Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

Sessions

Friday 1 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Tumblr Talks
50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Rachel Fershleiser, Tumblr (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Do you Tumbl? A lot? All the time? Do you want to know the secrets of Tumblr? Join Rachel Ferchleiser from Tumblr HQ in this behind-the-scenes disc...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
The Book Clinic with Doctors Black and Westerfeld
50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Holly Black (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Are you writing a book? Is it broken? Are you deeply confused as to how this happened? Did the plot flatline? Do you just know something is wrong b...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Worldbuilding!
49 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:49 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Let’s make a WHOLE NEW WORLD! But first, lets figure out all the rules of how this world works. NO BIG DEAL, RIGHT? Some people love the worldbuild...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
I Love Trash
50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Amber Benson (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Is there such thing as a bad book? Or a book you should feel guilt for reading? Why is one person’s trash another person’s treasure? Should we ever...

Saturday 2 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
The War Against YA
40 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:40 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

There seems to be a certain trend in the media to portray YA books in a dismissive light. Why is the narrative? Time to ask some big questions abou...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
I Made You. Now I'm Going to Kill You.
40 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:40 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

James Moran (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Sometimes, in the course of events, an author has to knock off a character. Sometimes this makes readers upset. “WHY????” the reader writes, in a ...