Letter from the Chair

Welcome to this year’s exploration of Life, the Universe, and Every- thing. Good luck and have fun. I’m sure there are lots of other greetings I could give in addition to these, but I think I’ve covered the most relevant ones. I imagine that some of you are now waiting for me to tell you what to expect from the symposium, what to be excited about, special things to look forward to, and maybe what to be worried about. But you’re holding the program in your hand right now, and I think it’s reasonable to expect that you can also read. If I tried to tell you what to expect or care about, I’m sure I’d miss some- thing important from all the pages after this. But more importantly, I think it would be a disservice to you, the attendee, to tell you what you’re supposed to get out of coming to LTUE. You probably have your own ideas about what will be fun or interesting, and you have your plots and plans and schemes for how to get the most out of this symposium. So I won’t tell you what to do. You have the schedule, you know what you like, and you’re already here. What more could you need? Instead, I’ll make a suggestion, just in case you haven’t thought of it yourself yet. Keep your mind open. Way open. Things are coming that you don’t expect, weren’t planning on, and aren’t prepared for. But if you love or , you’ll love the unexpected that you will find at LTUE. Speaking of planning and plotting, I can’t sign off without extend- ing thanks to all of the people who have made the symposium this year possible. The general committee has worked very hard to bring all of these events together. Without them, you would not be here. I promise. I’m grateful for our participants, our gofers, anyone who contributed goods or time to our special events, and everyone else that lightened the load of making this year’s symposium possible. We can’t fit you all in by name, but we know who you are, and I promise, the gratitude is real. With all of that taken care of, I offer to you the best of luck again, and hope that you have a fantastic time here. Jessica Rhees LTUE 2014 Committee Chair 1 Provo Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Map Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

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Yellow Committee Member Etiquette with the Pros 4 Purple SibScript Committee Guest of Honor 5 Toastmaster/Special Guests 6 Hot Pink Volunteer Film Festival Schedule 8 Dark Blue Guest of Honor Local Restaurants 9 Light Blue Special Guests Participating Guests 10 Grid Schedule 24 Orange Panelist Listing of Events 29 Tan Dealers Readings 30 Green Chair Emeritus What’s a Kaffeeklatsch? 32 Book Signing 45 White Attendee Educator’s Conference 49 Grey Educator’s Conference Acknowledgments back cover

Symposium Committee

Chair Jessica Rhees Pitch Coordinator Robin Ambrose Secretary Aly Gidewall Advertising Elizabeth Doman Schedule Coordinator Charlene C. Harmon Press Liaison Leigh Owens Writing Nathan Hinckley A/V Coordinator Mandi Eatough Books Steve Setzer Webmasters Jenna Eatough, Aly Gidewall CYOW Logan Kearsley Mailing List Administrator Film Anthony Applegate Joe Monson Graphic Art Erin Kearsley Venue Liaison Charlene C. Harmon Gaming Alicia McIntire Vendor Liaison Toad Academics Marny K. Parkin Registration Coordinators Jenna Eatough, Educator’s Conference Coordinator Jessica Rhees Charlene C. Harmon Photographer Heather Bond SibScript Administrators Guru Dave Doering Jenna Eatough, Robin Ambrose Staff Adam Applegate, Andrew Publications Director Blomquist, Caitlyn Byers, Erin Kahn, Marny K. Parkin Elisabeth Kaseda, Michelle Jefferies, Guest Liaison Ryan Noorda Jeffrey Jensen, Adrienne Monson, Diana Social Media Heidi Grover Parkin, Scott Slack, Michelle Stoll, Volunteer Coordinators Michael D. Matthew Thayne, Alyssa Weatherston Harmon, Jacob Harmon

Anyone can join our staff. Students are especially needed, from both UVU and BYU. If you are interested in helping make the next symposium bigger and better than this one, come to our staff meeting onMarch 1, 2014. Watch our Facebook page for more details. Etiquette with the Pros

One question any symposium-goer inevitably asks is, “How do I talk to authors and artists?” Getting to know them takes a few common sense rules of etiquette that will make the experience enjoyable for both of you. First, remember that the authors and artists are only human. Just because they write fantastic books or draw fabulous pictures doesn’t mean they are ready to be on stage at any moment. An author or artist may have just had a lousy night or be suffering from something the symposium committee fed them at lunch. Don’t take it personally if they don’t want to talk to you right then. Also, don’t try to dazzle them with your latest story idea or pet project. Most authors are paid to edit material; don’t expect them to do it for free. And don’t make the mistake that one convention attendee made when he tried to discuss the wage differences between British and American actors with a main guest. We promise you, brilliant as they may be, authors and artists don’t know everything. When you want to meet the authors or artists, wait for a good moment when they aren’t busy. If they are talking with someone else, wait patiently for them to finish, then introduce yourself. Try to say something nice before you fire away with criticism. Remember, they may be as shy of meeting you as you are of meeting them. Most importantly, don’t monopolize! Share with others these mar- velous people you’ve just met. Rather than saying everything at once, try talking to them on several occasions. (Even your mother would rather hear from you for three minutes once a week than for three hours once a year.) Just remember to be courteous. Respect their privacy and respect their time. They have come to the symposium to meet people, though, so don’t be afraid to approach them. That is why they came!

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Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, and , which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. His most recent series, the young adult series Path( - finder, ) and the fantasy Mither- mages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief) are taking readers in new directions. Besides these and other science fic- tion novels, Card writes contemporary photo by Terry Manierphoto by Terry fantasy (Magic Street, , ), biblical novels (, ), the American frontier fantasy series Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with ), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts, including his “freshened” Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice. Card was born in Washington and grew up in , Arizona, and . He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and lit- erature courses at Southern Virginia University. Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, where his primary activities are writing a review column for the local Rhinoceros Times and feeding birds, squirrels, chipmunks, possums, and raccoons on the patio. Hatrack.com

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Brandon Sanderson ’s first novel,, was published in 2005 by Tor, which also published Brandon’s Mistborn trilogy and The Way of Kings. After graduating with his master’s degree in creative writing from BYU, Brandon was asked to teach the class he had taken as an undergraduate student from Dave Farland. In spite of his busy sched- ule, he continues to teach this one section of creative writing focused on SF&F because he enjoys helping aspiring writers. Brandon’s repertoire expanded into the children’s market when Scholastic published Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, a middle-grade series. Brandon was chosen by Harriet Rigney to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. He won two Hugo Awards last year. www.BrandonSanderson.com

Special Guests

Blake Casselman Blake Casselman is an award-winning film producer, screenwriter, and comic book writer. He is a co-owner of Rare Legend Films, teaches screenwriting, and facilitates Utah Film Writers, a screenwriter’s group on Facebook. He’s also the co-creator and co-writer of the indie comic book series, Devil’s Triangle. www.rarelegend.com

Michael R. Collings Dr. Michael R. Collings is emeritus professor of English and former director of cre- ative writing and Poet-in-Residence for . He has published over two dozen scholarly, critical, or bibliographic book-length studies of science fic- tion, fantasy, and horror, including books on , Orson Scott Card, Piers Anthony, and Brian W. Aldiss. Dr. Collings has also published novels and multiple volumes of poetry and short fiction. He is a two-time finalist for the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award®; and currently serves as Senior Publications Editor for JournalStone Publications, reviewer for Hellnotes.com, and reviewer and col- umnist for Dark Discoveries, in addition to posting articles and reviews at Collings Notes. michaelrcollings.blogspot.com

Michaelbrent Collings Michaelbrent Collings is a #1 best-selling novelist and screenwriter whose works include Strangers, Darkbound, Apparition, The Haunted, The Loon, Rising Fears, and the best-selling YA fantasy series the Billy Saga, beginning with Billy: Messenger of Powers. MichaelbrentCollings.com 6 David Farland David Farland is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author who has penned nearly fifty science fiction and fantasy novels for both adults and children. He also works as a videogame designer, a screenwriter, the coordinating judge of the L. Ron Hubbard’s Contest (one of the world’s largest and most distinguished writ- ing contests), and he has trained numerous other New York Times best-selling authors through his writing workshops and various classes. DavidFarland.com Brian C. Hailes Brian C. Hailes has worked as a freelance illustrator, designer, and commission artist for fifteen years, and has received numerous awards for his art from across the coun- try, including the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future contest. He has written and illustrated two graphic novels, Dragon’s Gait and Devil’s Triangle. HailesArt.com

L. E. Modesitt Jr. L. E. Modesitt Jr. has more than sixty published novels, numerous short stories, as well as technical publications in the environmental and economic fields. Although he is pos- sibly best known for his Recluce fantasy saga, with over two million books in print, and the more recent Imager Portfolio, he continues to write science fiction as well. He has also been a legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman; Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues; and a college lecturer and writer in residence. He married a lyric soprano, and he and his wife Carol relocated to Cedar City, Utah, in 1993, where she directs the opera program at Southern Utah University and he continues to create and manage chaos. LEModesittJr.com James A. Owen James A. Owen has been working professionally as an illustrator and storyteller for more than two decades, which is notable mostly because he’s still comfortably in his thirties. In addition to numerous illustration and design projects, James has written and illustrated two dozen Starchild comics and books. Here, There Be Dragons, the first in the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006, followed by six more books in the series, finishing withThe First Dragon last year. James is the founder and executive director of Coppervale Interna- tional, an art and design studio that also published the periodicals International Studio and Argosy, develops television and film projects, and is redesigning an entire town, among other ventures. James lives in Arizona with his family. JamesAOwen.com

Anne Sowards Anne Sowards is an executive editor at Penguin Group (USA), where she primarily acquires and edits fantasy and science fiction for the Ace and Roc imprints. Some of the talented authors she works with include Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Rachel Caine, Anne Bishop, Ilona Andrews, Jack Campbell, Karen Chance, and Rob Thur- man. When she’s not reading, she listens to Kpop and spends way too much time playing video games. Follow her at twitter.com/AnneSowards. 7 Film Festival Schedule

Friday, February 14, 1:00 pm to 4:50 pm: 1:00–2:30 pm: Saga: Curse of the Shadow by Arrowstorm Entertainment

2:30 pm: 10 minute sneak peak of Survivor by Arrowstorm Entertainment

2:40–3:00 pm: Two short films,The Grilling Station by Stolen Runabout Studios, and Slaughterhouse by Tom Carr (both around ten minutes) 3:00–4:00 pm: Screening of Flight from Shadow, with a Q&A after- ward featuring R. Jason Ball, Blake Casselman, Nathaniel Drew, Rob- ert Hirschi, Jennifer McGrew, David Skousen, and Hraefn Wulfson

4:00–4:50 pm: Tom Carr presentation of Best Solstices Ever (15 min- utes) and Pinkertons (15 minutes) with Q&A afterward

Filking

Join your fellow bards each evening for memorable music. Filking (also known as The Bardic Circle) has been a tradition since before the ­Hobbit walked Middle Earth. Folk songs and poems have been set to music, changing lyrics at times to creatively fit science fiction and fantasy themes; thus, “filking.” Bring your guitar, lute, or simply your voice and make musical magic with us. Participants may perform their own tunes or bring copies of music for fellow filkers to join in a jolly sing-along.

