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6:00pm EST

Creative Curses to Inflict on Your Characters Crystal Ballroom ThreeVikki Ciaffone • Elektra Hammond • Gordon Linzner • Nick Martell • Alex Shvartsman Tesla, Gernsback, and the Birth of Science Fiction Crystal Ballroom TwoMiriam Seidel The Advantages and Disadvantages of Self-Publishing Plaza IIDanielle Ackley-McPhail • Russ Colchamiro • Michael D'Ambrosio • April Grey • Chris Kreuter • Paul Levinson

7:00pm EST

Readings: Friday 7pm Executive Suite 623Danielle Ackley-McPhail • Darrell Schweitzer

8:00pm EST

Fantasy Without Fantasy? Plaza IIIKen Altabef • Sally Wiener Grotta • Anna Kashina • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Carl Paolino • Jim Stratton

9:00pm EST

Victorian-Era Fantasy Plaza IIPhilippa Ballantine • Elizabeth Crowens • Linda J. Lee • Mary Spila

10:00am EST

Indie Publishing 101: Becoming A Project Manager Plaza IIApril Grey • Glenn Hauman • Chris Kreuter • Mike McPhail • Aaron Rosenberg • John Skylar

11:00am EST

Foundations of Worldbuilding: Planetary Systems & Space Plaza IIIJazz Hiestand • Anna Kashina • Nick Martell • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • John Monahan Indie Publishing 102: The Editing Process Plaza IIBrenda W. Clough • Alex Shvartsman • John Skylar • Ann Stolinsky • Ian Randal Strock

12:00pm EST

Indie Publishing 103: The Publishing Process Plaza IIDanielle Ackley-McPhail • Ken Altabef • Paul Levinson • Tee Morris • Aaron Rosenberg • Alex Shvartsman

1:00pm EST

How Not to Die From Exposure Plaza VLisa Hertel • Heidi Hooper • Tess Kissinger • Nathan Lilly • Mike McPhail • Robert Walters Indie Publishing 104: Marketing Plaza IIKen Altabef • Russ Colchamiro • Paul Levinson • John Skylar Recipes for Character Creation Crystal Ballroom ThreePhilippa Ballantine • Steven Burst • Vikki Ciaffone • Alan P. Smale • Michael A. Ventrella

2:00pm EST

How to Plot a Murder Plaza IIBrenda W. Clough • Russ Colchamiro • Elizabeth Crowens • Erin M. Hartshorn • Nicholas Kaufmann • Roberta Rogow

3:00pm EST

Don't Open That Airlock! Plaza IIIVikki Ciaffone • Michael D'Ambrosio • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • Aaron Rosenberg • Michael Swanwick

4:00pm EST

The City Plaza IITy Drago • Kim Kindya • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Carl Paolino • Eric Parmer • Tom Purdom

5:00pm EST

Point of View in Fiction Plaza IISteven Burst • Dina Leacock • Bernie Mojzes • Muriel Stockdale • Jim Stratton

7:00pm EST

Book Launch: by Mike McPhail and Danielle Ackley-McPhail Executive Suite 823Danielle Ackley-McPhail • Mike McPhail

8:00pm EST

Meet the Editors! Plaza IINeil Clarke • Joshua Palmatier • Darrell Schweitzer • Alex Shvartsman • Hildy Silverman • Ian Randal Strock

9:00pm EST

The Paradox of Writing SF Plaza IIIMartin Berman-Gorvine • Eric Hardenbrook • Mike McPhail • Peter Prellwitz • Michael Swanwick

10:00am EST

Science Fiction and The Men In Black Plaza IIIMartin Berman-Gorvine • Michael D'Ambrosio • Kevin Patterson • Mark Singer • Michael A. Ventrella

11:00am EST

Fairy Tales for the Modern Age Plaza IIPhilippa Ballantine • Karen Heuler • Kim Kindya • Linda J. Lee • Eric Parmer • Mary Spila You're Always Learning How to Write Better Crystal Ballroom ThreeMarilyn 'Mattie' Brahen • D.L. Carter • Sally Wiener Grotta • Joshua Palmatier • Alyce Wilson Writing A Film-Friendly Novel Plaza VElizabeth Crowens • Michael D'Ambrosio • Barna William Donovan • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Carl Paolino • Richard Stout

12:00pm EST

How to Channel Your Compulsive World-Building Habit into Something Constructive Crystal Ballroom ThreeVikki Ciaffone • Brenda W. Clough • Russell J. Handelman • Mike McPhail • John Monahan

1:00pm EST

The Myth of the Mad Scientist Plaza IIAaron • John Ashmead • Anna Kashina • Tee Morris • Alan P. Smale • Jim Stratton When Less Is More Crystal Ballroom ThreeDanielle Ackley-McPhail • Steven Burst • Vikki Ciaffone • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Bernie Mojzes