On Saturday at 10AM, the Hilton Galleria 7 welcomed fans and aspiring performers for “Voice Acting in a Digital World”, part of the Digital Media Track. Moderated by video game producer and longtime voice actor Sean Weiland, the panel featured voice actors Crickett Michelle, Dana Morgan, MC Chris, and writer/producer Melissa Flores. Together, they explored how the craft of voice… Read more →
Australian children’s celebrity Bluey Heeler greeted Dragon Con attendees on Saturday at 1PM in Hyatt Roswell. Although this was her third year at the convention, guests’ excitement towards Bluey was unabated. Countless families lined up outside Hyatt Roswell with hopes of seeing the perky puppy. Bluey is no stranger to attention. The seven-year-old stars in her own titular cartoon produced… Read more →
The Courtland Grand’s Augusta room lit up Friday night at 10PM as congoers told their most impressive stories for “The Adult Boasting Contest: May the Best Storyteller Prevail.” Host Mo facilitated the rapidfire story exchange, and judges Katie Cross and Spencer Waddell distributed awards. The event was the mature-audiences-only counterpart to Thursday’s All-Ages Boasting Contest. Dragon Con newbie Rob took… Read more →
Authors Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, and S.M. Stirling, distinguished judges of the Writers of the Future (WotF) contest, joined recent winners Randyn Bartholomew, Lauren Catherine McGuire, and T.R. Naus for the panel “Writers of the Future: Practical Skills/Insider Knowledge for Genre Fiction” at 1PM Saturday in Hyatt International North, to share tips on how to succeed as a… Read more →
Saturday afternoon at 4:00PM the Star Wars track brought together a group of Star Wars authors to discuss both the art and the craft of writing in George Lucas’s universe. Moderated by Bryan Young, the session welcomed Delilah S. Dawson, John Jackson Miller, and Timothy Zahn to the Hyatt Centennial I. Young, a prolific writer and veteran panel moderator, led… Read more →
Saturday afternoon at 5:30PM in Hyatt International South, the High Fantasy track hosted a panel that brought members the latest news in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien. From books to video games, the session looked both forward and back. Chief Operating Officer of TheOneRing.net, Kirsten Z. Cairns (Greendragon) led the panel. Joining her were Jim Wert, Rebecca Perry, and Willie… Read more →
Ovine host Claire Elizabeth O’Brien welcomed dozens of puppets to the “Magic Puppet Tea Party,” a social event specifically for puppets. Guests filed into Marriott A704 at 5:30PM on Friday to imbibe (imaginary) tea and acquaint themselves with their fellow puppets. Humans were not permitted to speak during the event, so adjunct reporter Egg Junior stepped in to interview the… Read more →
Five incredibly prolific young adult writers descended on the Marriott A707 Saturday 11:30AM “Writing YA for Hire” panel for a discussion one of the most exciting subgenres in the field—“intellectual property” (IP), which represent books that are written for other established properties. While all five of the authors on the panel, C.B. Lee, Delilah S. Dawson, Wesley Chu, Diana Peterfreund,… Read more →