Dealers Room Hours

Thursday: 10 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm

8 Local Restaurants

Bombay House Lotus Garden Restaurant 463 North University Avenue 56 West Center Street Center Street Bistro The Madison 295 West Center Street 295 West Center Street Center Street Deli Old Adobe Grill 434 West Center Street 16 West Center Street Communal Osaka Japanese Restaurant 100 North University Avenue 46 West Center Street Demae Japenese Restaurant Pete’s Lunch 82 W Center St 190 West 100 South Diegos Red Deli 45 West 300 North 227 North University Avenue El Gallo Giro Rice Garden 346 North University Avenue 350 North Freedom Boulevard (Smith’s) El Salvador Restaurant Rice King Noodle 332 West Center Street 225 West Center Street Four Seasons Hot Pot & Dumplings Sammy’s 236 North University Avenue 27 North 100 West Center Gandolfo’s New York Deli Sensuous Sandwich Ste 90, 18 North University Avenue 163 West Center Street Gloria’s Little Italy SORA Asian Dining 1 East Center Street 68 West Center Street Guru’s Cafe Spark Restaurant 45 East Center Street 86 North University Avenue Hickory Kist Deli Spice Grill 42 West Center Street 163 North University Avenue India Palace Spicy Corea 98 West Center Street 43 North University Avenue Joe Vera’s Mexican Restaurant Station 22 Cafe (vegan friendly) 250 West Center Street 22 West Center Street La Dolce Vita Ristorante Italiano Thai Village 61 North 100 East 410 North University Avenue Little Caesars Pizza Tommy’s Burgers 434 North 900 East 405 West 100 North Los Hermanos Two Jack’s Pizza 71 East Center Street 80 West Center Street

9 Participating Guests

Holli Anderson is the author of the Scott Bascom is a freelance writer and YA paranormal fantasy Five: Out of the contractor (often under the pseudonym Dark. She has a degree in nursing (which “Toad”) and runs a small business. He has nothing to do with writing, except draws from a wide array of experience maybe adding some pretty descriptive and has worked in nearly every blue col- injury and vomit scenes to her books). lar job out there from film to landscap- www.Holli-Anderson.com ing. BlackSunEnterprises.net

Jason Anderson is the author of the David Baxter has served on the Board teen adventure series The Starriders Saga of Directors of the National Space and The SoulChaser Universe. His pas- Society three times, and is currently the sions include theater production, fast president of their Utah Space Associa- cars, off-roading, rock ’n’ roll, and he is tion chapter. He has worked with the a Harley-Davidson enthusiast. Chalice​ NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Publications.com Project and is the founder of an effort to get the July 20th anniversary of the first S. M. Anderson’s debut novel, Copied, is moon walk known as a holiday (Space a teen sci-fi . She has lived in seven Exploration Day). www.Space​Explora​ different countries, on five continents, tion​Day.us and speaks a smattering of languages. She always loved stories, especially ethnic Bryan Beus paid his way through col- folktales from the countries she lived in. lege as a commission-based artist; Corel www.SMAndersonFiction.com Corporation featured his painting Rapunzel on the CD of Corel Painter Amber Argyle is the author of the Witch software; ImagineFX Magazine featured and series. She grew Song Fairy Queen his work; he illustrated the popular 13th up with three brothers on a cattle ranch Reality series; and his character design in the Rocky Mountains, where she work earned him the Kirchoff/Wohl- spent hours riding horses, roaming the berg Award from the New York Society mountains, and playing in her family’s of Illustrators. He is currently working creepy barn. This environment fueled with Shadow Mountain Publishing on a her imagination for writing high fantasy. mixed-media middle-grade novel. www​ www.AmberArgyle.blogspot.com .BryanBeus.com

Shirley Bahlmann is the author of more Laura Bingham is the author of the than twenty books, ranging from histori- fantasy novels Alvor and Wings of Light. cal and pioneer dramas to dark fantasy Currently she teaches science in high to biography and inspirational tales. school. www.LauraBingham.com Regarding her eclectic nature, Shirley says, “I’m too impatient to wait for the Mikey Brooks is the author/illustrator of Muse. I just begin writing, and she gets several picture books including the best- curious and comes to look over my selling ABC Adventures: Magical Creatures shoulder!” shirleybahlmann.com and Bean’s Dragons. He is also the author

10 of the middle-grade fantasy-adventure Tom Carr is the author of Talking series, The Dream Keeper Chronicles. He to Yourself in the Dark; the founder of is one of the hosts of the Authors’ Think Wasatch Paranormal, a ghost hunting Tank Podcast and a member of Embla- team based in ; and host of zon—a website dedicated to Tween the popular paranormal podcast Resid- authors. www.Inside​Mikeys​World.com ual Haunting Revived (now going into its sixth year). He also owns Bag of Holding John Brown is an award-winning nov- media; a production company that looks elist and short story writer who also forward to making family friendly films. writes thrillers under the name John Holland. His epic fantasy series was Marinne Carter is the primary author originally released by and is of the teen series The Dream Realm, writ- now published independently. JohnD​ ten in consultation with her daughter, Brown.com Jordan Prentice—an actual teen.

Dave Butler is the author of the Rock Ami Chopine is a graduate of Orson Band Fights Evil series, who writes Scott Card’s Literary Bootcamp and has action-horror pulp, fantasy, steampunk, published short stories, articles, and two middle grade, and young adult fiction. nonfiction books on computer graphics. His training is in law, and he worked as a securities lawyer at a major interna- Rachelle J. Christensen’s first novel, tional firm. Dave also teaches business Wrong Number, was awarded Outstand- acumen to large corporations as a con- ing Book of the Year from the League sultant with Acumen Learning. David​ of Utah Writers and was also a 2010 John​Butler.com Whitney finalist. She is also the author of Caller ID; a nonfiction book,Lost Chil- S. A. Butler is the author of the Sonya dren: Coping with Miscarriage for Latter- Fletcher: Monster Hunter series, including day ; and a novella in A Timeless The Hunt Begins and Witch + Leech (just Romance Anthology. www.Rachelle​ released). She particularly adores fantasy Writes​.blogspot.com and science fiction but loves good books in general. ButlerWritings.com Jaleta Clegg spins stories from science fiction adventure to silly horror tales Al Carlisle spent the majority of his and everything in between. She has career as a psychologist at the Utah published more than a half-dozen novels State Prison from which he retired as and several dozen short stories. www​ the head of the Psychology Department .JaletaC.com in 1989. He was a consultant for the Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center for several Daniel Coleman explores the characters years and he has conducted workshops and events of Wonderland long before on serial homicide and other crime top- the arrival of Alice in his award-winning ics. He has done extensive research on novels Jabberwocky and Hatter; his next serial killers and has interviewed the Hi books in the series, Red Knight, is due out Fi killers, Arthur Gary Bishop, Westley soon. DColemanBooks.com Allan Dodd, Keith Jesperson, Ted Bundy, Stan Crowe is the author of two n­ ovels, and many others. ViolentMind.com The Cinderella Project and Love Spell. Stan

11 lives with his wife, children (eight and Jessica Douglas is a freelance artist who counting), and two cats in beautiful sells her works through Deviant Art. Pleasant Grove, Utah. StanAvenues​ ­jessicamdouglas.deviantart.com .blogspot.com Derrick Duncan is the author of the Tales Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury is a science from the Tree collection of short stories and fiction and fantasy author, with numer- one of the creators of the upcoming writ- ous short story publications in venues ing productivity website wordtrackr​.com. from L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of bad-at-titles​.blog​spot.com the Future to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Anna del C. Dye is the award-winning Sword and Sorceress anthologies. She also moderates the Hatrack River Writers author of seven fantasy novels and Workshop at Orson Scott Card’s science numerous short stories, as well as a fiction and fantasy website. www​.sff.net/ series of articles about family and people/Dalton-Woodbury relationships. She received the Editor’s Choice award from the International Robert J Defendi has worked on many Library of Poetry and will soon be projects, including game writing for releasing new fiction in a YA romance Exalted, Spycraft, Shadowforce Archer, series. www.AnnadelC.com and the Stargate SG-1 role-playing game. As the publisher of Final Redoubt press, Peggy Eddleman is the author of the he designed and released the critically middle grade adventure series Sky Jump- acclaimed setting The Echoes of Heaven. ers from Random House. Besides writing, He’s also written fiction for Peggy enjoys playing laser tag with her Writers of the family, doing cartwheels in long hallways, Future, When Darkness Comes, and The He’s featured in trying new restaurants, and occasionally Echoes of Heaven. Space painting murals on walls. Peggy​Eddle​ Eldritch and Space Eldritch II. RobertJ​ Defendi.com man.com C. K. Edwards is the author of seven Bree Despain is the author of the Dark trilogy and the upcoming books available on Amazon with two Divine Into the more on the way. From fantasy to horror Dark series. The Shadow Prince, book one, will release March 11, 2014. Bree redis- to urban fantasy, and even delving into covered her childhood love for creating Christmas short stories, C. K. Edwards stories when she took a semester off col- has been writing for twenty-five years lege to write and direct plays for at-risk, and plans to write the rest of his life. inner-city teens from Philadelphia and CK-Edwards​.blogspot.com New York. www​.Bree​Despain.com Dirk Elzinga is associate professor of Steven Diamond is the author of linguistics at University; numerous pieces of short fiction, writes his professional work includes the docu- for Skull Island eXpeditions in the mentation of the native languages of Warmachine Universe, and is the edi- Utah. He is designing two languages for tor of Elitist Book Reviews (elitistbook​ use in an upcoming film and has been reviews.blogspot.com) which was nomi- active in the online constructed lan- nated for the 2013 for Best guages community for twenty years. Fanzine.

12 Karen C. Evans writes science fiction and has sold more than fifteen pieces (co-authored with her husband, Kevin) to The Grantville Gazette, an online magazine published by Eric Flint, author of 1632. ManicReclusive​ .blog​spot.com

Kevin H. Evans makes stuff and writes. Guns, steam cars, hot air bal- loons, and five-hundred-ton steam locomotives are a specialty. With Karen C. Evans, he has over six years of publication credits.

David Ferro is an associate professor of computer science and is dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State Univer- sity. He is the co-editor of Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Inter- linked Domains with Eric Swedin. Heather Frost is the author of Seers and its sequels (Demons and Guard- ians ) and was a Whitney Award finalist for the second book in that series. www.HeatherFrost.com

Julie Frost writes mainly short fic- “Godshift” was a 2013 AML Award win- tion across the genres of science fiction, ner. www.nancyfulda.com fantasy, and horror, with some crossover into mystery/action/adventure. Her Paul Genesse writes fantasy novels, adds to his list of published short stories work has appeared in Cosmos, Azure available from DAW Books and others, Valley, Plasma Frequency, and Stupefying and edits the five volumes of the demon- Stories, among other places. AgileBrit​ .livejournal.com themed Crimson Pact anthology series. His Iron Dragon novel series includes Nancy Fulda is a Hugo and Nebula The Golden Cord, The Dragon Hunters, nominee, a Phobos Award winner, and a and The Secret , which are out now Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award recipient. and available as trade paperbacks and She is the first (and so far only) female . www.PaulGenesse.com recipient of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, which was created to honor the Jessica Day George is the New York contributions made by science fiction Times best-selling author of nine fantasy to real-world science. Her short story books for young adults and middle grade readers. She lives near Salt Lake City

13 with her husband and small children, people’s broken legacy. She lives in a very and enjoys chocolate, books, and knit- old, minty green house in the same city ting. www.jessicadaygeorge.com that she grew up in. www.AndreaHatch. com Cliff Green is a professional artist spe- cializing in paleontological sculpture Chas Hathaway is the author of Scrip- and exhibits, with an additional yen for ture Study Made Awesome and Marriage fantastical 2D and 3D art. CliffGreen​ is Ordained of God but Who Came Up Studio.net With Dating? He is an author, musician, husband, dad, and X-grave digger. His Jen Greyson is the author of a wide vari- first book,Giraffe Tracks, was published ety of books from historical adventure to in 2010; so far, Chas also has five albums YA fantasy. Recent releases include the out. ChasHathaway.com first book and second books in herAlter - ations series, Lightning Rider and Shadow Jaclyn M. Hawkes writes both para- Boxer. Her next novel, Legend of Jevalya, normal and traditional romance, with is due out soon. JenGreyson.com nine books currently available. She had a career as a cartographer for the federal Deren Hansen is the author of the government and traveled extensively Dunlith Hill Writers Guides and a regu- before settling down. www.JaclynM​ lar contributor to the Utah Children’s Hawkes.com. Writers blog. An MIT-trained anthro- pologist, engineer, and historian, he has Liesel K. Hill is a novelist who writes worked on nuclear weapons, created SF, , and crime drama. fractal fungus, and tried assorted other Recent publications include her novels schemes for world domination. www​ Persistence of Vision, Quantum Entangle- .DunlithHill.com ment,d The anHatchling. Musings ​On​ Fantasia.blogspot.com Teri Harman is the author of the witch fantasy novel Blood Moon as well as a Karen E. Hoover has written five novels book columnist for KSL.com and book including The Sapphire Flute, The Armor contributor to the Studio 5 lifestyle show. of Light, and Two Are Better Than TeriHarman.com One. Her latest title, The Emerald Wolf, is available now for preorder. www​.KarenE​ Mette Ivie Harrison is the author of Hoover.com the novels Mira, Mirror (Viking), The Princess and the Hound (HarperEos), The Bill Housley loves reading and writing Princess and the Bear (HarperEos), The heart-pounding science fiction that the Princess and the Snowbird (HarperTeen), whole family can enjoy. He is the author Tris and Izzie (Egmont) and The Rose of Into the Dark: Escape of the Nomad and Throne (Egmont), as well as some short “Another Man’s Terrorist” in the anthol- fiction. www.MetteIvieHarrison.com ogy Satirica. BHousley.wordpress​.com Andrea Hatch is the author and illus- M. K. Hutchin’s debut novel, Drift, is trator of Neau, a high fantasy comic forthcoming from Tu Books and her that follows a demon daughter and her short fiction appears in a variety of friends through a quest to restore he places, including Orson Scott Card’s

