Not everything about the dark ages was dark, but everyday people led much different lives than we do now. Join our panelists for a discussion on how to avoid inserting modern bias into your story, or how to best employ anachronism for dramatic effect.

Budo (the Way of the Warrior) is not a philosophy for fighting and dying - it is a philosophy for living. Three of the more famous books on these concepts are Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings" and Morehei Ueshiba's "The Art of Peace". This panel will discuss how martial arts training and understanding can be utilized in daily life such as anger management, interpersonal interactions, anti-bullying programs, police training and business etiquette & eth...

Author Ted Butler will read from his newest book.

Medieval weapons, armor, and their use. A mythbusting panel; combat realities. 

What's the sci-fi ideas do you wish someone would write about? For example, Stephen Hawking once said, "Imaginary time is like another direction in space. It's the one bit of my work science fiction writers haven't used because they don't understand it." What crazy ideas do you have? Have you ever ended up writing about something because no one else would? How did that go? How important is the premise in a sci-fi story to you versus the action, or the plot, or the character interactions?

Ted Butler will share his "recipe" for writing his novels. He has seven out and an eighth completed. He is author of the teen SF Belt Republic series.

We have to eat when we send people beyond Earth's surface. What has been done so far to prepare for that need?