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Friday, October 18
 

1:00pm PDT

Scammers & Publishing Pitfalls
Friday October 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Broadway
Writers beware! What do you need to know to protect yourself and your work? Vanity publishers hide behind an indie description. Contests offer a daydream prize or exposure and are then free to use your work without ever paying you. Forgetting a contract or signing one with misrepresented details can leave years of hell for copyright and finances. Panelists share their horror stories.
Moderators
GR
Panelists
BC
EP
FJ
Friday October 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Broadway
  BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING

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
EL
Panelists
JS
ML
DA
EP
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
DA
Panelists
ML
AP
EP
Friday October 18, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Broadway
  LIVING CREATIVELY

4:00pm PDT

Editor Types and How to Appeal to Them
Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Broadway
There are many different kinds of editors in the publishing business. Come find out what they do, how they got into publishing, and how to make your work appeal to them.
Moderators
WN
Panelists
RH
ML
SC
Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Broadway
  BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING

5:00pm PDT

The Influence of MultiMedia on Literary Works
Friday October 18, 2024 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Broadway
Nowadays it isn't only literature. Wide-ranging discussion about how various media ventures cross-over to impact new and existing writings, be it comics, online content, TV, or films.
Moderators
MF
Panelists
GW
avatar for Erik Grove
Friday October 18, 2024 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Broadway
  GENERAL INTEREST

6:00pm PDT

Interstellar Migration: Wishful Thinking or Future Possibility?
Friday October 18, 2024 6:00pm - 6:50pm PDT
Broadway
Most SF stories deal with humans visiting and often settling on other planets in other star systems, which might or might not have their own indigenous intelligent life forms. Given our own understanding of space here and now, can we actually consider this as a foreseeable future? How and why?
Moderators
DB
Panelists
AN
HS
AD
Friday October 18, 2024 6:00pm - 6:50pm PDT
Broadway
  SCIENCE FICTION

7:00pm PDT

How I marketed my novel
Friday October 18, 2024 7:00pm - 7:50pm PDT
Broadway
The panelists present their method(s) of marketing their work and how effective it is (or isn't).
Moderators
TG
Panelists
WN
FJ
JH
DI
Friday October 18, 2024 7:00pm - 7:50pm PDT
Broadway
  BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING

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
JH
Panelists
DA
CM
EP
Friday October 18, 2024 8:00pm - 8:50pm PDT
Broadway
  LIVING CREATIVELY

9:00pm PDT

Late Night Art Chat & Sketch
Friday October 18, 2024 9:00pm - 9:50pm PDT
Broadway
A friendly meetup for artists to network and chat about work, process, techniques, business, careers, conventions, changes in the industry, and how life is affecting their creativity. Feel welcome to bring your sketchbook, and just chill to conversation.
Moderators
MV
Panelists
CL
BB
Friday October 18, 2024 9:00pm - 9:50pm PDT
Broadway
  VISUAL ARTS
 
Saturday, October 19
 

9:00am PDT

Red Cross Blood Drive
Saturday October 19, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Broadway
The Red Cross is looking for a few good arms. All participants are taken as walk-ins; that is, don't let a lack of an appointment stop you!
Saturday October 19, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Broadway
  EVENT

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
CM
Panelists
DA
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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.
AS
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
MC
Panelists
IR
RM
DI
TR
Saturday October 19, 2024 7:00pm - 7:50pm PDT
Broadway
  LIVING CREATIVELY

8:00pm PDT

Local Legends
Saturday October 19, 2024 8:00pm - 8:50pm PDT
Broadway
Sasquatch. Hauntings. The Creature of Devil's Lake, Lincoln City. Real? Beer driven? What other regional legends can local writers leverage for their stories?
Panelists
IR
AN
RB
JB
Saturday October 19, 2024 8:00pm - 8:50pm PDT
Broadway
  FANTASY AND HORROR
 
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