Best Youth: Faith McCullough, The Child as a Mandalorian Best Novice: Nathan Smith, Skeletor and Evil-Lyn Best Journeyman: Kerstin Seitz, Vignette Stonemoss Best Professional: Devon Baker, Khamira Best in Show: Joshua Duart, Glinda Honorable Mentions Denise LaFrenier, Best Use of Materials Theresa Speck, Best Use of Tech Ian Finley, Best Prop Celia Sullivan, Best Makeup
Jim Wert of the High Fantasy Track along with Kirsten Cairns (TheOneRing.Net) and Rebecca Perry gave us an update and the latest news on publications and television projects currently under development in the world of JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth. During the panel, broadcast on the High Fantasy track’s YouTube page Saturday morning, Cairns was quick to point out that while… Read more →
A select panel of urban fantasy authors pondered traditions and fresh ideas in depicting the Fae in their work on Saturday at 10AM, Urban Fantasy YouTube. Moderated by Carol Malcolm, panelists Patricia Biggs, Jim Butcher, Cecilia Dominic, Lisa Manifold, and Bishop O’Connell discussed “Favors, Bargains and Glamours: The Fae in Urban Fantasy.” Although the authors agreed on certain legends concerning… Read more →
On Thursday at 11PM on the Fan Tracks channel, the Fantasy Literature track hosted “Culture and Magic.” Panelists D.J. Butler, Doug Burberry, R.R. Virdi, L. Jagi Lamplighter, and Day Al-Mohamed discussed how a culture could influence magic as well as how magic could influence a culture. The panel began by pointing out that, because they are so intertwined, it is… Read more →
On Friday afternoon, I took advantage of Mentoring Sessions offered by the Writers Track to meet with author Mari Mancusi. Mancusi primarily writes middle grade and young adult books and transitioned from journalist to full-time author earlier in her career. She walked me through how she handled those changes, and how she could envision accommodating both a writing career and… Read more →
Scientist, film and TV science advisor, and author Dr. Kevin R. Grazier twisted science into writing with the skill of an expert mixologist at the final guest lecture presented at Jody Lynn Nye’s Writer’s Workshop Friday afternoon. Grazier’s Hollyweird books (Hollyweird Science: From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse, which he wrote with Stephen Cass; he is working with a neuro-pharmacologist… Read more →
To be funny, or not to be funny, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to be overt or subtle. Writers Eric Asher, Delilah S. Dawson, Tina Glasneck, John Hartness, Faith Hunter, and Kimbra Swain waxed poetic about the noble and virtuous art of humor in urban fantasy Friday at 8PM on the Urban Fantasy YouTube channel…. Read more →
Star Wars fans have been the beneficiaries of a huge and ever-expanding universe of content including film (five in the last five years), novels, comics, and animated as well as live-action series for television. As the content has grown, so too have the ways in which fans consume, interact with, and comment upon it. Fan engagement, discussion, and debate within… Read more →
