OryCon 44

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OryCon 44

Welcome to the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time schedule for OryCon 44! Seriously - we’re still hard at work on the schedule, but we want to give you an idea of what wonders await you in just a few more weeks. Please check back frequently for changes and additions, and see you in October!

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8:00am PDT

Hospitality Rm 1455

9:00am PDT

Info Desk Hotel Lobby, near the coffee bar Registration Halsey Game Library Cascade Ballroom

12:00pm PDT

Masquerade: prep/rehearsals Mult/HollShannon Flint • Megapixie - Veronica Lacquement Dealers Market Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Video Lounge Video Room

1:00pm PDT

Scammers & Publishing Pitfalls BroadwayGibbitt Rhys-Jones • Brenda Clough • EM Prazeman • Frog Jones Jay Cole: Science Fiction Science Fact Mt HoodG. David Nordley Evolution of a Writing Career Mt BachelorKen Scholes • Kristi Charish • Sarah Chorn • Andrew S. Fuller

2:00pm PDT

CONCERT UNPLUGGED: North of the Black Sea PNW BallroomRoy Torley • Joan Gaustad Comics Screen Adaptations Ross Island Elfquest 45th Years of Pointed Ears Mt St HelensWolfcat • Jennie Breeden Writing Comics Scripts MorrisonLawrence Watt-Evans • Brandon Seifert Introvert Crafting Hour Jefferson/AdamsLissette de la Rose • Elizabeth Fellows • Paru Gus Frederick: The Capthraw Mt HoodG. David Nordley Returning from Hiatus BroadwayErica L. Satifka • Jeff Sturgeon • Monte Lin • Dayle A. Dermatis • EM Prazeman LARP block: 11th Doctor the Clara Oswald Years 3 SistersThe Doctor Teen Lounge Room 1463

2:30pm PDT

CONCERT UNPLUGGED: Cecilia Eng PNW BallroomCecilia Eng

3:00pm PDT

Business of Comics WeidlerBrandon Seifert • Jennie Breeden • Robert B McMonigal Props & Upcycled Finds HamiltonJulie Zetterberg • Corvas Ta\ Art & Writing Supplies Available AdamsLissette de la Rose • Jeff Sturgeon • Paru Spinning (Actual) Yarn JeffersonRebecca Ernst Science and Speculative Fiction WashingtonRosiee Thor • Dave Bara • Brenda Clough Playing LARP Villains Ross IslandAaron Curtis • Dave Howell • David D. Levine • Eamon Dixon Promoting Accessibility MorrisonJennifer Rosenberg • Bart Kemper • Irene Radford • Jennifer Willis Pushing Past Blocks BroadwayDayle A. Dermatis • Monte Lin • Anthony Pryor • EM Prazeman Introduction to Filk and Etiquette in Song Circles PNW BallroomDaniel Reitman • Cecilia Eng • Admiral Wordsmith Robots and Spaceships and Computers Oh My! MadisonErik Grove • Mark Chapman • Bob Brown • Manny Frishberg Israel Zuckerman: Introduction to COTI Mt Hood

4:00pm PDT

Ken Lizzi Reading GrantKen Lizzi Editor Types and How to Appeal to Them BroadwayWendy N. Wagner • Rhiannon Held/R. Z. Held • Monte Lin • Sarah Chorn Steampunks in Space HamiltonDavid D. Levine • Corvas Ta\ • Janet Borkowski Art Contest Open Hours Jefferson/AdamsA.M. Brosius • Paru • Karen L. Black High Lord Eville vs What's His Name? MorrisonAnthony Pryor • EM Prazeman • Shoshana Glick • Irene Radford Villains Have a Valid Point Ross IslandAlan Olsen • Erik Grove • Erica L. Satifka • Thomas Gondolfi • Sanan Kolva Creativity After Tragedy WashingtonGibbitt Rhys-Jones • Dayle A. Dermatis • Rory Miller Free Labor? Nope. Mt BachelorManny Frishberg • Jeff Sturgeon • Professor DR Schreiber • Jim Kling Coping with Energy Overload: Grounding Centering and Shielding LincolnSeanara Coyote Genre Hybrids MadisonMaquel A. Jacob • Brenda Clough • Rhiannon Louve • Tara Campbell AND THEN I WAS HOOKED... Mt St HelensMarla • Robert B McMonigal • Howard Davidson • Emily Suvada • Jennifer Willis Request-Only Bardic PNW BallroomCecilia Eng • Admiral Wordsmith • John Hedtke

