Meet the Editors from different publishers and ask your questions.

Hillbilly and crew share what’s happening and upcoming for 3 Ravens Publishing

Meet the authors in the P-Con anthology and their autographs. What inspired their stories of CHAOS ?

Stories shared by those in the space community

Guest of Honor discusses what the space accomplishments and future may look like

The dragon is dead. The kingdom is saved. The adventuring party has scattered. Now what? Cozy fantasy often begins where traditional fantasy ends, following retired adventurers, former warriors, exhausted heroes, and ordinary people more interested in building something than destroying something.

How are creators using AI in their projects? Story bibles, writing, editing, video, voice narration … you name it.

Doug Newcomb and others provide tips on using AI to build your worlds

Opening by guitarist Iain Miller. Humorous and furious bidding for items you want and need–sales support the operating budget of P-Con

Bigger. Bolder. Dumber. Advanced Marketing for Authors.

Break out of the race to the bottom and discover the larger, more profitable possibilities already hiding in your catalog by going Bigger, Bolder, and Dumber with Ben Wallace.

Stories in the raw from Guests of Honor Taylor Anderson and William J. Roberts

Find out about the reboot of the 4 Horsemen Universe and the open calls for anthology stories

Lessons and tips that authors need to hear from those with real-life experience in Intellectual Property rights

What are the Tropes of Modern LitRPG, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romantasy? Our panel of writers will discuss how all these genres are evolving in the modern era, and how it’s tropes are evolving with it.

Sometimes writing can be a struggle. Kacey explains how those blocks can be defeated.

Do Dragons and Space Mesh?

Writer and artist Cedar Sanderson talks about writing cats, dragons, and other pets into your short stories and novels

They argue. They glare. They exchange devastatingly clever insults. But are they actually enemies?
Enemies-to-lovers is one of speculative romance’s most enduring tropes, but making the journey from genuine opposition to believable romance takes more than a few heated arguments. What separates enemies from rivals or people who simply don’t like each other? How much damage can characters do before romance becomes impossible? What makes reconciliation believable—and have we stretched the definition of “enemy” a little too far?

Find Your Twisted Spirit Animal

We can’t all be tigers. Fortunately, there are plenty of other options. Come find your Twisted Spirit Animal.

What technology advancements will cause science fiction to become fact, not fiction?

A pane discussion on using hard science in your novels and short stories

Experienced writers from Writer Dojo and small press publishers discuss selling and re-selling stories and more

Narrating anime shows, and dubbing heresy

Philosophy in Science Fiction: the darker or lighter side? We have cookies! Limited seating.

Indie and small press publishers discuss what’s coming up and what open calls will be announced for the next year

Leather 101 Learn to create with upholstery grade leather and embossed metal. Embossing and tinting leather with acrylic paint and riveting will be taught along with the tools to use. I will be Demoing the embossing techniques How to do washes and buff leather to change tints. I will also show how easy this will be. This will be  interactive.

How to develop a LitRPG series

Hillbilly describes his experiences in plant and herb gathering, cooking, brewing and more

Science, discoveries, achievements, and topical discussions

Writers of military science fiction share their tips and recommendations for this genre

Come hear these real-life horror and humorous stories about life in the Service to humanity

Eddie Ferguson shares how the software Novelcraft can help writers with their novels and stories

Fans of the Pirate Genre get your costumes and pirate talk going! A new group to reach out into our communities with some pirate fun. 

A discussion of how pirates are portrayed in cinema by fans of the pirate genre

Ian McMurtrie discuss what’s coming up and what open calls will be announced for the next year

Starfleet has saved the Federation countless times, but occasionally you have to wonder who approved the mission plan. From bringing unknown organisms aboard ship to questionable admirals, disastrous first contacts, and captains treating the Prime Directive as more of a suggestion, which decisions make you yell at the screen? And—more importantly—what should they have done instead?

A panel about the legacy of early 20th century Texas author and poet Robert E. Howard who is > credited with creating the Sword & Sorcery genre.

Where can we find LitRPG’s ancestors in science fiction, fantasy, tabletop and video games, anime, and other forms of storytelling? Which older works would we recognize as LitRPG if they were published today—and when did those familiar ingredients finally become a genre of their own?

Not every fantasy hero needs to defeat the Dark Lord. Sometimes keeping the shop open, finding a home, rebuilding a community, or figuring out what comes next is enough.
How does cozy fantasy create compelling stories without kingdoms—or the entire world—hanging in the balance? What makes small, personal problems feel important? Does cozy really mean there’s nothing to lose? Join us as we explore tension, conflict, and the surprisingly high stakes of stories where saving one small corner of the world can be enough.

Guest of Honor Shami Stovall offers advice and tips – from her own experience – for those writers wanting to pursue indie publishing

Songs from the Edge of the Map: Music and Worldbuilding

Bill Leaf leads a discussion on what we need and would like to see in space ship design

How do writers participate or get invited to write in a shared universe?

The developments still keep coming from a 1960 show and Reagan era Space task force. What going on these days and the drives we are seeing in new tech.

What do you mean I have a word limit? I have a deadline? Experienced authors and editors discuss the reason and need for heeding submission guidelines

Experienced authors and publishers discuss publicity for the writing community

What is the core of our fascination with dark fantasy? Is it the imagery? The shiver down the spine that follows the finely crafted word? Join our intrepid panel as they explore all it’s alluring aspects.

How do you write the villain of your story or novel ?

…What’s happening with audiobooks and voice narrators? How do you find narrators? Is AI a narration acceptable?

The Future of NASA and Commercial Space

How does imagination influence innovation? When does fiction predict the future, and when does it actually help create it? From communicators and artificial intelligence to virtual worlds and modern fandom communities, we’ll explore what speculative fiction imagined, what became reality, and what today’s stories might be teaching us to imagine next.

Cowboys in space? What if there are no cows on other planets? How do we write the Old West into science fiction?

War. Monsters. Alien invasions. Magical curses. The impending destruction of civilization. Obviously, this is an excellent time to fall in love. Romance and love on the battlefield to finding love at the end of the world, let’s talk about why happily-ever-after can matter most when there might not be a tomorrow.

Explore themes around insurgencies and ethics. Understanding rebellion and insurgency is at least as important as understanding institutionalized militaries. When are MilSF revolutionaries the “bad guys?” Are they ever? Should they be?

War Comes to Sol: Space Fights In Our System: Eventually, we Terrans will be fighting in the orbitals. Where is the high ground? Where are the strategic points of interest? Panelists postulate the tech levels of the scenario, then discuss the actual orbital mechanics, combat, and dominating the Sol system.

Ben Yalow and panelists looks at the 1960’s – shoot let’s go back to 1920 onwards – what influenced you to be where you are today.

Cosplayers discuss what they would like to see written into stories, novels and scripts to help with costume design

Wire working 101: Learn to make headdress and bracelets with aluminum wire and the tools needed to make And accent beautiful creations.

Creative and experienced authors share tips and historical experience for building your worlds

Faith in the final frontier – does it have a place and how do you write it into your story?