14 Intergalactic Medicine Show and Daily Sci- Aaron Johnston is a New York Times ence Fiction. www.MKHutchins.com best-selling author who co-wrote the novels Invasive Procedures, Earth Unaware, Pendragon Inman is the author of Fire Earth Afire, and the other forthcoming and the first two Gate Crystal Gate, Formic Wars novels with science-fiction books in the YA fantasy series the Shine- legend Orson Scott Card. Aaron’s comic hah Saga. www.PendragonInman.com credits include Ender in Exile, Speaker C. Michelle Jefferies writes about for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, technical suspense, secret agents, and and Mazer in Prison, all for Marvel. His bad boys gone good. She has published screenplay adaptations include Alvin numerous short stories, and her novel Maker, : Woman of Genesis, The and Emergence was recently released from Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, Deseret Book. She is busily working on others. His play , an adaptation the next book in the Chrysalis series. of Orson Scott Card’s short story, was CMichelleJefferies.com featured at Western Illinois University. He was also an associate producer on J. R. Johansson is a young adult thriller the filmEnder’s Game. AaronW​John​ author published with Flux & FSG/ ston.com Macmillan. Her debut, came Insomnia, Mikki Kells will soon complete her out in June 2013 and its sequel, Paranoia, is scheduled for release in June 2014. bachelor’s degree in creative writing. Her www.JRJohansson.com first novel,The Ace of Hearts, came out last year along with the first two books Clint Johnson is the author of the in her Chronicles of Sin series. Mikki lives middle-­grade fantasy Green Dragon in central Utah with her cat and her Codex. He works for Salt Lake Com- beloved horse. www.MikkiKells.com munity College in their Writing Center as well as in a pilot English program David Powers King was born in beau- for at-risk populations. In addition, he tiful downtown Burbank, California, designed and coordinates an experimen- where his love for film inspired him to tal author residency program in which become a writer. An avid fan of all things authors serve as teachers in a West science fiction and fantasy, David also Valley City elementary school; he also has a soft spot for zombies and the para- teaches in the program. ClintJ​ohnson​ normal. www.DavidPowers​King​.com Writes.com Tiffini Knight is a YA and middle grade Elana Johnson is the author of author, illustrator, and reviewer. Her Posses- children’s book, is sion and its sequels, Surrender, Resist, and The Little Raindrop, . The final tale in the series, delivered and scheduled for release. Regret Aban- She also reviews ebooks for Waldron don, came out in mid-2013. She runs a personal blog on publishing, is a found- Publishing. ing author of the QueryTracker blog and Justin Kunz is a painter, concept art- the League of Extraordinary Writers, ist, illustrator, teacher, and designer of and is a WriteOn​Con organizer. Elana​ coinage. His extensive Johnson​.com list of projects include game work with World of Warcraft, LEGO Bionicle,

15 Tales of Tohunga, and Disney’s Chicken Sara B. Larson writes during naptime Little, Chicken Little: Ace in Action, and and the quiet hours when most people Meet the Robinsons. His clients include are sleeping. Her debut novel, Defy, was Blizzard, Disney, LEGO, Upper Deck, just released by Scholastic. SaraBLarson​ the United States Mint, Novell, and The .blogspot.com Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. JustinKunz.com Angie Lofthouse has published short stories in such venues as NFG; ­AlienSkin; Mike Kupari is an explosive ordnance Amazing Journeys; The Sword Review; disposal technician in the U.S. Air Force Dragons, Knights and Angels; Irreantum; and a veteran of Afghanistan. He co- and Unparalleled Journeys. Her sci-fi authored Dead Six with NYT best-selling adventure novel, Defenders of the Cov- author Larry Correia and has been enant, was released in 2012 and its sequel contracted for two sequels: Swords of will be released this year. www.Angie​ Exodus and Project BLUE. He has writ- Lofthouse.com ten articles for multiple websites and Christopher Loke is a graduate of Utah has been published in Soldier of Fortune magazine. State University. He started his career working on editorial projects for houses

16 like Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt Brace, mentality of fighters. He is pleased to and HarperCollins, to name a few. He is return to LTUE for another year. www​ currently the executive editor for Jolly .adam-meyers​ ​.com; www.Drop​Dead​ Fish Press. www.JollyFishPress.com Studios.com

Dene Low is the award-winning author Donna Milakovic is executive vice of The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. president of the Utah Valley Chamber Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone, of Commerce; she has a joint weekly col- released in 2009 from Houghton Mifflin. umn in the entitled “2 Sense” Dene has since expanded the Petronella and cohosts a weekly radio show on series and entered the arena of mystery/ KHQN Utah Talk Radio. She is a profes- romance with Crimson Blues, the first sional relationship builder who enjoys book in a series. DeneLow.com running, reading, and writing fiction. InkingCap.blogspot.com Lisa Mangum is the author of four award-winning novels: The Hourglass Stephen Miller is the author of the Door and its sequels and After Hello. popular Captain Justo books, Captain She has loved and worked with books Justo from the Planet Is and Captain Justo: ever since elementary school, when she Valley of Bones. He was attending naviga- volunteered at the school library during tor school at Mather Air Force Base recess. She also works in the publish- when Captain Justo from the Planet Is was ing department for Deseret Book. Lisa​ first told as a bedtime story to his chil- Mangum.com dren; fifteen years later he let the rest of us in on the fun. His latest title (not Shallee McArthur’s debut novel, The Captain Justo) is The Santa Claus League. Unhappening of Genesis Lee, is scheduled CaptainJusto.blogspot.com for release this fall from Sky Pony Press. She is a fan of Africa (volunteered in Adrienne Monson writes paranormal Ghana) and is represented by Hannah tales. Her most recent release was Dis- Bowman of Liza Dawson Associates. sension , book one of the Blood Inheritance ShalleeMcArthur.com trilogy. She is now finishing book three of that series, Deliverance. She loves Valerie Mechling, along with Samuel Zumba, kickboxing, and weightlifting. Stubbs, co-authored The Tales of the www.AdrienneMonson.com Seventh Empire series of Asian fantasy novels. Her solo novel, “Traitor Defiant,” Heather B. Monson is a local costumer was a quarterfinalist in the 2009 Ama- and fan. Her work was featured in four zon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. local short films (and counting) in 2013. She and her husband enjoy competing She has participated on the committees in martial arts demonstrations together, of several local conventions and helps among their other pursuits. www​ run a local LARP. She helps her husband, .Mechling​Stubbs.com Joe, with his book and movie review site.

Adam Meyers is a professional actor, Joe Monson is a reviewer, critic, and developer for the Pathfinder role-p­ laying long-time organizer of fandom with game, president of Drop Dead Studios, deep roots in anime, speculative fiction, and local expert on weapons and the

17 and Life, the Universe, and Everything. worked with many authors, including my-sf.com Brandon Sanderson.

Heather B. Moore is the award-winning Rachel Ann Nunes (aka Teyla Branton) author of ten historical novels published has published more than forty books, under the name H. B. Moore. Heather the most recent of which is Line of Fire is a co-author of the Newport Ladies (an Autumn Rain novel) and Unbounded Book Club series (with Josi S. Kilpack, and its sequel (urban fantasy by Teyla Annette Lyon, and Julie Wright). Under Branton). She also writes romantic the name of Heather B. Moore, she’s suspense and woman’s fiction under the published Athena, the best-selling collec- name Rachel Branton. www.RachelA​ nn​ tion A Timeless Romance Anthology, the Nunes​.com; TeylaBranton.com Aliso Creek novella series, the historical Craig Nybo is the president of mediaRif​ romance Heart of the Ocean, and several nonfiction titles. www.HBMoore.com .com, a Utah based creative agency. He also acts as a principle organizer for The Chad Morris is known for his middle- Gangrene Film Festival and SLCNerd. grade romps through a futuristic sec- Craig writes novels, short fiction, and ondary school. His debut novel, The screenplays. His novels include Allied Inventor’s Secret, hit shelves in March Zombies for Peace and Small Town Mon- 2013; its sequel, The Avatar Battle, will sters. Craig has released musical records appear in March 2014. Chad grew up under the band names Rustmonster, wanting to become a professional bas- Funk Toast, and The Big Sky Country ketball player or a rock star but has since Boys. He has written and directed many chosen to become an author, teacher, short films and commercials as part of and curriculum writer. ChadMor​ ris​ his profession. Author.com Peter Orullian is a musician and author Helge Moulding writes several blogs, of The Unremembered, the first book none of which are actually dedicated to in his Vault of Heaven series currently science fiction or fantasy, although that’s under contract with Tor. He has also not immediately obvious to casual read- published short fiction in a variety of ers. His day job involves programming markets, including Orson Scott Card’s computers, and he dreams of one day Intergalactic Medicine Show and antholo- being able to read in peace while his car gies edited by both Denise and Marty does the dang driving. Keyboard​Aero​ Greenberg. www.Orullian.com bics​.blogspot.com Fiona Ostler is the author of Guardian: Chersti Nieveen is an author, editor, Gold Rush and Seth Carter’s Alien Adop- and personal assistant for , tion and has recently discovered how helping him develop, revise, and edit his good indie publishing and screenwrit- manuscripts. She’s also worked as a pro- ing are for her current situation. Fiona​ fessional fiction editor, including a six- Ostler.com month internship with a NY publishing house and a eight years as an editor at an Heather Ostler is the author of The LDS publisher. As a freelance editor, she Shapeshifter’s Secret and The Siren’s Secret. She grew up near the mountains with a

18 rambunctiously entertaining family, and Lehua Parker is the author of the Niuhi majored in English at Utah Valley Uni- Shark Saga, a contemporary speculative versity. HeatherOstler.com MG/YA fiction series set in Hawaii and published by Jolly Fish Press, and the Annie Oswald is the global director which are compan- of Media Publishing at FranklinCovey, Lauele Town Stories ion pieces to the Niuhi Shark Saga. www​ where she is involved in everything .LehuaParker.com from writing and editing to research and development, sales and marketing, Scott R. Parkin has sold more than and contract negotiations. She helped thirty short stories to a variety of mar- bring about The 7 Habits of Highly Effec- kets, including Marion Zimmer Bradley’s tive Teens, The 6 Most Important Decisions, FANTASY Magazine, Galaxy, The Leading and The 7 Habits of Happy Kids. Annie Edge, Irreantum, BYU Studies, and others. also works as an independent agent and He is a technologist, writer, editor, pub- publishing consultant for JuxtaBook. lisher, and critic. Scott recently finished AnnieOswald.blogspot.com a YA fantasy novel and is currently working on a near-future novel set in a fictional Commonwealth of Deseret.

19 Janci Patterson writes fantasy, science Diann T. Read is the author of the Sergey fiction, and contemporary young adult Chronicles series and now the Seventh novels. Her first book,Chasing the Skip, Shaman military fantasy series. Her Air was published by Henry Holt in 2012. Force career spanned twenty-three years www​.JanciPatterson.com and included deployments to Bosnia and Iraq. , the first Andrea Pearson is the author of the Running from the Gods volume in the Seventh Shaman series, is Kilenya series and Katon University series set for release later this month. www​ and is a .DiannThornleyRead.com graduate. www.KilenyaSeries.com Aneeka Richins is best known for Steven L. Peck is evolutionary ecolo- her webcomic, Not a Villain, where a gist at at Brigham Young University. He semi­reformed hacker on the run seeks has published ­novels, short stories, and redemption in a postapocalyptic virtual poetry, and was nominated for the 2011 reality. She’s also the author of the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s Chaos Gods series about a demonic girl who, in Rhysling Award. His novel The Scholar order to save her parents, has to train of Moab is magic realism, and The Rifts of the hero destined to kill her. Aneeka​ Rime is a juvenile fantasy. Richins.com Brett T. M. Peterson is an entrepreneur, J. Scott Savage is the author of the Case former owner of TM Publishing, and series from HarperCollins and the current co-owner of Mimic Miniatures. File 13 Farworld series from Shadow Mountain. He is a published short story author, He has published twelve books and lives inventor, and member of Utah Valley in Utah with his wife and four children. University’s Rapid Prototype Lab Advi- www.JScottSavage.com sory Council. Sarah E. Seeley is a speculative fiction Charlie Pulsipher is the author of The writer who worked with dead sauropods Crystal Bridge and Zombies at the Door. and ancient odonates while acquiring He draws cartoons that are usually her BS degree in geology from Brigham funny though not yet considered fine Young University. Her debut novel, - art. He spends his time away from the Mal adaptive Bind, was released late last year. keyboard hiking and camping in stun- www.SlithersOfThought.com ning Southern Utah. www.Forever​ Writers.com Sarah B. Seiter is a fantasy artist also known as the Mushroom Peddler, mak- J. Dan Raisor has four medieval period ing fine art and beautiful ball-jointed fantasy publications with Razor Games: dolls that she sells both through Devi- The Castles and Caverns Game Book ant Art and her own web site. www.The​ (1988), The Troll Tower Adventure MushroomPeddler.com (1988), The Pleasant Green Adventure (1993) and The Buvig Adventure (1998). Nathan Shumate is a writer, media Dan has also released two novels, Castles critic, small-press publisher, designer, and Caverns: Zeld and the Invaders and and assemblage artist/model maker Castles and Caverns II Zeld and the Pirate in Utah. He has written (and gotten Prince. paid for) comic books, screenplays, and

