Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Sessions

Friday 15 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
14:00
14:00
More Than Just Black and White
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Potential)

Vanessa MacLellan, SFWA (Potential)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Participant)

Heroes and villians can't be all good or evil. Join the panelists for a lively discussion of favorite heroes and villians and what makes them so...
15:15
15:15
The State of Self-Publishing Today
1 hour, 15:15 - 16:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Moderator)

Voss Foster (Participant)

Trish McCallan (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Participant)

The publishing world and self-publishing in particular changes very quickly these days--example, how CreateSpace is now folded into Kindle...
16:30
16:30
Publishing Paths: Pros and Cons of traditional, self-publishing, and hybrid publishing
1 hour, 16:30 - 17:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Trish McCallan (Moderator)

Ted Butler (Potential)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Potential)

Voss Foster (Participant)

Jason Andrew Bond, Kimura Publishing LLC (Potential)

S. Evan Townsend, None (Potential)

Frances Pauli, francespauli.com (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Potential)

Vanessa MacLellan, SFWA (Potential)

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Potential)

Luna Corbden (Potential)

17:45
17:45
Reading by Deby Fredericks
30 minutes, 17:45 - 18:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Talk

Deby Fredericks, Deborah Fredericks (Moderator)

19:00
19:00
Research and Writing
1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Dr. Mark Rounds, University of Idaho (Moderator)

Jess Hartley (Potential)

Bobbie Benton Hull (Participant)

Jeanette M. Bennett, Flight of Fancy Publishing (Potential)

Ted Butler (Participant)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Potential)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Potential)

Trish McCallan (Potential)

S. Evan Townsend, None (Potential)

From science to history to magic, the world is full of source material for writes if you only know where to look. Our panel of writers, game des...
20:15
20:15
Why Is Hollywood So Unoriginal?
1 hour, 20:15 - 21:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

J. Spyder Isaacson (Participant)

Token Mundane, Golden Oak Thaumaturgical Society and Pinochle Club (Participant)

Marvel, DC, Mission Impossible, Transformers, why has Hollywood strayed further and further from original content. Talk with our panelists about...

Saturday 16 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Author collaborations
1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Trish McCallan (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Participant)

12:00
12:00
Sanan Kolva Reading
30 minutes, 12:00 - 12:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Talk

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Moderator)

12:45
12:45
Communicating between Writers and Artists
1 hour, 12:45 - 13:45

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Will Carson, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Herb Leonhard, Herb Leonhard Art/The Prancing Pony Gifts (Participant)

Yoshi Vu, self (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Participant)

If you aren’t one of those people who can both draw and write, then there’s a good chance you will be collaborating with a creative type w...
14:00
14:00
Finding Time to Write
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Dr. Mark Rounds, University of Idaho (Moderator)

Jeanette M. Bennett, Flight of Fancy Publishing (Potential)

Ted Butler (Participant)

Frances Pauli, francespauli.com (Participant)

Voss Foster (Potential)

Trish McCallan (Potential)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Potential)

Deby Fredericks, Deborah Fredericks (Potential)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Potential)

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 ...
15:15
15:15
Creating a World? writer/artist collaboration
1 hour, 15:15 - 16:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Scott Nakada (Moderator)

Shannon Reagan (Participant)

16:30
16:30
Character Building
1 hour, 16:30 - 17:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Moderator)

Ceclie Kinman (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Potential)

Those beings that often drive your stories and games, the characters. How does one write/build a character so that it is believable and en...
17:45
17:45
Artificial People in Science Fiction
1 hour, 17:45 - 18:45

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

G. David Nordley, self employed (Participant)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Participant)

This is about biological people, enhanced or otherwise, who are not conceived and gestated in the normal way. From "Frankenstein" through "Rossu...
19:00
19:00
Believable Worldbuilding
1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

G. David Nordley, self employed (Potential)

R.J.J. Goude, Aegis Crew (Participant)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Moderator)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Potential)

Vanessa MacLellan, SFWA (Participant)

Luna Corbden (Potential)

Doug Odell, Doug Odell (Participant)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Potential)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Potential)

A panel on the importance of authenticity and believability in fantasy and SF worldbuilding. How your worldbuilding affects suspension of ...
20:15
20:15
Blending Magic Realism with Science Fiction
1 hour, 20:15 - 21:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Mr. Magic Realism (Moderator)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Participant)

How can the literary techniques of magic realism impact science fiction (and fantasy)? Time distortion, the dream-like juxtaposition of th...

Sunday 17 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:15
10:15
To Playwright, or Not to Playwright, That is the Question.
1 hour, 10:15 - 11:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Participant)

Shannon Reagan (Participant)

From Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage to Tony Kushner, the art of the Playwright is a craft unlike any other. Come discuss and l...
11:30
11:30
Figuring out your productivity as a writer
1 hour, 11:30 - 12:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Frances Pauli, francespauli.com (Potential)

Jess Hartley (Participant)

Ted Butler (Participant)

Trish McCallan (Potential)

Jason Andrew Bond, Kimura Publishing LLC (Potential)

S. Evan Townsend, None (Potential)

Teaching you how to figure out your target hourly wordcount to up your daily writing output. How to motivate yourself to push past procras...
12:45
12:45
A Taste of the Civil War
1 hour, 12:45 - 13:45

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Doug Odell, Doug Odell (Moderator)

Dr. Mark Rounds, University of Idaho (Participant)

A Taste of the Civil War: Want to write realistic Steam Punk or Victorian era fiction? Time travel to the American Civil War and touch, ta...
14:00
14:00
The multi-dimensional villain
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Jess Hartley (Participant)

Trish McCallan (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Potential)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Participant)

Voss Foster (Potential)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Potential)

