exoplanets San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 10:00 - 11:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Trappist System has three that might be habitable! Then there's Proxima Centauri B. What do we know about these new worlds? What are the odds o...
- Tad Williams Reading San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 10:45 - 11:30 | 45 minutes
- World building techniques and approaches San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:30 - 13:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Fantastic Beasts, and how to write them San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 14:30 - 16:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Girls will be Girls San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why are so many YA dystopias centered on young women? What about this particular genre is so appealing to (or inclusive of) young women and what do...
- Escape Velocity San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
- 13:00 - 14:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Whether it’s the Enterprise exploring new realms now that the Earth is in balance or the corporate plundering of Weyland-Yutani, most science ficti...
- Shrunken Head Crochet Class San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Whether you’d like to decorate your DYSTOPIAN pad, or you are just stocking up for the apocalypse trade system, come make some shrunken heads w/Emz...
- Disaster preparation and Urban Survival San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 16:00 - 17:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Open Singing San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 21:00 - 2:00 | 5 hours
- The Dreaded Outline San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 - 11:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Relativistic Space Travel Fiction San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 - 13:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Now that there's at least a semiserious project to launch microsails to Alpha Centauri at a third of the speed of light, and the literature on beam...