San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Sessions

Friday 24 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Backstory
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

Aviya Amir (Participant)

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Sexism in Games
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Moderator)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Charon Dunn (Participant)

Ms Fara Otterbeck (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

About a third of hardcore games and half of all gamers are women; yet outside of the heavily female populated MMPORG worlds like World of Warcraft,...

Saturday 25 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Magic on the Map
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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LJK Oliva, LJK Oliva Books (Moderator)

Sandra Saidak, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Oumuamua
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Peter N. Glaskowsky (Moderator)

Frank Wu, Toastmaster (Participant)

Arthur Bozlee (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
World in My Eyes
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Juliette Wade (Participant)

2:30 PM
2:30 PM
What's Going on with the Polar Vortex?
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Ctein (Participant)

We've now seen the Midwest deep frozen to the point where it was colder than Antarctica, while Australia's heat wave is the worst on record. How do...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Disneybounding!
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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Grayson McNeill-Coronado (Participant)

Cayden Coronado (Moderator)

Synita Luckey, Variety Show (Participant)

No costumes allowed for adults in the Happiest Place on Earth? No problem! Disneybounding is the perfect balance between following the rules and em...
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Zombies: Not Just for the Apocalypse
1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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LJK Oliva, LJK Oliva Books (Moderator)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Blood Corral Screening
3 hours, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

What if Stephen King's characters came after him ...

Sunday 26 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Masquerade Contestant Meeting
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Textures and How to Deal with Them
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Keliana Tayler (Moderator)

Gary Villarreal, Method EXP (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Readings Group 2
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Michael Schulkins (Participant)

Ctein (Participant)

2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Star Trek Jeopardy
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Self Publishing 101
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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R. L. King, Magespace Press (Moderator)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

8:30 PM
8:30 PM
All A' Tingle
1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

LJK Oliva, LJK Oliva Books (Participant)

Monday 27 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Should I Hire a Freelance Editor?
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Moderator)

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

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Many agents now ask authors pitching novels to them if they have had the manuscript professionally edited. I work as a freelance editor and find th...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Defending THOSE Movies
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Ctein (Moderator)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Cayden Coronado (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Getting Along With Other Fandoms
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Spacemonster Meyn, TRMN and SFI (Moderator)

CDRE CDRE Tracy Newby, D5SL Newby, TRMN (Participant)

David Nottage, Commander STARFLEET (Participant)

Dan Toole, STARFLEET (Participant)

McCovey Cove Garcia, Hotel Head (Participant)