A standing room only crowd squeezed into the Hyatt Embassy CD Friday morning at 10AM to learn How to Write a Story in an Hour. Nancy Knight guided the attendees in determining characters, story arc, and setting. After a brief reminder that every story needs a beginning, middle, and end along with a protagonist and an antagonist, the room began… Read more →
The Writers’ Track is offering new and emerging authors 15-Minute Mentor Sessions, a chance to meet with a “successful industry professional [authors, editors, and publishers] about business, promotion, the writing process, & career advice.” How could I resist? This afternoon, I met with D. J. (“Dave”) Butler as my selected mentor. Dave’s published novels include Witchy Eye, The Kidnap Plot,… Read more →
You may not know his face, but you know his voice. Or, at least versions of it. Kermit the Frog. Ernie. Rizzo the Rat. Beaker. Wembley. This is the legacy of Steve Whitmire, a Muppeteer from 1979 to 2016, who stopped by the Hyatt Hanover on Friday afternoon to talk about his storied career, which included taking over that beloved… Read more →
Loveable and geeky CIA agent, Disney prince and teenager-turned-adult-and-back-to-teenager superhero, Zachary Levi enchanted the audience at the Shazam! panel Friday in Hyatt Centennial II-III. Levi aficionados know he’s played multiple memorable roles, which makes for some pretty entertaining fan questions. When asked which of his characters he identifies with the most, many in the crowd were surprised to learn it’s… Read more →
I figured that The Greatest Showman Sing Along panel in the Hilton Grand West Ballroom Friday afternoon would pretty much be what it says on the tin: a group of nerds in a room together singing their favorite songs from the movie. What I wasn’t expecting was the energy of the crowd and the microphones at the front of the… Read more →
It’s hard to believe it has already been 10 years since we were first introduced to the agents of Warehouse 13. On Friday at the Sheraton Grand Ballroom A-F, fans of the show filed into a packed room to see Eddie McClintock, Allison Scagliotti, and Mark Sheppard talk crossovers and careers. Could a movie be in the cards? In a… Read more →
Friday at 11:30AM, the Marriott L401–403 hosted “1001 Near and Middle Eastern Influences in High Fantasy.” The diverse and experienced panelists shared their breadth of knowledge with a packed room to help broaden awareness for fantasy books influenced by some non-Western cultures. The panelists started by differentiating between modern and historical influences in the genre. Some books will be influenced… Read more →
As the lights dimmed, a hush fell over the room. The screens lit up. A video tribute to Stan Lee appeared. It’s a collage of various cameos and rolls that Lee appeared in a variety of his movies. A man among men, Lee was iconic in the world of comics, as well as to humanity. Friday afternoon in the Marriott… Read more →