20 various forms of fiction and nonfiction. an assistant editor for Intergalactic Medi- He is the publisher and instigator of the cine Show. www.EricJamesStone.com. Lovecraftian pulp space operaSpace Eric G. Swedin is the author of numer- Eldritch anthologies. He also unleashed LousyBookCovers.com onto the world. ous articles, six history books, three www.NathanShumate.com science fiction novels, and a historical mystery novel. His When Angels Wept: Jess Smart Smiley is the author/illustra- A What-If History of the Cuban Missile tor of Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, the Crisis won the 2010 Sidewise Award in first in a series of family-friendly graphic . He is an associate novels, and the creator of Rumpus on professor in the History Department at the Run: A Monster Look-n-Find Book. Weber State University. www.Swedin.org Clients include Pixar, Top Shelf Produc- tions, and Deseret Book. Jess-Smiley.com Randy Tayler has performed in more than a thousand stage productions of Emily Martha Sorensen is the author of sketch comedy and improv and has writ- the fantasy novel Black Magic Academy ten two novelizations based on inde- and a short story anthology, Worlds of pendent comedy films. The compilation Wonder, as well as two webcomics. www​ of his humorous tweets and cartoons, .EmilyMarthaSorensen.com Mugging Leprechauns Is Totally Legal, was a best-selling on Amazon. www​ Berin Stephens is the author of The .RandyTayler.com Dragon War Relic, Time Gangsters, Delroy Versus the Yshtari, and The Tales of Myrick Sandra Tayler is a writer of essays, the (Not So) Magnificent. He has bache- specu­la­tive fiction, children’s fiction, and lor’s and master’s degrees in music per- blog entries. Her words can be found in formance and pedagogy from Brigham the Cobble Stones series of books. ­Sandra Young University. BerinStephens.com has a picture book, Hold on to Your Horses, which will soon have a sequel. Isaac Stewart has worked as an anima- When not working on her writing, San- tor, book designer, cartographer, and dra runs a business out of her basement illustrator. He’s most well known for the office and takes care of her resident maps and symbols in Brandon Sand- children and cartoonist husband. One​ erson’s Mistborn and Stormlight Archive Cobble.com series. He works as an assistant to Bran- don Sanderson. www.IsaacStewart.com Scott William Taylor writes screen- plays and short fiction, including the is a award-winning short filmWrinkles and winner, Hugo Award nominee, and win- an upcoming feature film,Edwin. He has ner in the Writers of the Future Contest, published both flash and traditional short and has had stories published in Year’s fiction. www.ScottWilliamTaylor.com Best SF 15, Analog, Nature, and Kevin J. Anderson’s Blood Lite anthologies of Candace J. Thomas studied creative writ- humorous horror, among other venues. ing and theatre at the . He is a graduate of Orson Scott Card’s Her debut novel, Vivatera, was released Literary Boot Camp and the Odyssey in 2012; she recently completed its sequel, Writing Workshop. In 2009 Eric became Conjectrix. Cani-Jo.blogspot.com

21 Brad R. Torgersen is a healthcare com- Travis Walton is a freelance commercial puter geek by day, a U.S. Army Reserve artist whose credits include designing chief warrant officer on the weekend, toys for Star Trek, Batman, Teenage and a science fiction and fantasy writer Mutant Ninja Turtles, and many o­ thers. by night. He has multiple publica- He has worked as a colorist and inker tions, including Analog Science Fiction for Marvel and DC, and currently and Fact, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic works on the Hugo-nominated Schlock Medicine Show, Galaxy’s Edge, Russia’s Mercenary with . WalArt​ ESLI, Poland’s Nowa Fantastyka, as well .cgsociety.org as several anthologies, including collabo- rations with Hugo and Nebula award Jenniffer Wardell is a fantasy romance winner Mike Resnick. Brad’s novelette author. Her first novel isFairy Godmoth- “Ray of Light” was nominated in 2011 for ers, Inc., and her second novel, Beast both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. Charming, will be released in 2014. Brad was also nominated for the 2012 ­JennifferWardell.blogspot.com Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Karen Anne Webb is the author of the professional Science Fiction and Fantasy. eight-book series Brad’s first novel, is Adventurers of the The Chaplain’s War, Carotian Union. The first two books in slated to be released by in the series are available on Amazon: 2014. www.BradRTorgersen.com The Chalice of Life and Tapestry of Enchant- Joe Vasicek is a science fiction writer ment . The entire series is now under and author of the and contract with Dragon Moon. She is also Star Wanderers an editor for Carotian​ Gaia Nova series. He keeps a regular Virtual Tales. blog at One Thousand and One Parsecs. Union.com OneLowerLight.com is the author of the YA Suzanne Vincent, a graduate of Orson science-fiction thrillersVariant (Harper­ Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp, cur- Teen, 2011) and Feedback (HarperTeen, 2012). was named as one of rently serves as editor-in-chief of Flash Variant ’s Best Books of 2011 Fiction Online magazine, where thou- Publishers Weekly sands of writers every year learn that and one of the YALSA Picks for Reluc- writing a complete story in a thousand tant Readers. He is also the author of words or less is not as easy as it appears. the Blackout series, including Going Dark, Suzanne is also Bodhran player/vocalist Blackout, and Deadzone. www​.Robison​ for a little Celtic trad band. www.Flash​ Wells.com FictionOnline.com Brook West was published finalist in the Laryssa Waldron is the owner and 11th Writers of the Future contest; his operator of Waldron Publishing. She story appeared in the same volume as taught religion in high school for seven his wife’s grand prize winner that same years and has been a technical writing year. He has created deck plans for ships professor since 2005. During this time, in Howard Tayler’s Schlock Mercenary she’s grown a passion for education, books and has received the Service to editing, teaching, and technology. www​ SFWA Award for ten years as the Nebula .WaldronPublishing.com Awards editor for the Science Fiction and

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Fantasy Writers of America. www.sff (HarperTeen, April 2014). She is also on .net/people/brook.west/ the writing team for the cRPG Torment: Tides of Numenera that should be out Julia H. West has published more than sometime in 2015. NatalieWhipple.com a dozen short stories across a broad spectrum of genres since winning the Roger Bourke White Jr. is the author grand prize in the L. Ron Hubbard of eleven books ranging in topic from Writers of the Future Contest in 1994. exploring human thinking (Roger’s Busi- She sings with the Utah Filk Organiza- ness and Insight series) through science tion and was a founding member of the fi ction Tales( of Technofi ction) to romance local chapter of the Society for Creative and how-to. He learned that the question, Anachronism. JuliaHWest.com “OK, now what’s it good for?” was at the heart of every high-tech breakthrough— Kasie West is the author of Pivot Point, and the basis of successful technofi ction. its sequel Split Second, and a contempo- www .WhiteWorld.com rary romance, Th e Distance between Us, all published through HarperTeen. She Bobbie Berendson Wilcox is an inde- lives in California with her husband and pendent artisan, a classical illustrator by four children. KasieWest.com training, and a lifelong student of history, costume, and culture. She maintains a Natalie Whipple is the author of thriving household full of friends, family, Transparent and House of Ivy and Sorr ow and felines. www.MetallicVisions.com

23 Thurs Zion Bryce Arches Canyon Birch Cedar Amphitheater Maple Boardroom 9 AM Agent or No Agent Push-Button The Writers Five Wagers on What Intel- Disease and Keeping It Sigil Simple Technology Workspace ligent Life Will Look Like Epidemics 10 AM From Start to Finish: Write What You Don’t Writing and Getting Wikipedia to Work Monsters You’ve “Is Beauty Skin Deep … and Reading: Prewriting Know Personal Health for You Never Heard Of Is That Enough?” D. T. Read 11 AM Why Economics Pen Names Editing Joss Whedon Is The Hero’s Journey and the “‘A Ferromaritime People’: Reading: Matters My Master Now Virgin’s Promise: Patterns Collective Amnesia, Cultural Renee Collins and Archetypes for Better Identity, and Personal Characters Freedom in China Miéville’s Railsea” Noon Writing Natural Slower Than Light Bradbury and Building Professional Rela- How to Use a Costuming Reading: Dialogue Travel Asimov tionships in the Publishing Sketchbook Dene Low World 1 PM How to Make Up Writing Children Writing from an Effective Book Covers H. G. Wells Dramatic Reading of James Reading: Martial Arts Outline Arrington’s play YOUtahneeks Andrea Pearson 2 PM All about Armor Modern Fantasy and New Adult Novels Naming Your Narrative Drive Why Write Poetry? Kaffeeklatsch: Its Relationship to Character David Farland Folklore (seating limited) 3 PM Queries The Inklings and Apocalypses Genre Mashups Motives and Writing for Gamer Girls Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: Their Disciple throughout Youth S. A. Butler / Michaelbrent Collings History Sarah E. Seeley (seating limited) 4 PM How to Submit Your Small Press Humor “The Importance of Internal Being a Foreign Making Old Ideas New Reading: Work Publishing Consistency in Story Telling” Speaker Natalie Whipple 5 PM Writing, Literacy, and A Look at the How to Write a How to Write Jack Vance and Patricia Beyond the Brothers Reading: Culture Salt Lake ComicCon Villain Page-Turning McKillip Grimm: Cinderella Roger White Action Tales 6 PM Stealing from History Scene or Summary Planet Building Digital Media/Drawing Publishing in Today’s Sybil’s Scriptorium Awards Reading: Market Johnny Worthen 7 PM Henchmen Don’t The Culture of Reclaiming the Gaming: What’s the Language Creation Workshop Need to Suck Immortality Vampire Point? (2 hours) 8 PM Crafting Realistic Fight Promoting Your Work Revision Processes Magic: The Gather- Plot a Novel in an Hour Marketing Games Filking Scenes on the Internet ing Tournament

Fri Zion Bryce Arches Canyon Birch Cedar Amphitheater Maple Boarroom 9 AM The Rules of the Graphic Novels FTL and Time Travel Signing a Contract Revising beyond the 3rd Draft Michael Moorcock Genre 10 AM From Start to Cryptography 101 Writing the First Few Recharging Your Book Trailers Classic Juvenile Fantasy Reading: Finish: Drafting the Pages Creative Battery Lehua Parker Manuscript 11 AM Religion in The Future Is Building a Com- Putting the Movie in Your Head and Short Stories in a Making Your Own EPUB Reading: Disguise (Tolkien, Already Here munity among Your on Paper—Writing Cinematically for Nutshell and MOBI Documents James Wymore Lewis, Card) Readers Your Novel Noon Writing Romance Psychology of a The Curse of the Prologues and How to Do Backgrounds Roger Zelazny Reading: Serial Killer: Keith Jungle/Ice/Desert Epilogues Sandra Tayler Jesperson Planet 1 PM Constructed Selling Your Short This Is Your Life YA Writing Panel Finding and Using References in How to Create (and Film Festival: Reading: Languages: When Story Your Art Play) the Perfect Jenniffer Wardell 1:00–2:30 pm: Saga: Curse Apostrophe’s Just Character of the Shadow Don’t Cut It 2:30–2:40 pm: 10 minute 2 PM Writing Drama “The Great Chain Applied Drawing upon Folkore Artists Collaborating with Artists and Jules Verne Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: of Evil” Biotechnology Writers sneak peak of Survivor Jessica Day L. E. Modesitt Jr. 2:40–3:00 pm: The Grilling George (seating limited) 3 PM Characters That Writing for Boys Xenobiology 101 Don’t Fill Your Plot How to Make a Graphic Novel Playtesting: Why, How, Station & Slaughterhouse Reading: Kaffeeklatsch:

Live and Breathe Holes with Sand—the and with Whom? 3:00–4:00 pm: Flight from Paul Genesse Michael R. Power of Outlining Shadow with Q&A Collings (seating limited) 4:00–4:50 pm: Best Sol- 4 PM Action Sequences “Writing Fantasy: Short vs Long Marketing Yourself as “The Speculative Turn: Why Imagina- Writing and Your Brain: Reading: stices Ever & Pinkertons Using Words to Fiction an Author tion Is at the Heart of Thinking” Making the Most of Sara B. Larson / with Q&A Build Worlds” & “The Human behind the Pixels” your Writing Time Jason Alexander 5 PM The Rules for The Screenwriting Geology for Writers A Writer Needs Space “Electric Lady: Janelle Monae, Afro­ Edgar Allan Poe Reading: ­Writing Magic Process futurism and the Android” J. R. Johansson & “The Deconstruction of Self and Other in Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 6 PM Originality How to Write a Hero Writer’s Groups A Serious Look at Comedy Breaking and Fixing Drawing Textures Reading: Games Fiona Ostler / Laryssa Waldron 7 PM Learning from Co-authoring Dos and Vivid and Clear A Day in the Life of a How to Lay Out Comic Failure Don’ts Medieval Peasant Panels 8 PM Mass Autograph Mass Autograph Filking Signing SIgning Fri Zion Bryce Arches Canyon Birch Cedar Amphitheater Maple Boarroom 9 AM The Rules of the Graphic Novels FTL and Time Travel Signing a Contract Revising beyond the 3rd Draft Michael Moorcock Genre 10 AM From Start to Cryptography 101 Writing the First Few Recharging Your Book Trailers Classic Juvenile Fantasy Reading: Finish: Drafting the Pages Creative Battery Lehua Parker Manuscript 11 AM Religion in The Future Is Building a Com- Putting the Movie in Your Head and Short Stories in a Making Your Own EPUB Reading: Disguise (Tolkien, Already Here munity among Your on Paper—Writing Cinematically for Nutshell and MOBI Documents James Wymore Lewis, Card) Readers Your Novel Noon Writing Romance Psychology of a The Curse of the Prologues and How to Do Backgrounds Roger Zelazny Reading: Serial Killer: Keith Jungle/Ice/Desert Epilogues Sandra Tayler Jesperson Planet 1 PM Constructed Selling Your Short This Is Your Life YA Writing Panel Finding and Using References in How to Create (and Film Festival: Reading: Languages: When Story Your Art Play) the Perfect Jenniffer Wardell 1:00–2:30 pm: Saga: Curse Apostrophe’s Just Character of the Shadow Don’t Cut It 2:30–2:40 pm: 10 minute 2 PM Writing Drama “The Great Chain Applied Drawing upon Folkore Artists Collaborating with Artists and Jules Verne Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: of Evil” Biotechnology Writers sneak peak of Survivor Jessica Day L. E. Modesitt Jr. 2:40–3:00 pm: The Grilling George (seating limited) 3 PM Characters That Writing for Boys Xenobiology 101 Don’t Fill Your Plot How to Make a Graphic Novel Playtesting: Why, How, Station & Slaughterhouse Reading: Kaffeeklatsch:

