Token Mundane
Fanboy
Golden Oak Thaumaturgical Society and Pinochle Club
Sessions in which Token Mundane attends
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Opening Ceremony Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Event
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Dresden Files Fan Panel Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
- A discussion on the lore and fandom of the Dresden Files. Including a discussion of headcanon, actual cannon, and speculation on what will come of ...
- Panel
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The Importance of Writers' Groups Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Yes, writing is a lonely business. But feedback from peers, encouragement from others, and prods to keep writing are important, too. And you can ge...
- Panel
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- The Past Year in the Rest of the World in Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- The annual presentation of what the other Space Agencies are doing. This could include, but is not limited to, the European Space Agency, Russia, J...
- Talk
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Media Guest of Honor Keynote Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Keynote
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Why Story? The Psychology of Narrative Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- According to Jung's archetypes theory and Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, humans seem to need story the way we need sunlight and air. What i...
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Reading: Mark Rounds Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Mis-history Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? Did he have wooden teeth? Was Napoleon really short? We'll examine common myths that have bee...
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Consent in every day life Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Many people think consent is all about sex and kink. But consent should be for all ages in all aspects of life and we would like to talk about some...
- Talk
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Reading out loud: How to make it not suck Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- One of the key marketing tricks in writing is...reading! Come listen to this panel of authors talk about how to read your stories out loud and make...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Sci-Fi Ideas No One Will Write Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- The Secret Structure of All Stories Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- A recent text analysis by AI found a subtle pattern in stories collected from around the world and in hundreds of languages. This supports my obser...
- Talk
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Creature Creation, Believable Creatures for an Imaginary World Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Using Tropes Effectively Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Tropes are one of the building blocks of stories, but they can be misused, overused, and just plain worn out. How can you use tropes effectively in...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Closing Ceremonies Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote