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Margaret McGaffey Fisk

she/her

Author
TTO Publishing
Participe à 6 sessions

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.

Please visit my website, https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com, to learn about my books, and check out interesting topics, book reviews, and more.

Sessions auxquelles Margaret McGaffey Fisk participe

Vendredi 26 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30
The Seduction of Utopia.
1 heure 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Ty Franck (Participant.e)

Daniel Abraham (Participant.e)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant.e)

Daniel Dociu (Participant.e)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant.e)

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...
20:00
20:00
The Art of Storytelling
1 heure 30 minutes, 20:00 - 21:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant.e)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant.e)

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...

Samedi 27 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
World building techniques and approaches
1 heure 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant.e)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant.e)

Jon Chaisson (Participant.e)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant.e)

16:00
16:00
Girls will be Girls
1 heure 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Modérateur.rice)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant.e)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant.e)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant.e)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant.e)

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...

Lundi 29 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
The Dreaded Outline
1 heure 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant.e)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant.e)

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

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

13:00
13:00
Ultranationalism
1 heure 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Pat MacEwen (Modérateur.rice)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant.e)

Colin Fisk (Participant.e)

Anne Killpack (Participant.e)

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Participant.e)

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 auxquelles Margaret McGaffey Fisk assiste

Vendredi 26 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
12:30
12:30
Opening Ceremonies
1 heure, 12:30 - 13:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

13:30
13:30
The Seduction of Utopia.
1 heure 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Ty Franck (Participant.e)

Daniel Abraham (Participant.e)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant.e)

Daniel Dociu (Participant.e)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant.e)

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...
15:00
15:00
Ethics of Magic
1 heure 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Marie Brennan (Modérateur.rice)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant.e)

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...
16:30
16:30
So You Wanna Write A Series?
1 heure 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Modérateur.rice)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant.e)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant.e)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant.e)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant.e)

20:00
20:00
The Art of Storytelling
1 heure 30 minutes, 20:00 - 21:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant.e)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant.e)

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...

Samedi 27 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
Earthlike Exoplanets
1 heure 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Modérateur.rice)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant.e)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant.e)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant.e)

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...
10:45
10:45
Tad Williams Reading
45 minutes, 10:45 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Tad Williams (Participant.e)

11:30
11:30
World building techniques and approaches
1 heure 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant.e)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant.e)

Jon Chaisson (Participant.e)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant.e)

14:30
14:30
Fantastic Beasts, and how to write them
1 heure 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Modérateur.rice)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant.e)

Chaz Brenchley (Participant.e)

Helen Stringer (Participant.e)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant.e)

16:00
16:00
Girls will be Girls
1 heure 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Modérateur.rice)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant.e)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant.e)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant.e)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant.e)

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...

Dimanche 28 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00
Escape Velocity
1 heure 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Colin Fisk (Modérateur.rice)

Thaddeus Howze, Ebonstorm Media (Participant.e)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant.e)

Cliff Winnig (Participant.e)

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...
16:00
16:00
Shrunken Head Crochet Class
1 heure 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Participant.e)

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
1 heure 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Michael Sarkisian, JOAT Survival (Modérateur.rice)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant.e)

Stephen (Participant.e)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant.e)

21:00
21:00
Open Singing
5 heures, 21:00 - 2:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Lundi 29 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
The Dreaded Outline
1 heure 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Modérateur.rice)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant.e)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant.e)

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

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

11:30
11:30
Relativistic Space Travel Fiction
1 heure 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Modérateur.rice)

Colin Fisk (Participant.e)

Andrew Clark (Participant.e)

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...