Live and Breathe Holes with Sand—the and with Whom? 3:00–4:00 pm: Flight from Paul Genesse Michael R. Power of Outlining Shadow with Q&A Collings (seating limited) 4:00–4:50 pm: Best Sol- 4 PM Action Sequences “Writing Fantasy: Short vs Long Marketing Yourself as “The Speculative Turn: Why Imagina- Writing and Your Brain: Reading: stices Ever & Pinkertons Using Words to Fiction an Author tion Is at the Heart of Thinking” Making the Most of Sara B. Larson / with Q&A Build Worlds” & “The Human behind the Pixels” your Writing Time Jason Alexander 5 PM The Rules for The Screenwriting Geology for Writers A Writer Needs Space “Electric Lady: Janelle Monae, Afro­ Edgar Allan Poe Reading: Writing­ Magic Process futurism and the Android” J. R. Johansson & “The Deconstruction of Self and Other in Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 6 PM Originality How to Write a Hero Writer’s Groups A Serious Look at Comedy Breaking and Fixing Drawing Textures Reading: Games Fiona Ostler / Laryssa Waldron 7 PM Learning from Co-authoring Dos and Vivid and Clear A Day in the Life of a How to Lay Out Comic Failure Don’ts Medieval Peasant Panels 8 PM Mass Autograph Mass Autograph Filking Signing SIgning Sat Zion Bryce Arches Canyon Birch Cedar Amphitheater Maple Boardroom 9 AM Character Asimov, Clarke, Writers on Writing Self-Publishing Pros Story Turns Educator’s Conference Registration Development and Heinlein and Cons 10 AM From Start to Finish: The Engines of Writing Solid Dialogue Writing Religion History Matters “The Rhetoric of Superheroes: How Reading: Selling the Novel Exploration the Heroes Can Be Brought into the Jaleta Clegg College Writing Classroom through William Perry’s Developmental Theories and Civil War: A Event” 11 AM Keynote Speaker Orson Scott Card Noon Write Like Your Writing Hard SF ePublishing Short “Scratching at the Classic Juvenine SF Art for Art’s Sake Reading: Brain Works Stories Window: Revisiting Julie Frost Croglin Grange and the Hidden Lore of the British Vampire” 1 PM Ender’s Books: The Writing without an Death and Its Presentations and Using Games in the Classroom Unusual Art Forms Reading: Author, the Adaptor, Outline Consequences Personal Likeability Eric James Stone and the Analyzer 2 PM The Future of Writing Writing for Comics Who Influenced Me as Plots to Die For The Best Books for Children and YA Time Management Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: a Writer? for Artists Stan Johnson James A. Owen 3 PM The Dramatic Writing Horror Wrapping Things Up Lovable Bad Boys Learning Advanced Writing Tech- Shut Up and Sit Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: Downside of Modern niques from Joss Whedon. Down L. E. Modesitt Jr. Larry Correia Technology 4 PM Why You Should Write Horror on the Writing Children’s Designing Campaigns “Holy Gothic Archetypes, Batman!: 1000 Ideas in an Reading: Kaffeeklatsch: Short Fiction and How Edge: How Far Is Books Batman as Superhero Gothic” Hour Janci Patterson Brian C. Hailes It Can Help Launch Too Far? (registration You as a Novelist limited) 5 PM Description in Verisimilitude: How ePublishing: How Writing for Film Q&A: Art in Industry (2 hours) Reading: Writing Illusions, Confidence to Start Steven L. Peck Games, and Skillful Lying Can Improve Your Fiction 6 PM Creating Subplots Starting the Next Worldbuilding How to Format Your Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchet Reading: Project Workshop eBook C. K. Edwards 7 PM Banquet Filking Join us for our next great event in Utah!

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27 Dan Willis began his professional career James Wymore is the author of The- writing for the Wizards of the Coast ocracide and Exacting Essence and series DragonLance: The New Adventures. co-author (with Aiden James) of The His second book for that series, Dragon Actuator: Fractured Earth. He is also an Knight, became the series’ most popular acquisitions editor for Curiosity Quills title. Dan is currently working on his Press. JamesWymore.wordpress.com own series starting with his steam­punk Michael Young is the author of the western, The Flux Engine. He is also novels , working with NYT best-selling author The Canticle Kingdom The Canticle Tracy Hickman; their new alternate Prelude, and The Last Archangel, as well as inspirational works and short fiction. history Civil War series, Dragons of the www.WriterMike.com Confederacy, is forthcoming. www​.Dans​ Realm.com Kjirstin Youngblood is a photojournalist and published author of two nonfic- Johnny Worthen’s debut novel, Beatrysel, came out in 2013 from Omnium Gath- tion books. She has worked in the film erum Media, and Jolly Fish Press will industry in many facets since her teens, including still photographer, videogra- begin releasing his YA series Eleanor— pher, costume design, AD, production, Not to be Seen this year. www​.Johnny​ Worthen.com set design, and acting.

Julie Wright has fifteen publishedn ­ ovels. E. A. Younker has published short She won the Whitney Award for best stories in the Crimson Pact and League of Utah Writers anthologies and has a romance in 2010 with her novel Cross forthcoming book with TM Publishing. My Heart. She is agented by Sara Crowe. www.JulieWright.com www.EAYounker.com

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See postings at the registration table for any last-minute changes. One-on-one poetry workshop with Michael Collings. Bring a poem you wrote and talk to a poet and poet tactician about how to make it better. No set time. Find Michael at his table and make arrangements during LTUE.

Thursday, February 13, 2014 Download Sigil: https://code.google. com/p/sigil/downloads/list. Presenta- 9:00–9:50 AM tion notes: http://jabrambarneck.com/ creating-an-ebook/ The Writer’s Workspace

Where do you go to get work done? Jared Barneck Places successful writers like to go when Agent or No Agent? they want to focus on their writing. With the increasing success of self-pub- Shirley Bahlmann, Angie Lofthouse (M), lishing writers, successful authors dis- Dene Low, Tristi Pinkston, Robison Wells cuss the pros and cons of working with an agent in the Internet age. Push-Button Technology (M) Do you know how your elevator works? David Baxter, Bree Despain , Mette What does it take for technology to Ivie Harrison, Christopher Loke, Natalie become so everyday that most don’t Whipple, Michelle Witte worry about how it functions anymore? Five Wagers on What Intelligent Life One person knowing how something Will Look Like (Should We Ever Find It) works can massively affect his world. Steven L. Peck Kevin H. Evans, Scott R. Parkin, Brett T. M. Peterson, Brook West, E. A. Younker (M) 10:00–10:50 AM Disease and Epidemics From Start to Finish: Prewriting Illness, both real and fictional, has been A three part series. Part one: generating the downfall of many a civilization. What ideas and laying the groundwork to turn real diseases and epidemics make great those ideas into complete manuscripts. fiction? And how can you tweak reality Holli Anderson, Michaelbrent Collings, to make great fictional destruction? Lisa Mangum, Eric James Stone (M), Daniel Coleman (M), Chersti Nieveen, Johnny Worthen Diann T. Read, Johnny Worthen Write What You Don’t Know Keep It Sigil Simple: Creating a High- The old adage “write what you know” is Quality eBook a great place to start, but sooner or later Author and software developer Jared your story will need something you don’t Barneck demonstrates the skills and know about. In this panel, successful tools needed for writers to produce authors discuss techniques that will help top-notch epubs of their own work. you take your story into the unknown

29 Readings (Maple Room)

Thursday 3:00 Paul Genesse 4:00 Sara B Larsen/ 10:00 Am Diann T. Read Jason Alexander 11:00 Renee Collins 5:00 J. R. Johansson Noon Dene Low 6:00 Fiona Ostler/ 1:00 Pm Andrea Pearson Laryssa Waldron 3:00 S. A. Butler/Sarah E. Seeley 4:00 Natalie Whipple Saturday 5:00 Roger White 10:00 Am Jaleta Clegg 6:00 Johnny Worthen Noon Julie Frost Friday 1:00 Pm Eric James Stone 2:00 Stan Crowe 10:00 Am Lehua Parker 3:00 L. E. Modesitt Jr. 11:00 James Wymore 4:00 Janci Patterson Noon Sandra Tayler 5:00 Steven L. Peck 1:00 Pm Jenniffer Wardell 6:00 C. K. Edwards 2:00 Jessica Day George

without drowning in the flood of new as strategies for balancing this goal with information. the need to write. Bill Housley, C. Michelle Jefferies, Jaleta Clegg, Karen C. Evans, Paul Nathan Shumate (M), Adam Sidwell, Genesse, Jessica Day George, Mette Ivie Julia H. West Harrison (M), L. E. Modesitt Jr. Is Beauty Skin Deep . . . and Is That Getting Wikipedia to Work for You Enough? Minimalism vs. Complexity Well meaning authors, artists, editors, in Societies and World Building and publishers often fail to make their Bruce H. Allred and E. A. Younker edits in Wikipedia stick because they don’t understand the sites inner work- Monsters You’ve Never Heard Of ings. Strategies that make it far less likely TheD&D Monster Manual is big, but all for articles to get deleted. the world’s mythologies and folklores are Joe Monson even bigger. Get inspired by creatures that aren’t over-used yet. 11:00–11:50 AM Shirley Bahlmann, Mikey Brooks, Renee Editing Collins, Larry Correia, Andrea Pearson (M), Self-editing can be a tricky part of the Robison Wells process. Successful authors discuss how Writing and Personal Health to find and fix the flaws in your own work, as well as how to stop before you Writers tend to lead cloistered lifestyles, edit your story to death. and their health can suffer for it. Suc-

cessful writers discuss the importance of Christopher Loke, Lisa Mangum, Berin (M) keeping yourself in good health as well Stephens, Laryssa Waldron , Natalie Whipple 30 Pen Names Do you need a pen name? What should Share in the adventure. you choose? Why you might want to write under a pseudonym, and how to Æther choose one that can advance your career Illustration Contest as a writer. DragonComet (M) Mikey Brooks , Dave Butler, Stan Short Story Contest Crowe, Heather B. Moore, Andrea Pearson Odyssey Joss Whedon Is My Master Now Poetry Contest With the popularity of Buff y: the Vam- pire Slayer, Firefl y, and Th e Avengers, Joss See all the winning entries Whedon is a name many of us know well. What can authors and fi lmmakers alike in your copy of the debut learn from Joss Whedon’s work? edition of Robert J Defendi, Bree Despain, Peggy Eddle- man, Chersti Nieveen, Michael Young (M) Sibyl’s Scriptorium “A Ferromaritime People”: Collective on sale immediately following Amnesia, Cultural Identity, and Personal the Awards Ceremony. Freedom in China Miéville’s Railsea Kristy Stewart Th e Hero’s Journey and the Virgin’s Noon–12:50 PM Promise: Patt erns and Archetypes for Writing Natural Dialogue Bett er Characters How to avoid fl att ening your characters We all sort-of know about the Hero’s under the weight of stilted dialogue. Journey, but do we really understand it? (M) What about its feminine counter-part, Derr ick Duncan, Karen C. Evans , which Kim Hudson calls the arc of the David Powers King, Heather B. Moore, Virgin’s Promise? Explore these arche- Diann T. Read, Candace J. Th omas types as patt erns for personal growth Costuming and development that can add dimen- A discussion on the art of making cos- sion and vitality to your characters. tumes. Comparisons on theater vs. fi lm Deren Hansen production, independent clients vs. fi lm Why Economics Matt ers clients, and realism/historical accuracy vs. stage plays. How do you pick materi- Why do people build cities where they als when creating costumes for looks, do? How do your protagonists make comfort, maneuverability, etc? sure that they will be able to eat? Basic (M) economics and how it impacts the world Anna del C. Dye, Heather B. Monson , of your story. Sarah Seiter, Kjirstin Youngberg Orson Scott Card, David Ferr o (M), L. E. How to Use a Sketchbook Modesitt Jr., Eric Swedin, Sandra Tayler, How to take advantage of your sketch- R o b i s o n W e ll s book and use it eff ectively.