Friday 14 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
14:00
14:00
Space Navies Science Fiction
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Ted Butler but (Participant)

Doug Staudt, TRIFI film festival (Participant)

Mr. Shawn Merrow, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Participant)

Space Navies Science Fiction has created a wide variety of navies that operate in space. They range from the Star Destroyers of Star Wars to the Ro...
15:15
15:15
World Building 101
1 hour, 15:15 - 16:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Will Carson, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Jayne Goude, Aegis Crew (Participant)

Levi juchau (Participant)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Potential)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Potential)

EM Prazeman (Potential)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Participant)

16:30
16:30
The Writer/Agent Relationship
1 hour, 16:30 - 17:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Frog Jones, Impulsive Walrus Books (Participant)

John Lovett, Two Script Guys (Moderator)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Participant)

You hear it from everyone—finding representation is the key to opening doors. So what should you be looking for in an agent, and what can you expec...
17:45
17:45
Self-publish and Upload Your Book Online
1 hour, 17:45 - 18:45

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Elizabeth R. Alix, PalouseDigitalPress (Moderator)

James Clegg (Participant)

Rory Miller (Participant)

Jeanette M. Bennett, Flight of Fancy Publishing (Participant)

19:00
19:00
Creating Characters That Fit Your World and Worlds That Fit Your Characters
1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Moderator)

James Clegg (Potential)

Judy Johnson (Participant)

Ted Butler but (Potential)

Bonnie K.T. Dillabough, Infinite Publishing Alliance (Participant)

John Lovett, Two Script Guys (Participant)

Doug Odell, Doug Odell (Participant)

Regardless of which comes first when you craft a story, the characters or the world, they need to work together. But sometimes, that amazing new pl...
20:15
20:15
Relativity and Science Fiction
1 hour, 20:15 - 21:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Gregory Mendell, LIGO (Moderator)

Saturday 15 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Freelancing for Fun and Profit
1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Participant)

S. Evan Townsend, None (Moderator)

Frog Jones, Impulsive Walrus Books (Participant)

Rory Miller (Participant)

Matt McElroy (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Potential)

10:15
10:15
Conlanging 101: Fantasy Languages
1 hour, 10:15 - 11:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Judy Johnson (Participant)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Moderator)

Frog Jones, Impulsive Walrus Books (Participant)

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Participant)

11:30
11:30
Shapeshifters in Fiction
1 hour, 11:30 - 12:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Participant)

Frances Pauli, francespauli.com (Moderator)

Luna Corbden (Participant)

S. Evan Townsend, None (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Potential)

Joyce Reynolds-Ward (Participant)

 From myth and legend to fantasy, horror and, yes, even romance, the shifter character has a long tradition of lore and trope behind it. Why d...
12:45
12:45
The realistic, multi-faceted, scary as hell villian
1 hour, 12:45 - 13:45

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Participant)

Ted Butler but (Participant)

Bill Gruner (Participant)

Matt Haynes, Haynes Narration (Potential)

EM Prazeman (Participant)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Participant)

14:00
14:00
Finding Art for Authors and other Creatives
1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Esther Jones, Impulsive Walrus Books (Moderator)

Frog Jones, Impulsive Walrus Books (Participant)

James Clegg (Participant)

Mr. Scott James Magner, ARUS Entertainment (Participant)

Game Goblin (Participant)

Jason Andrew Bond, Kimura Publishing LLC (Participant)

15:15
15:15
A conversation with John Lovett, Producer and Screenwriter on getting your manuscript or screenplay sold in Hollywood.
1 hour, 15:15 - 16:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

John Lovett, Two Script Guys (Moderator)

A thirty year veteran of making motion pictures and television, starting in a small production company, he has produced and written numerous milita...
16:30
16:30
To Outline or Not to Outline--that is the Question
1 hour, 16:30 - 17:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Bobbie Benton Hull (Moderator)

Manny Frishberg, SFWA (Participant)

Jason Andrew Bond, Kimura Publishing LLC (Participant)

Elizabeth R. Alix, PalouseDigitalPress (Participant)

Frances Pauli, francespauli.com (Participant)

EM Prazeman (Potential)

Do you find yourself able to sit at the keyboard and let the story flow from beginning to end, or do you find yourself stumped after the first scen...
20:15
20:15
Aegis of the Elements: “There Are No Fish in Salia"
1 hour, 20:15 - 21:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

Josh Haas, Aegis of the Elements Team (Moderator)

Will Carson, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Participant)

Levi juchau (Participant)

Come talk with the Aegis crew. Learn about Vendrial, the Aegis and the upcoming projects within the Aegis of the Elements IP. Including the Board G...

Sunday 16 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
When Genres Collide
1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

S. Evan Townsend, None (Participant)

James Clegg (Participant)

Joseph Malik, Oxblood Booke (Potential)

Judy Johnson (Participant)

Siana Wineland (Participant)

Elizabeth R. Alix, PalouseDigitalPress (Participant)

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Participant)

How pure do you like your writing? What recipe is preferred by readers? Scifi with a dash of fantasy? Fantasy with a pinch of romance, or a whole c...
11:30
11:30
Physical Health and Writing
1 hour, 11:30 - 12:30

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Panel

EM Prazeman (Moderator)

Rory Miller (Participant)

Ted Butler but (Participant)

Bonnie K.T. Dillabough, Infinite Publishing Alliance (Participant)

Joey Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Participant)

Wesley Kalitovic, Attention Span Games (Aegis Crew) (Participant)

Writing, especially full time writing, is an athletic endeavor that will destroy your body if you don't take care of it. We'll discuss exercises, s...
12:45
12:45
Sanan Kolva Reading
30 minutes, 12:45 - 13:15

Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3129- Writing Track

Reading

Sanan Kolva, N/A (Moderator)