OryCon 44: Full Schedule

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!

2:00pm PDT

Returning from Hiatus

Friday October 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

Broadway

You’re finally ready to start creating again, but you feel like your creative muscles atrophied. How do you take the shaky first steps? What pressures do you face from yourself and society to suddenly run and catch up?

Moderators

Erica L. Satifka

Panelists

Jeff Sturgeon

Monte Lin

Dayle A. Dermatis

EM Prazeman

Friday October 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Broadway

LIVING CREATIVELY

3:00pm PDT

Pushing Past Blocks

Friday October 18, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

Broadway

Are you staring at a blank page praying words or drawings appear, or despairing over stagnation? Creative blocks are amplified by their stigma and shame. How do you find the source of your block and treat it?

Moderators

Dayle A. Dermatis

Panelists

Monte Lin

Anthony Pryor

EM Prazeman

Friday October 18, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Broadway

LIVING CREATIVELY

4:00pm PDT

Creativity After Tragedy

Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT

Washington

How do you tend to your emotional and creative recovery after an illness or tragedy? What types of art exercise as therapy might work for you? It’s said work can be made under any condition, so should you force yourself to create even when you’re unwell?

Moderators

Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

Panelists

Dayle A. Dermatis

Rory Miller

Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Washington

LIVING CREATIVELY

4:00pm PDT

Free Labor? Nope.

Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT

Mt Bachelor

Do it for the exposure? No, give me money! Your cousin, game buddy, or some self centered stranger online is trying to coerce you to create for free. How do you say no under various social pressures, be confident in your value, and price your work well?

Moderators

Manny Frishberg

Panelists

Jeff Sturgeon

Professor DR Schreiber

Jim Kling

Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Mt Bachelor

LIVING CREATIVELY

8:00pm PDT

Accounting for Creatives

Friday October 18, 2024 8:00pm - 8:50pm PDT

Broadway

It's not fun, but someone has to do it! Even if you hire assistance, there are opportunities you may miss, pits you can fall into, and taxes are scary! Panelists discuss their business successes, failures, and surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant.

Moderators

John Hedtke

Panelists

Dayle A. Dermatis

Clayton Mann

EM Prazeman

Friday October 18, 2024 8:00pm - 8:50pm PDT
Broadway

LIVING CREATIVELY

10:00am PDT

Dayjob or the Dream

Saturday October 19, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

Morrison

Whether you’re fresh out of school and wondering whether to invest in creating or continuing education, or reevaluating your mundane life and debating taking time off to create, how do you balance the need for money with the spark in your soul?

Moderators

EM Prazeman

Panelists

Eric Distad

Professor DR Schreiber

Tara Campbell

Fiction Editor, Barrelhouse

Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction co-editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from American University. Previous publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Wigleaf, Booth, Jellyfish Review, Strange Horizons, and CRAFT Literary... Read More →

Sanan Kolva

Saturday October 19, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Morrison

LIVING CREATIVELY

12:00pm PDT

Creators in Chaos

Saturday October 19, 2024 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

Ross Island

To be alive is to exist in chaos. There is always something to interrupt. Family, finances, death, disarray. You say, "I would make that, but.." and most excuses are genuine concerns. How do you prepare for the worst, get organized, and focus enough to create?

Moderators

EM Prazeman

Panelists

Arlin Robins

Rory Miller

G.R. Theron

Starwolfe

Saturday October 19, 2024 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Ross Island

LIVING CREATIVELY

6:00pm PDT

Archery In Reality

Saturday October 19, 2024 6:00pm - 6:50pm PDT

Broadway

Fictional archers do some crazy stuff with a bow. If you've ever wondered where the line between imagination and reality is for the craft of archery, come learn about it.

Moderators

Clayton Mann

Panelists

Dayle A. Dermatis

D.L. Solum

Debut Author of the Dark-Thriller-Urban-Fantasy series: Persephone-A Tale of Darker Seattle. Long time medieval re-enactor and arms and armor specialist.

Andrew S. Fuller

Saturday October 19, 2024 6:00pm - 6:50pm PDT
Broadway

LIVING CREATIVELY

7:00pm PDT

Thinking Through Burnout

Saturday October 19, 2024 7:00pm - 7:50pm PDT

Broadway

Thinking is hard when you’re tired all the time. How do you manage burnout when it hits in the middle of a list of critical tasks? What coping mechanisms have worked for you, or not? Do you have tools or strategies to prevent burnout?

Moderators

Mark Chapman

Panelists

Irene Radford

Rory Miller

Dale Ivan Smith

Theresa Reed

Saturday October 19, 2024 7:00pm - 7:50pm PDT
Broadway

LIVING CREATIVELY

10:00am PDT

Reviving Projects

Sunday October 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

Morrison

It was abandoned, and you’ve side eyed that project for months, or years. It meant something to you once, enough that you started. How do you pick up the pieces, recover the intent, or nurture a new direction grown from the concept? Is it ok to just abandon it?

Moderators

G.R. Theron

Panelists

EM Prazeman

Dayle A. Dermatis

Arlin Robins

Starwolfe

Sunday October 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Morrison

LIVING CREATIVELY

11:00am PDT

Making Space to Make

Sunday October 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

Madison

Where do you set yourself up to create? What does your writing, drawing, or crafting space look like now? How would your ideal studio look and what's in it? Do you claim a table, bedroom, or rent a studio? Do you focus on setting an inspiring mood, or keep it clean and functional, or is it a chaotic hoard of tools and content?

Moderators