31 What’s a Kaffeeklatsch?

It’s an informal chat, sometimes around coffee or (in our case) cocoa. This year, we’re bringing Kaffeeklatsches to LTUE. Sign up to have a chat with some of our special guests. Space is limited; first come, first served. Sign up opens each day at 8:30 am in the Registration area.

Thursday 2:00 PM: David Farland Thursday 3:00 PM: Michaelbrent Collings Friday 2:00 PM: L. E. Modesitt Jr. Friday 3:00 PM: Michael R. Collings Saturday 2:00 PM: James A. Owen Saturday 3:00 PM: Larry Correia Saturday 4:00 PM: Brian C. Hailes

Bryan Beus, Jessica Douglas (M), Justin 1:00–1:50 PM Kunz, Jess Smart Smiley, Robison Wells Writing Children High Art and High Craft: The Short As adults, convincingly writing a child Fiction of and Isaac character can be tricky. Ways to make Asimov sure your characters act their age. Why we treasure these stories still. Patricia K. Castelli, Aaron Johnston (M), Orson Scott Card, David Ferro (M), Peter Lehua Parker, Tristi Pinkston, J. Scott Sav- Orullian, Charlie Pulsipher, Roger White age, Sandra Tayler Building Professional Relationships in Writing from an Outline the Publishing World An outline is a powerful tool that helps How to use your storytelling skills to many authors produce powerful work. help you build relationships with pub- Find out what professional authors have lishers, editors, and agents. to say about using this technique.

Donna Milakovic S. M. Anderson, Dave Butler, Shallee McArthur (M), Laryssa Waldron, Robison Slower Than Light Travel Wells How big of a world can you portray in H. G. Wells and the Origin of Hostile just one solar system? And if you want Aliens to go farther, how do you do it? We’ve never forgiven Mars. David Baxter, Ami Chopine, Emily

Martha Sorensen, Brad R. Torgersen (M) Shirley Bahlmann, Deren Hansen, Helge Moulding, Eric Swedin (M)

32 Recordings at LTUE

LTUE staff may record the sessions. If you speak in a session, even just by asking a question or commenting to your neighbor, our recorder might pick up your words. By attending LTUE, you agree that the LTUE organizing committee can retain that recording and share it as part of its educational mission, without further compensation to you. If you’d like to record a session for yourself, please get permission from all of the panelists or presenters in that session first. Even if LTUE also records the session, you’ve got to ask on your own behalf to make your own recording. Just go up front and ask before the session starts. If you don’t get the permission, then please don’t record the session. Recording without permission is discourteous and a violation of copy- right laws. If you’re given permission, it will be personal to you; you won’t have the right to distribute, share, or make copies of your recordings.

Effective Book Covers 2:00–2:50 PM How to choose what to depict on your New Adult Novels book cover from the scene and character What are “new adult” novels? How do to emotion and theme. How to make you write one? Come join the discus- book covers intriguing, marketable, and sion about this new trend in young adult accurate to the story. fiction. Mikey Brooks, Nancy Fulda, James A. (M) S. A. Butler, Stan Crowe, Jen Greyson, Owen, Jess Smart Smiley, Isaac Stewart Adrienne Monson (M), E. A. Younker Reading of James Arrington’s Play Narrative Drive YOUtahneeks Techniques for building momentum in James Arrington your story that will never fizzle out. How to Make Up Martial Arts Megan Hutchins What can martial arts masters really Naming Your Characters realistically do? What goes in to train- Your villain has mastered the deepest ing? How do different weapons influ- secrets of the dark powers. People fear ence martial arts? How are martial arts the very mention of his name; rightly incorporated into a larger culture? so, for that name is . . . Joe. This panel Michaelbrent Collings, Valerie Mechling, discusses ways to make sure that your Adam Meyers (M), Sameul Stubbs characters’ names work for your story, rather than against it.

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Marinne Carter, Paul Genesse (M), Teri Queries Harman, David Powers King, Julia H. West Knowing how to write a good query is a vital step in getting a publisher’s atten- Modern Fantasy and Its Relation to tion. What makes an effective query? Folklore: Lloyd Alexander, Susan Coo- (M) per, and J. K. Rowling Peggy Eddleman, Jaclyn M. Hawkes , Jenni James, C. Michelle Jefferies, Christo- Stories that recast and transform our pher Loke, Shallee McArthur cultural heritage. Mikey Brooks, Dave Butler, Dene Low, Gamer Girls: Why You Should Have Adam Meyers (M) One in Every Campaign Sometimes, there is a stigma against All about Armor women in board and role playing games. What different kinds of armor are avail- We will look at some of those stereo- able in ancient, modern, and futuristic types and see how having variety in your settings? What is it for, what are the groups can add to the gaming experience. trade-offs for using it, and when do you Stan Crowe, a guy named Joe, J. R. Johans- leave it behind? son, Adam Meyers, Janci Patterson (M),

Scott Bascom, Kevin H. Evans, Natalie Whipple Heather B. Moore, Dan Willis (M) Motives and Writing for Youth Why Write Poetry? Why motives are key in understanding Some might argue that poetry is a dying whether you are writing YA, MG, or form, but this couldn’t be further from Early Reader plots. the truth. This panel discusses why the J. Scott Savage value of poetry to today’s writers is far greater than its share of the market. Apocalypses throughout History Michael R. Collings, Charlene C. Har- What historical events would have mon (M), Steven L. Peck, Michael Young seemed like the end of the world to the people who lived through them? 3:00–3:50 PM David Ferro, Deren Hansen, Bill Hous­ Genre Mashups ley, Aneeka Richins, Eric Swedin, Johnny The success of works likePride and Pred- Worthen (M) and judice and Zombies Abraham Lincoln: 4:00–4:50 PM Vampire Hunter demonstrate the viability of mashups in today’s market. Come find Humor out what you can add to this quirky genre. Are your jokes working, or are they falling Steven Diamond, Julie Frost, Angie Loft- flat? Find out how to write humor that house, Stephen Miller, L. E. Modesitt Jr. (M), will bring your audience back for more. Adam Sidwell Stan Crowe, Robert J Defendi (M), Jenni The Inklings and Their Disciple: Lewis, James, Berin Stephens, Randy Tayler Tolkien, Rowling How to Submit Your Writing Exploring the ties between Narnia, Hog- What you can do to improve your chances warts, and Middle-Earth. of getting picked out of the slush pile.

Dave Butler, Michael R. Collings, Dene Sara B. Larson, Christopher Loke, Low (M), Candace J. Thomas 35 Shallee McArthur (M), Anne Sowards, keep your readers on the edge of their Brad R. Torgersen, Michael Young proverbial seats. Larry Correia Small Press Publishing Many authors find working with small Writing, Literacy, and Culture presses to be a good step in their careers. Where writing systems come from, how Find out how you can get your foot in they are influenced by technology, and the door with a small press. what literacy or lack thereof does to a S. M. Anderson, Charlene C. Harmon, culture. Chas Hathaway (M), C. Michelle Jefferies, Orson Scott Card, Ami Chopine, Megan Scott William Taylor, Candace J. Thomas Hutchins, Clint Johnson (M), Laryssa Wal- dron, Johnny Worthen The Importance of Internal Consis- tency in Story Telling Beyond the Brothers Grimm Roger White Cinderella tales on an international scale. Dene Low, Jenniffer Wardell Making Old Ideas New It’s all been done. Whether you are writ- A Look at Salt Lake ComicCon ing fan fiction in other people’s worlds You heard the hype, dodged the tens of or writing completely fresh fiction, the thousands of attendees, or watched the ingredients are the same ones that have news stories last year. Now see what Salt been used for millenia. How can authors Lake ComicCon has in store for 2014 identify and use these tropes to improve and beyond. their writing? Also, the nuts and bolts of Bryan Brandenburg, Ryan Call, Blake the growing fan fiction market. Casselman (M), Dan Farr, Randall Lloyd, Daniel Coleman Jannette Newton Being a Foreign Speaker Jack Vance and Patricia McKillip: So, you’re not so good at the local lan- Painting Worlds with Words guage (if you know it at all). Now what? Come explore the dangerously beautiful Anna del C. Dye, Karen C. Evans, worlds of SF’s best scene setters. Heather B. Monson (M), Helge Moulding, Bryan Beus, Mikki Kells, Jonathan Charlie Pulsipher, Joe Vasicek Langford 5:00–5:50 PM 6:00–6:50 PM How to Write a Villain Scene or Summary What do you need to do to write a com- Is it better to create a scene and work pelling villain? through it, or just give a summary of Robert J Defendi, Aaron Johnston, Helge what happens? Moulding (M), Heather Ostler, Charlie Heather Frost, Nancy Fulda (M), Jenni Pulsipher James, Clint Johnson, Annie Oswald, Scott R. Parkin How to Write Page-Turning Action You’ve all read books that you can’t put Publishing in Today’s Market down until the conflict is over. Learn How to get published in today’s com- how to create the type of action that will petitive market.

36 Peggy Eddleman, J. R. Johansson (M), Christopher Loke, Lisa Mangum, Anne Sowards, Laryssa Waldron Digital Media/Drawing What are some great ways to use digital media? What kinds of things can you do with digital media? A discussion on how digital media works. Ami Chopine (M), Bill Galvan, J. J. Har- rison, Andrea Hatch, Travis Walton Stealing from History How can you use real history to inspire your worldbuilding without making it too blatantly obvious? Orson Scott Card, Michael R. Collings, Mette Ivie Harrison, L. E. Modesitt Jr. (M), Scott Bascom Peter Orullian [email protected] Planet Building 801.471.4424 What you need to know about stars and planets to make your alien homeworld make sense in the universe. dog? Come learn why Connie Willis has Jaleta Clegg (M), David Farland, David racked up more of SF’s major awards (the Powers King, Eric James Stone, Joe Vasicek, Hugo and Nebula) than any other author. Brook West Ami Chopine, Jessica Day George (M), Sibyl’s Scriptorium Awards Ceremony Mette Ivie Harrison, Angie Lofthouse, Dene Low 7:00–7:50 PM Gaming: What’s the Point? Reclaiming the Vampire Why do we game? A look at the reasons With the explosion of vampires in today’s that people game whether it be for fun, popular fiction, how can writers make stress relief, or any other reason. the vampires in their book seem original Robert J Defendi (M), Flagoon, a guy and compelling? Should we draw on named Joe, Brett T. M. Peterson, David older ideas about vampires (such as those Whitaker, Dan Willis found in and European legend)? Dracula Henchmen Don’t Have to Suck S. A. Butler, Adrienne Monson, Janci How to write competent henchmen and Patterson, Andrea Pearson, Sarah E. Seeley, minions. Jess Smart Smiley (M) Leigh Averett Owens Connie Willis: Time Travel, Technology, Social Impact, to Say Nothing of the Dog The Culture of Immortality How can fiction this fun also be this deep? When no one has to age and no one has And what about Montmorency the to die, what does that mean for Social

37 Security? How would society have to Magic: The Gathering Celebrity Tourna- change if anyone could live forever? ment (4–6 hours; preregistration required) Paul Genesse, Jen Greyson, Clint Johnson (M), Stephen Miller, Adam Sidwell Filking How to Create a Language Workshop (2 hours) Friday, February 14, 2014 Dirk Elzinga 9:00–9:50 AM 8:00–8:50 PM The Rules of the Genre Revision Processes Are there rules you need to know to write What steps to take in the revision process speculative fiction? And once you know and in what order, along with ideas for them, how can you break them effectively? keeping yourself motivated and on task. Michaelbrent Collings, Elana Johnson,

Jason A. Anderson, Michael R. Collings, Stephen Miller, Anne Sowards, Eric Swedin, Renee Collins, Peggy Eddleman, Kasie West Brad R. Torgersen (M) (M), Michelle Witte Graphic Novels Promoting Your Work on the Internet Learn how to write awesome graphic How to use Internet tools like social novels. media sites, blogs, and links in promoting Blake Casselman (M), Brian C. Hailes, your writing and building an audience. Aneeka Richins David Baxter, Marinne Carter, Larry Correia, David Farland (M), J. R. Johansson Signing a Contract Discusses what every writer should Plot a Novel in One Hour know before signing a contract: things Robert J Defendi to look for, things to watch out for, and other helpful information. Marketing Games S. M. Anderson, Kevin H. Evans, J­aclyn M. This panel discusses current practices (M) in games marketing as well as some of Hawkes , Bill Housley, Brett T. M. the best ways to market indie board and Peterson tabletop games. Michael Moorcock: The Fantastic Scott Bascom, Adam Meyers, Craig Worlds of the Champion Eternal Nybo (M), J. D. Raisor Swords-and-sorcery adventure (with an underlying edge). Crafting Realistic Fight Scenes