4:30pm PDT

G.R. Theron Reading GrantG.R. Theron

5:00pm PDT

Wendy N Wagner Reading GrantWendy N. Wagner Navigating a writing career Ross IslandSarah Chorn • EM Prazeman • Diana Pharaoh Francis • David D. Levine Hi-Tech for Low-Techs HamiltonWolfcat • Corvas Ta\ Authentic Historical Fiction WashingtonFrog Jones • Victoria Price • John M Lovett • Kate Ristau • Dayle A. Dermatis Cross-Stitch 101 AdamsElizabeth Fellows • Melissa Quinn • Laura McShane Doctor You? Build Your Own Doctor JeffersonKaren L. Black • Loz Link • Ellen Klowden • Flori Lima-Steele Fairy Tale Usage Today MorrisonAlma Alexander • Neil Cochrane • Rhiannon Held/R. Z. Held • Shoshana Glick Good Games for Non-gamers MadisonAaron Curtis • Eamon Dixon • Starwolfe The Influence of MultiMedia on Literary Works BroadwayManny Frishberg • George Willis • Erik Grove Divination: From the Unreal to the Real LincolnSeanara Coyote Commercial Space Mt St HelensMarla • Bart Kemper • Dan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory

5:30pm PDT

Remy Nakamura Reading GrantRemy Nakamura

6:00pm PDT

Tara Campbell Reading GrantTara Campbell Ribbon Work Workshop HamiltonWolfcat • Melissa Quinn New Writers Meetup JeffersonMage Of Mischief • Mark Chapman • John Hedtke • Ellen Klowden Yarning For The Doctor: Intro To Hoop Weaving Crocheting & Knitting AdamsContessa Paxton Timmerman • Rebecca Ernst • A.M. Brosius • Flori Lima-Steele Opening Ceremonies setup PNW Ballroom Exotic Volcanoes of the World Mt St HelensRoy Torley Not Too Horrible MorrisonErik Grove • Maquel A. Jacob • Anthony Pryor Interstellar Migration: Wishful Thinking or Future Possibility? BroadwayDave Bara • Andrew Nisbet • Hugh S. Gregory • Anne Davenport Variety is the Spice of Life: Celebrating the Anthology Ross IslandRobert B McMonigal • Tom Whitmore • Bob Brown • Remy Nakamura Borrowing from Cultures: Appreciation vs. Appropriation MadisonAlma Alexander • Thomas Gondolfi • Shoshana Glick Masquerade judging Mult/HollVictoria Price • Megapixie - Veronica Lacquement • Shannon Flint • Laura McShane • David D. Levine • Betty Bigelow

6:30pm PDT

Theresa Reed Reading GrantTheresa Reed

7:00pm PDT

Ken Scholes Reading GrantKen Scholes How I marketed my novel BroadwayThomas Gondolfi • Wendy N. Wagner • Frog Jones • John Hedtke • Dale Ivan Smith Wigs and headdresses HamiltonJulie Zetterberg • Janet Borkowski • Melissa Quinn Make Your Own Sonic Screwdriver or Dalek! Jefferson/AdamsKaren L. Black • Lissette de la Rose • Flori Lima-Steele • Paru Collecting or Hoarding? WashingtonDave Howell • K.G. Anderson • Alan Olsen • Tom Whitmore Writing for RPGs LincolnMonte Lin • Starwolfe • Aarón Durán • Eamon Dixon The Lost Histories Ross IslandA.M. Brosius • Irene Radford • Alma Alexander • Andrew Nisbet Scifi Utopias Dystopias and Everything in Between MorrisonBart Kemper • Erica L. Satifka • Arwen Spicer • Tara Campbell Is there a Solution to Toxic Masculinity? MadisonShoshana Glick • Remy Nakamura • Admiral Wordsmith • Manny Frishberg Opening Ceremonies PNW Ballroom Israel Zuckerman: COTI Cultures of the Imagination Mt HoodG. David Nordley LARP block: The War Doctors' Adventures 3 SistersThe Doctor

7:30pm PDT

Andrew Fuller Reading GrantAndrew S. Fuller

8:00pm PDT

Tiptoe Through the TARDIS: Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Celebration Jefferson/AdamsLissette de la Rose • Paru • Karen L. Black • Ellen Klowden • Loz Link How To Recognize a Scam Before You Get Caught. WashingtonGibbitt Rhys-Jones • Mark Niemann-Ross • Marla • Seanara Coyote Accounting for Creatives BroadwayJohn Hedtke • Dayle A. Dermatis • Clayton Mann • EM Prazeman Losing Track of Reality Ross IslandBart Kemper • D.L. Solum • Shoshana Glick • Daimei Jaybird Marmaduke Gender and Sexuality: The Divide MadisonJ.S. Fields • Manny Frishberg • Jennifer Rosenberg • Theresa Reed • Maquel A. Jacob

8:30pm PDT

Vincent Price Movies MultnomahVictoria Price

9:00pm PDT

Doctor Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Doctor Who Improv JeffersonKaren L. Black • Ellen Klowden • David D. Levine • Loz Link The Reality of Violence MorrisonRory Miller • Bart Kemper • D.L. Solum • Laura McShane Jam in the Key of R PNW BallroomEric Distad • John Hedtke • Cecilia Eng Late Night Art Chat & Sketch BroadwayMegapixie - Veronica Lacquement • Chuck Lukacs • Betty Bigelow

10:00pm PDT

Polyamory in Fantasy vs Reality MorrisonTheresa Reed • Alan Olsen • Rhiannon Louve • Sean Robinson Open Circle: Bardic PNW BallroomCecilia Eng