’14 Panels/Events

All for One: The Musketeers

Sunday at 1PM, fans of The Musketeers gathered in the BritTrack room in the Sheraton to discuss the first season of the show. BritTrack director Caro Brown ran the discussion with moderator Abeeda Mahboob. The group was nearly evenly split on which character was their favorites. Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan each had their supporters for various reasons. There was… Read more →

Designing Your Own Board Game

This standing-room-only panel on Sunday afternoon in the Hilton with Darwin Bromley and Bill Fawcett focused on some of the tips and tricks of designing a successful board game from inception to publishing. These two forefathers of board gaming talked of their company Mayfair Games and numerous projects they worked on. There were almost a dozen board games, including several… Read more →

Reading with Kevin J. Anderson

Readers of Kevin J. Anderson were thrilled to spend part of their morning with this fun and prolific author. With more than 125 books, 51 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists, Anderson has over 23 million copies in print in thirty languages. He has won or been nominated for the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, the… Read more →

Agents of W.H.E.D.O.N.

Three talented actors who earned the good fortune to work with Joss Whedon gathered in the Westin on Sunday afternoon to reminisce about their experiences. Amy Acker, who starred in Angel, Dollhouse, The Cabin in the Woods, Much Ado About Nothing, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., said that working with Whedon is “like [being members of] a theatre troop. We all… Read more →

A Cozy Q&A with Terry Gilliam

A Cozy Q&A with Terry Gilliam

Before moderator Ken Plume introduced Terry Gilliam, he asked for the house lights to be brought down for a screening of the trailer to Gilliam’s new film, The Zero Theorem. The film is currently available on video on demand, but it will also be available in select theaters on September 19. Before the Q&A started, Plume spent some time talking… Read more →

Writing with a Voice

Aspiring writers gathered together in the Hyatt Embassy Sunday morning to hear Debra Dixon and Nancy Knight explain what “voice” is and how to find it in your writing. Voice isn’t necessarily something you acquire in a first draft; it is a process that often involves a lot of weeding out the parts that do not work. Sometimes knowing what… Read more →

Defiance Cast Proud to Bust Gender Stereotypes

Defiance Cast Proud to Bust Gender Stereotypes

The cast of Defiance had the audience rolling with laughter with their almost constant sexual innuendo, accent mimicry, and hashtag pushing. The panelists entertained a full house during the panel, “Defiance: Let Us Be Strong,” at 5:30PM Sunday in the Westin Peachtree Ballroom. The cast asked the audience to say “hashtag Defiance” before posing each question to the panelists and… Read more →

Lost Girl: My Little Ponies with The Morrigan

Lost Girl: My Little Ponies with The Morrigan

From the sweetness of Kenzi to the wisdom of Trick to the malicious Morrigan, some of our favorite Lost Girl actors answered questions in the Westin Peachtree Ballroom on Sunday morning. Emmanuelle Vaugier, the evil Morrigan, surprised fans by bringing a mini Pinkie Pie My Little Pony to the panel. Even more of a shocker, Vaugier cosplayed as a My… Read more →

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