Learn about authentic medieval mar- Pendragon Inman, Helge Moulding, tial arts from real-life sword fighters Berin Stephens who bust the myths that we all believe Revising beyond the 3rd Draft regarding historical fencing. So you’ve finished your novel, proof- John Harmston read it, and maybe even had someone critique it, what do you do now? Your How to Create a Language Workshop novel isn’t finished yet, but what’s the (cont.) next step? Step-by-step instructions that

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> All for an affordable rate. See leadingedgemagazine.com for details. will have you polishing your novel so it Cryptography 101 shines. Bring the first five pages of your How do ancient cryptosystems work? work for some hands-on revision. How do modern symmetric and asym- Rachelle Christensen metric cryptography work? What can you do with it, how can you crack it, and FTL and Time Travel what does that mean for your story? Both are magic, both are tropes, and if Scott Bascom, Brandon Gillespie, Helge you have one, you can get the other. But Moulding (M), J. D. Raisor, Eric Swedin what does modern physics say about the possibility? And can you explain away Writing the First Few Pages having one of them without the other? This panel takes a close look at hooking Jen Greyson, Mette Ivie Harrison readers into your story. (M) , Liesel Hill, James Wymore, Kjirstin Laura Bingham, Janci Patterson, J. Scott Youngberg Savage, Anne Sowards, Suzanne Vincent (M) 10:00–10:50 AM , Natalie Whipple From Start to Finish: Drafting the 11:00–11:50 AM Manuscript Make Your Own EPUB and MOBI A three-part series. Part two: drafting, Documents redrafting, and revising stories. How convert your manuscript into Holli Anderson, Michaelbrent Collings EPUB and MOBI formats and get those (M), Eric James Stone, Robison Wells, files to distributors. Johnny Worthen Kristy Stewart Recharging Your Creative Battery Short Stories in a Nutshell What to do when the ideas just don’t How short stories are different than come. How to creatively brainstorm novels, how to write them, and where to and what steps to take in order to trig- sell them. ger your creative spark and get the ideas Megan Hutchins flowing again. Jason A. Anderson, Shirley Bahlmann, Building a Community among Your Teri Harman, Donna Milakovic (M), Readers Laryssa Waldron, Kasie West There is tremendous power in a devoted fanbase; it is a gift and a responsibility. Classic Juvenile Fantasy What can a creator do to encourage a L. Frank Baum, Edith Nesbit, C. S. Lewis, community to build around your work. Diana Wynne Jones. We’ll talk about making connections Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury, Emily Mar- between your readers and why it is far tha Sorensen more important to give than to ask.

Book Trailers Sandra Tayler Creating effective trailers to promote Religion in Disguise and in the Open: your book. Tolkien the Catholic, Lewis the Angli- Shauna E. Black can, (Card the Mormon) Orson Scott Card, Michael R. Collings, Aaron Johnston (M) 40 Putting the Movie in Your Head on Paper: Noon–12:50 PM Writing Cinematically for Your Novel Writing Romance What film has to teach us novelists The science of writing romance goes about timing, pacing, and staging scenes way beyond chemical attraction. There’s for maximum triumph! Using clips from more to writing sigh-worthy prose than popular films, VFX artist and creature just kissing. technical director Adam Sidwell ( King Stan Crowe (M), Anna del C. Dye, Jen Kong, Tron, Ender’s Game, Thor, Pacific Greyson, Rachel Ann Nunes/Teyla Branton, Rim) shows how to write with a bang big enough to keep kids off their iPods Joe Vasicek, Jenniffer Wardell and into your books. And we might talk Prologues and Epilogues about explosions. Find out what sets prologues and epilogues Adam Sidwell apart from ordinary chapters, and learn The Future Is Already Here how to use them to enhance your story.

What amazing gadgets exist already? Marinne Carter, Paul Genesse, David Powers King, Brandon Sanderson, Anne Why and how does their availability (M) vary from place to place? Sowards, Michael Young Brandon Gillespie, C. Michelle Jefferies, How to Do Backgrounds Stephen Miller (M), Rachel Ann Nunes/ There’s a lot of talk about drawing Teyla Branton, Brett T. M. Peterson, E. A. your focus, but what about the back- Younker ground? What kind of backgrounds are best in what situations? How to

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41 draw appropriately detailed/fitting S. A. Butler, Bree Despain, Chas Hatha- backgrounds. way (M), Lehua Parker, Aneeka Richins Bryan Beus, Mikey Brooks, Jessica Selling Your Short Story Douglas, Brian C. Hailes (M), Justin Kunz, Sarah Seiter How to find a publisher (or agent) for your short story and how to sell them Roger Zelazny: Amber, , your masterpiece. and So Much More Jaclyn M. Hawkes (M), Megan Hutchins, Golden Age heroes and New Wave liter- Emily Martha Sorensen, Eric James Stone, ary chops. Brad R. Torgersen, Suzanne Vincent Jonathan Langford, Dene Low (M), How to Create (and Play) the Perfect L. E. Modesitt Jr., Helge Moulding, Scott R. Character Parkin Does your role-playing character need Psychology of a Serial Killer: Keith a bit of help? Find ways to make your Jesperson character more convincing, and ways to The events and psychology that made integrate that into your game play. Keith Jesperson into the “Happy Face Tom Carr, a guy named Joe, Adam Killer” and ultimately led to his capture. Meyers (M), J. D. Raisor, Revan, Douglas Al Carlisle Whittaker The Curse of the Jungle/Ice/Desert Finding and Using References in Your Art Planet How to draw from references, especially Even Venus isn’t perfectly uniform. The when it comes to things that have no basics of how different climates and direct reference. biomes arise and how to give your planet Cliff Green, Justin Kunz, Travis Walton, some variety. Bobbie Berendson W. (M) Jaleta Clegg, Nancy Fulda, Sarah E. Constructed Languages: When Apos- Seeley, Eric James Stone (M), Brook West, trophes Just Don’t Cut It Roger White Characters usually speak English to the 1:00–1:50 PM reader, even when they don’t among Young Adult Writing themselves. So what motivates people to Writing for young adults is the fastest- make up complete new languages, and growing genre. Learn what it takes to how can this add depth to your world? entice this readily available audience. Orson Scott Card, Ami Chopine, Dirk (M) Anna del C. Dye, Jessica Day George, Elzinga, Michael Young (M) Heather Ostler, Janci Patterson , Berin Film Festival (4 hours, see schedule p. 8) Stephens, Dan Willis This Is Your Life 2:00–2:50 PM Writing is a very different career path Writing Drama than the one experienced by Joe Salary- Beyond angst and high emotion, drama man. What do you need to do to stay is also full of subtleties and foreshadow- productive and keep yourself on top of ing. These authors have taken writing your game? drama to a higher level.

42 Laura Bingham (M), Daniel Coleman, Applied Biotechnology Larry Correia, C. K. Edwards, Clint John- What’s possible in principle, and what son, Shallee McArthur gets used on farms and in laboratories now that you don’t even think about. Drawing upon Folklore Sarah Anderson, Scott Bascom (M), How to use folklore for modern tales. Ami Chopine, Brandon Gillespie, Charlie

S. A. Butler, David Farland, Mikki Kells, Pulsipher Brook West (M) Film Festival (cont., see schedule p. 8) Jules Verne The first successful SF author, and a 3:00–3:50 PM lodestar for today’s steampunk writers. Writing for Boys

Dave Butler, Deren Hansen, Brett T. M. Want to write stories that boys will Peterson, Karen Anne Webb devour? It’s more than just adding mud The Great Chain of Evil and bugs. These authors have mastered the dirt of writing for this audience. Michael R. Collings Patricia K. Castelli, Larry Correia, -Ste Artists Collaborating with Each Other phen Miller, J. D. Raisor, Robison Wells (M) and with Writers Characters That Live and Breathe A lot of art requires working with other people. What sort of collaboration is Write characters that jump off the page necessary? How does the collaboration and turn into the reader’s best friend (or work? biggest fantasy). (M) C. K. Edwards, Heather Frost, Mikki Mikey Brooks, Blake Casselman , (M) Jessica Douglas, Brian C. Hailes, James A. Kells, Peter Orullian, Diann T. Read , Owen, Isaac Stewart Candace J. Thomas

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Come join in the fun! Anyone can be part of the committee. Ask one of the current members how to get involved. Meetings are most Saturdays in the library on BYU campus. Postmortem meeting is March 1, 2014; watch our Facebook page for more details.

43 Making a Graphic Novel Short vs. Long Fiction A presentation on the entire process, How long should your book be and what that includes generating ideas, develop- are the appropriate lengths for each ing characters and story, making a rough genre? Also, the pros and cons of short draft and finishing a final draft to send works as opposed to long works. to publishers. David Farland, Julie Frost, Nancy Fulda, Jess Smart Smiley Angie Lofthouse (M), Lehua Parker, James Wymore Playtesting: Why, How, and with Whom What is the purpose of playtesting a Marketing Yourself as an Author game and how a designer can make the Publishing houses no longer have the bud- most of tests. get to do much publicity. Now most of it Robert J Defendi, Derrick Duncan, Craig falls to the author. So, what do you need Nybo (M), Karen Anne Webb to know to successfully launch your book? Teri Harman, Chas Hathaway (M), Bill Xenobiology 101 Housley, Annie Oswald How could alien life and biochemistry be different from ours? In what ways is it Writing Fantasy: Using Words to Build likely to be the same? How could we inter- Worlds act with creatures whose environments Douglas Whittaker are radically different from our own? Writing and Your Brain: Making the Daniel Coleman, Steven L. Peck, Nathan Most of Your Writing Time Shumate (M), Eric James Stone, Roger White Steven Bohls, Derrick Duncan Don’t Fill Your Plot Holes with Sand— the Power of Outlining The Speculative Turn: Why Imagi- Don’t write yourself into a corner, write nation Is at the Heart of Thinking yourself into an engaging plot that will (25 minutes) keep your reader speeding through the Adam Wilson pages! How even a loose outline can strengthen your story and how outlining Film Festival (cont., see schedule p. 8) can infuse new energy into your writing. 4:25 PM Rachelle Christensen The Human Behind the Pixels: Film Festival (cont., see schedule p. 8) Avatars and Self Identity in Video Games (25 minutes) 4:00–4:50 PM Kristine McLain Action Sequences How to make a good action sequence 5:00–5:50 PM fast paced while still explaining things in The Screenwriting Process vivid detail to the readers. How do you write a screenplay and how S. A. Butler, J. R. Johansson, Aaron John- do you get it produced? ston, Valerie Mechling, Adrienne Monson, Blake Casselman, Michaelbrent Collings, Dan Willis (M) Craig Nybo, Fiona Ostler, Nathan Shumate (M), Scott William Taylor

44 Book Signing

Subject to change. You are also welcome to ask authors to sign books before or after panels, but please be courteous and defer to their schedule. Friday, 8 pm Orson Scott Card, Sarah Anderson, Holli Anderson, Shirley Bahlmann, Mikey Brooks, John Brown, David Butler, Kerrigan Byrne, Al Carlisle, Rachelle Christensen, Jaleta Clegg, Daniel Coleman, Renee Collins, Stan Crowe, Derick William Dalton, Peggy Eddleman, C. K. Edwards, David Farland, Heather Frost, Valerie Gardner, Jessica George, Lareena Goertz, Teri Harman, Mette Harrison, J. J. Harrison, Chas Hathaway, Liesel Hill, C. Michelle Jefferies, J. R. Johansson, Elana Johnson, Aaron Johnston, Ariadne Kane, Mikki Kells, Wendy Knight, Sara B. Larson, Angie Lofthouse, Dene Low, Lisa Mangum, Valerie Mechling, Stephen Miller, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Adrienne Monson, Chad Morris, Rachel Ann Nunes / Teyla Branton, Craig Nybo, Peter Orullian, Fiona Ostler, Heather Ostler, James Owen, Lehua Parker, Andrea Pearson, Steven L Peck, Charlie Pulsipher, J. D. Raisor, Diann T. Read, Aneeka Richins, J Scott Savage, Sarah Seeley, Jess Smart Smiley, Emily Sorensen, Eric James Stone, Eric Swedin, Sandra Tayler, Candace J. Thomas, Brad Torgersen, Joe Vasicek, Jenniffer Wardell, Jaclyn Weist, Kasie West, Julia West, Natalie Whipple, Roger White, Johnny Worthen, Julie Wright, James Wymore, Michael Young

Edgar Allan Poe Geology for Writers The master of mystery and fantastical The basics you need to know to design a horror. realistic world before you make your maps. Scott Bascom, Michael R. Collings, Liesel Tom Carr, Jaleta Clegg, Cliff Green, L. E. Hill, Adrienne Monson, Heather B. Mon- Modesitt Jr., Isaac Stewart (M), Brook West son (M) Electric Lady: Janelle Monae, Afro­ Rules for Writing Magic futurism, and the Android (25 minutes) Writing magic can be tricky; what Marina Tijerino-Abe boundaries and limitations do you set for the way magic works in your story? 5:25 PM John Brown, Al Carlisle, Teri Har- Facing Our Demons: The Deconstruc- man, Brandon Sanderson, Emily Martha tion of Self and Other in Joss Whedon’s Sorensen (M), Natalie Whipple Buffy the Vampire Slayer (25 minutes)

A Writer Needs Space Jeffrey Pannekoek Creating an ideal environment that 6:00–6:50 PM focuses on the qualities a writer needs to How to Write a Hero succeed. Learn how to write a deep and compel- Angie Lofthouse ling hero.

