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Sessions

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30
Longevity Of The Craft
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

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Heather Rose Jones (Moderator)

Peter Beagle (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

15:00
15:00
Critique: How to give and how to take
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

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Karen Brenchley (Moderator)

Karen Brenchley discusses the ins and outs of critique from both ends. Come learn how to give effective critique and how to appropriately process a...
16:30
16:30
So You Wanna Write A Series?
1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

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Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Moderator)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
Understanding Risk and Uncertainty
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

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Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

11:30
11:30

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Deborah J. Ross (Moderator)

Mr. A.E. Marling (Participant)

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Participant)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

13:00
13:00
Confused about Climate Science?
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

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Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

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

Where can you go to get up to date science based (or reviewed) information on the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry of the Climate of Earth (or m...
14:30
14:30
Why Dystopia? The Lack of Hopeful Sci-fi/fantasy.
1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

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Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Participant)

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

16:00
16:00
Learning from History
1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

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S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Moderator)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

17:30
17:30
Iron Editor
1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

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Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Strap on your body armor because we’re pulling no punches!  This panel will read the first page of your manuscript, and a seasoned editor will lead...
23:55
23:55
Eye of Argon
1 hour, 23:59 - 0:59

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Sunday 28 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
ASL Presentation
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

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Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

11:30
11:30
Belter Creole 101
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

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Kai MacTane (Participant)

Learn Lang Belta - the "Belter Creole" language from _The Expanse_! This course will give you hands-on practice, teaching you to understand spoken ...
13:00
13:00
Parody walkthrough
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

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Bob Kanefsky (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff and Bob Kanefsky have each written a parody of the same pop song.   Watch the words magically morph on animated slides as th...
14:30
14:30
Ethics of Bio Engineering
1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

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Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

Sydney Thomson (Participant)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

Trinity Adler, Contributing author with HorrorAddicts.net (Participant)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Moderator)

16:00
16:00
Parody Puzzle Pieces: a Game Show
1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

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Bob Kanefsky (Moderator)

Bonnie Gordon, The Library Bards (Participant)

Xander Jeanneret (Participant)

Parody writing is often a problem-solving activity.  Let’s make a game show to turn it into a spectator sport.  Can our parodist contestants figure...
17:30
17:30
The Truth About Stuff
1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

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Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Leigh Ann Hildebrand (Participant)

Eric "in the Elevator" Z Zuckerman, Kosher Ham Studios (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Come ask our panelists for the truth about various topics and learn the secrets of the dark conspiracies behind each! If you ever wanted to know...
19:00
19:00
How To Build Your Own Death Cart Using Only A Parrot
1 hour 30 minutes, 19:00 - 20:30

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Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Moderator)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

20:30
20:30
Why'd You Steal That Baby?
1 hour 30 minutes, 20:30 - 22:00

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Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Moderator)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Susie Rodriguez, Programming Head (Participant)

SallyRose Robinson, Rose Red Consultations (Participant)

Cindi Somebody Cabal (Participant)

Why'd you steal that baby? How did you pull off the greatest heist in Switzerland's history? Can you tell us about the time you walked on the moon?...

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
Cover Me
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

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Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Mr. Ezra Barany (Participant)

Jon Chaisson (Participant)

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

11:30
11:30
Inspiration Porn
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

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Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Disability in Utopian/Dystopian Fiction: When do futuristic visions of how to address disability in Utopian societies, like Anne McCaffrey's "The S...
13:00
13:00
Costume Photography and Videography
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

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Stephen (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

JohnO (Participant)