Find your style or styles of writing to get your story written. Do you you write by the seat of your pants or do you outline your story before you write. There is no wrong or right way to write, but trying different methods could help you get the story out.

If you are a writer, I’m sure you have had writer's block. But you don't want to simply get unstuck. To put forth your best effort and end with the finest version of your creation, you will need to build upon and maintain your momentum.

How do writers choose the right point of view to tell a story. How do you know if you need more than one point of view character? What special tricks can writers play, using point of view?

Unless you have an agent, or are just really lucky, you need to put yourself out there if you want to get noticed. Be you an artist, a writer or any other kind of creator the initial impetus is on you. That said, other people have learned some of the hard lessons, so why not start with learning their lessons from them and save yourself the energy. Our panelists will share some of their successes and failures when it comes to getting their works to see the light of day.

You wouldn’t write a scene with a person driving from the back seat of a car; however, errors this egregious are frequent in descriptions of physical conflict.  Come to the return of this popular panel intended to discuss the mechanics of actual fighting compared to what is often seen in fiction and screenplays.  Learn how fighters use people’s own reactions against them, why the Samurai who strikes first loses (Mythbusters got it wrong), and practical issues such as the differen...

Isaac Asimov wrote provocative fiction about the about the role of robots in a futuristic society. His three Laws of Robotics made for fascinating reading. Time has marched on and we are on the cusp of modern automation. Are these laws still relevant? Come find out!The link for this hybrid panel is:https://zoom.us/j/94900645006?pwd=bytxY2xtd2FRQzdyMCtOTnNQU0g4dz09Meeting ID: 949 0064 5006Passcode: 667604

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 &...

Science fiction and fantasy give authors and their readers the chance to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations. Yet, even the Starship Enterprise came back to Starfleet in San Francisco between voyages. What are the challenges and opportunities presented by staying close to home?

Fighting in Fiction: Writing a Knockout Scene is an engaging and interactive panel with demonstrations of live techniques to discuss the realities of fighting, such as how and why people lose consciousness, surviving group attacks, weapon disarming, and much more. The intention of the panel is to help authors have a greater knowledge of physical conflict so they can bring more dramatic realism while avoiding common errors.  This panel, which began at RadCon has been offered to standing r...

Fighting in Fiction: Weapons distills down key concepts to help authors craft accurate and thrilling scenes.  Come learn how MythBusters got it wrong when analyzing Samurai sword fighting because they were missing one critical fighting concept.  We’ll discuss guns, knives, daggers, sticks, ranges, movement, disarming techniques, and much more!  This panel is interactive, so please ask questions throughout!  Afterward, you’ll be primed to avoid key errors and write thrillin...

Writers, artists and crafters face many challenges as we produce our creations. Sometimes we're asked if it's a "real career" or "just a hobby," but that ignores the other needs we can fulfill by writing, painting, and crafting.

We'll look at what kind of work is being produced now in our genres (SF, Fantasy, Horror, Comics, Games) and what may be coming in the near future. Plus a respectful discussion of our likes and dislikes in what's being offered.

How go from idea to draft to publishing by learning how to manage your writing tasks and still keep it fun and engaging.  Bonnie K.T. Dillabough has written and published 7 books in the last 5 years with an 8th currently in process.  She and fellow panelists will share tips for overcoming your challenges on getting from page one to a finished book in your hands and on your readers' shelves (both virtual and physical)

"Nobody is the villain in her own movie," except some people are. But more often than not they are somewhere nearer the middle of the scale, kind and decent sometimes, thoughtless or cruel in other circumstances. And, sometimes, even good people are left with nothing but bad choices. Can you write satisfying adventure stories without twirling mustaches and capes flapping in the breeze? 

Do you have this wonderful story idea that you can’t find the time or energy to write about? Our panel of writers with real day jobs will share stories of how they fit it in.

Self-Publishing was once called 'Vanity Publishing' and was considered sub-par, derided by traditional publishers and not taken seriously by readers.  Those days have long since passed.  Now professional author's are leaving traditional publishing, or never joining it, and making serious money.  Come discuss and overview of the topic, tips to success and pitfalls to avoid.

Jason strives for realism in physics in science fiction. He spends a great deal of time looking at military studies of the limits of human G tolerance and how people can actually survive reentry. He tries very hard to have no ‘magic tech’ like inertia dampening and artificial gravity in his work. In this talk we’ll discuss why ‘magic tech’ is okay to use, when it’s too much, and why writers who stick to real physics can still produce incredibly dramatic scenes.

Come discuss with professional authors on a critical aspect of successful writing, mindset. What we think as we approach our work has critical impact on how much we get done, how quickly we recover from failures, and what ends up on the written page. What mindsets will fire you up to write everyday, kill doubt and the inner critic, and illuminate your work lighting a fire in the hearts of your readers?

This is the classic Fighting in Fiction panel that helps writers learn key aspects of writing fight scenes involving hand-to-hand combat.

This is the classic Fighting in Fiction panel that helps writers learn key aspects of writing fight scenes using various weapons.

Authors who understand the hero's journey, the archetypes involved, and why it resonates with the human soul will have a storytelling competitive advantage. Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s With a Thousand Faces and Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey were game changers for my understanding of story. In this panel we’ll discuss the stages of the journey, the archetypes found along the way, why they're critical to know, and how the journey affects writers' stories and lives.

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 &...

Mindset isn’t important when chasing a writing career, it’s everything. Well… not EVERYTHING, but it’s absolutely the foundation the structures of your success will be forged upon. The rewards for work I put in to achieve multiple visits to Amazon’s top 100 for sci-fi went well beyond status and income. What I learned about my own inner monologue and vision changed everything in my life. Come discuss what a success mindset looks like (some aspects might surprise you) and how to create it!

Some say there is no innate talent. Is that entirely true? No matter how hard I try, I’ll never be NFL center nor a Miss America contender. I just don’t have the right physical characteristics. There are surely things we cannot do in life, but when it comes to writing, possibilities abound! Come have a discussion on the neuroscience behind talent. What causes it? what’s the best way to develop it? We’ll dig into some fun elements like why the concept of 'plateauing' is a big fat lie.