45 Larry Correia, Sara B. Larson, Lisa 7:00–7:50 PM Mangum, Peter Orullian (M), Robison Co-authoring: Dos and Don’ts Wells, Julie Wright How to organize an efficient, co-­authoring Originality partnership. Often writers will unconsciously incor- Steven Diamond, Karen C. Evans, Valerie porate something else that they’ve read Mechling (M), Samuel Stubbs, Julie Wright into their own work. This panel will Learning from Failure discuss how to be original and make sure that your work is fresh and inventive. We all fail. Join these authors as they discuss coming away from failure as a Dave Butler, Daniel Coleman, Nathan better writer. Shumate (M), Roger White Daniel Coleman, Sara B. Larson, Breaking and Fixing Games James A. Owen, Brad R. Torgersen (M), Push your game design to the limits and Jenniffer Wardell then figure out which rules work and How to Lay Out Comic Panels which don’t. This panel will discuss mechanics and fixing games. How to use page space effectively and lay out comic panels in an interesting way Scott Bascom, Flagoon, a guy named Joe, that also flows well for the reader. Craig Nybo (M), J. D. Raisor, Revan Brian C. Hailes, Andrea Hatch, Jess Drawing Textures Smart Smiley (M), Travis Walton How to make textures like brick, cement, Vivid and Clear carpet, metal, etc. Also, how to make things look old, new, clean, dirty, etc. Despite the often repeated 11th com- mandment for writers—show, don’t Bryan Beus, Jessica Douglas (M), tell—writers never show. They can’t. It’s Brian C. Hailes, Justin Kunz all tell, tell, tell. The trick is to tell in a A Serious Look at Comedy way that helps your readers imagine The nuts and bolts of writing comedy. with such vividness and clarity that your story triggers an emotional response. Berin Stephens Come explore a number of simple but Writers Groups 101 powerful prose techniques that help you Many writers find a good writers group do just that. to be the difference between success and John Brown failure. Come find out how to build your A Day in the Life of a Medieval Peasant own writers group, what you should expect from it, and what you should be What were the realities of life in non- willing to give it in return. fantastic medieval times?

Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury, Anna del C. Shirley Bahlmann, Robert J Defendi, Dye, Liesel Hill, Donna Milakovic, Scott R. David Farland, Jacklyn M. Hatch, Dan (M) Parkin (M), Julia H. West Willis 8:00–9:50 PM Mass Autograph Signing (2 hours) Filking 46 Saturday, February 15, 2014 10:00–10:50 AM From Start to Finish: Selling the Novel 9:00–9:50 AM A three part series. Part three: selling the Writers on Writing completed story to a publisher and to an Join these successful writers as they audience. discuss their craft. Holli Anderson, Michaelbrent Collings Nancy Fulda, Mette Ivie Harrison, (M), Larry Correia, Michelle Witte, Johnny Elana Johnson, Sara B. Larson (M), Shallee Worthen McArthur, L. E. Modesitt Jr. History Matters Character Development Learn how to use historically accurate Keeping a good character development details to enhance your story. arc and making it consistent. Kevin H. Evans, Deren Hansen, Craig Jaclyn M. Hawkes, Peter Orullian, Can- Nybo, J. D. Raisor, Eric Swedin, Suzanne dace J. Thomas, Brad R. Torgersen, Jenniffer Vincent (M) (M) Wardell, Julie Wright Writing Religion Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein: The Whether established or invented, writ- Grand Masters ing accurate or believable religion can be Their best work, and what you can prob- downright hellish. Hear what authors ably skip. who write it on an everyday basis do. Dene Low, Scott R. Parkin (M), Brett Michael R. Collings, Mette Ivie Harrison T. M. Peterson, Eric James Stone (M), Stephen Miller, Laryssa Waldron Self-Publishing Pros and Cons The Rhetoric of Superheroes: How the The pros and cons of self-publishing: Heroes Can Be Brought into the College why and when it might be a good idea Writing Classroom through William as well as why and when it may not be Perry’s Developmental Theories and something you want to do. Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event Jaleta Clegg (M), Pendragon Inman, Holly Katherine Guile Fiona Ostler, James A. Owen, Aneeka Rich- Writing Solid Dialogue ins, Sandra Tayler Angie Lofthouse Story Turns Story turns—cliffhangers, rugpulls, plot The Engines of Exploration twists, reversals, surprises, revelations What really motivated ancient explorers (and more)—are a core part of an excit- to go out and discover the world? And ing plot, pacing control, and making a what makes a good reason for continu- reader want to turn the page. Come ing exploration in the future? explore the main types of story turns David Baxter, Brett T. M. Peterson, Sarah E. and how they work so you can use them Seeley, Dan Willis, E. A. Younker (M) in your writing. 11:00–11:50 AM John Brown Keynote Speaker: Orson Scott Card

47 Noon–12:50 pm the going nowhere, or going everywhere Writing Hard Science story? Come learn about writing with- out an outline from authors that write Science fiction without the doctorate organically. degree. (M) (M) Marinne Carter , C. Michelle Jeffer- Nancy Fulda, Helge Moulding , Scott ies, Berin Stephens, Jenniffer Wardell, Kasie R. Parkin, Eric James Stone, Roger White, West, James Wymore James Wymore Death and Its Consequenses ePublishing Short Stories Be sure to know every aspect of the Learn the ins and outs of electronic ripple effect of everything that happens publishing for short stories. in your story/series. (M) Paul Genesse, Bill Housley , Elana Jason A. Anderson (M), Al Carlisle, Johnson, Scott William Taylor, Joe Vasicek, Heather Frost, Julie Frost, Sarah E. Seeley, E. A. Younker Dan Willis Classic Juvenile SF Ender’s Books: The Author, the Robert Heinlein, Madeleine L’Engle, Adapter, and the Analyzer Andre Norton, John Christopher (and a Orson Scott Card wrote them originally. few modern takes). Aaron Johnston adapted them to other Jaleta Clegg, Emily Martha Sorensen, media. And Michael Collings tells us Kjirstin Youngberg what it all means. A Scratching at the Window: Revisiting Orson Scott Card, Michael R. Collings, Croglin Grange and the Hidden Lore of Aaron Johnston (M) the British Vampire Using Games in the Classroom Jeff Bond Games can be used a teaching tool in Art for Art’s Sake a variety of situations. Hear ways that teachers can use games in new ways, and Making independent art pieces that are the importance of using games. not tied to another work such as litera-

ture or theater. How to generate ideas and Jaleta Clegg, Flagoon, Heather B. Mon- what makes a good independent piece. son, Revan, Sandra Tayler, Karen Anne Webb (M) Jessica Douglas, Brian C. Hailes, Justin Kunz, James A. Owen, Sarah Seiter, Bobbie Presentations and Personal Likeability Berendson W. (M) A master’s class workshop on building Write Like Your Brain Works a stellar presentation that will make everyone love your topic and you. Developing creativity and discipline, as

well as reaching out to your audience. Donna Milakovic Dene Low Unusual Art Forms 1:00–1:50 PM Everybody knows about painting and drawing, but what else is out there? Writing without an Outline A discussion on various less well- Can you actually finish a novel as a pant- known art forms such as string art, ster? Worried about the sagging middle, jewelry design, doll making, etc. A brief

48 Educator’s Conference Schedule Saturday, February 15, Cedar Room

The LTUE Educators’ Conference provides a unique environment to learn how science fiction, fantasy and horror (speculative fiction) can promote independent thinking an creativity through helping kids think “outside the box,” and adapt to changes in their environment. The conference is for teachers, educators, librarians, media special- ists and parents as well as anyone who may be interested in the topics. Certificates that may be used towards Professional Development Credit will be available throughout LTUE at the registration desk and at the Educator’s Conference itself. Many panels and presentations during LTUE may be used for Pro- fessional Development credit. (Check with your school district for eligibility.)

9:00–9:50 am Registration

10:00–10:50 am The Rhetoric of Superheroes: How the Heroes Can Be Brought into the College Writing Classroom through William Perry’s Developmental Theories andCivil War: A Marvel Comics Event Holly Katherine Guile 11:00–11:50 am Keynote Address Orson Scott Card Noon–12:50 pm Classic Juvenile SF Jaleta Clegg, Emily Martha Sorensen, Kjirstin Youngberg 1:00–1:50 pm Using Games in the Classroom Jaleta Clegg, Flagoon, Heather B. Monson, Revan, Sandra Tayler, Karen Anne Webb (M) 2:00–2:50 pm The Best Books for Children and YA Patricia Castelli, Amy Sorensen

49 overview of what each is and how each Plots to Die For: How to Create Sus- works. pense and Mystery for a Page-Turning Cliff Green, Sarah Seiter, Nathan Shu- Novel mate (M), Bobbie Berendenson W. How to break your story down into suspense cycles through chapters and Reading and Signing character arcs and then build it back up Brandon Sanderson with a solid plot line that will have read- 2:00–2:50 PM ers racing through the pages. Rachelle Christensen Who Influenced Me as a Writer Listen to these writers discuss who influ- The Best Books for Children and YA enced them and helped make them the A librarian shares the best books of the writers they are today. past year for kids and why you should Holli Anderson, Tom Carr, Jessica Day read them. George, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Peter Orullian, Patricia K. Castelli, Amy Sorensen (M) Eric Swedin 3:00–3:50 PM Writing for Comics Writing Horror Collaborating with artists is its own Beyond slasher scenes, true horror makes skill set complete with conventions and you think, startle, and ponder things that constraints that are very different than go bump in the night. What the darkness conventional prose. Learn from the best must contain to be truly scary. how to write stories that will knock the Michael R. Collings, Michaelbrent reader’s socks off. Collings (M), Steven Diamond, Andrea

David Baxter, Blake Casselman, C. K. Pearson, Steven L. Peck, Johnny Worthen Edwards, Aaron Johnston (M) Wrapping Things Up The Future of Writing The hero is victorious and the villain’s Ebooks, Amazon.com, POD, small evil plan lies in ruins . . . now what? press, self-publishing. . . . With so many Bree Despain, Megan Hutchins, Chad changes in the way books are published Morris (M), Janci Patterson, Brandon and printed, where will books be in ten Sanderson, Michael Young years? In twenty? Michaelbrent Collings, Larry Cor- The Dramatic Downside of Modern reia, David Farland (M), Chas Hathaway, Technology Mikki Kells, Rachel Ann Nunes/Teyla Modern characters have obvious ways Branton out that older ones didn’t. What can’t you do anymore when your world has Time Management for Artists certain technologies? Life is busy, and it can be hard to fit in Laura Bingham, C. K. Edwards, Diann T. everything. Discussion on how to make Read, Natalie Whipple, James Wymore (M) time for doing your art in your busy schedule. Lovable Bad Boys Mikey Brooks, Cliff Green, Brian C. Anti-heroes and why they are so popular. (M) Hailes , Jess Smart Smiley, Travis S. M. Anderson Walton 50 Early 2015 Membership Special

Registration prices will be going up for 2015. Purchase your member- ship for 2015 today for the best price!

On-Site LTUE Special for the forward-thinking fan: $30 (available only Saturday at the Registration desk) Early Bird Registration (through April 15, 2014): $35 Online Preregistration (through January 31, 2015): $45 At-the-Door Registration: $55

Shut Up and Sit Down Holy Gothic Archetypes, Batman!: ­Batman as Superhero Gothic Skype call with Paul and Quins Robert Marchetti Learning Advanced Writing Tech- niques from Joss Whedon: A Writer’s Why You Should Write Short Fiction In-Depth Look at the Stories of Buffy, and How It Can Help Launch You as a Firefly, Dollhouse, Avengers, and Beyond Novelist Chersti Nieveen Why any serious novelist should be writ- ing short fiction as well. 4:00–4:50 PM Brad R. Torgersen Writing Children’s Books 1000 Ideas in an Hour session and How writing books for children differs structure discussion (registration lim- from any other demographic. ited to 50; sign up opens at 8:30 am Sat. Mikey Brooks, Tiffini Knight, Chad in Registration area) (2 hours) Morris, J. Scott Savage (M), Sandra Tayler Orson Scott Card Horror on the Edge: How Far Is Too Far? Designing Campaigns We all like a good scare, but can it go too far? What are the boundaries and how Robert J Defendi, Derrick Duncan (M), can a good Mormon write horror? Adam Meyers, J. D. Raisor, Revan, Douglas Jason A. Anderson, Michael R. Collings, Whitaker Michaelbrent Collings, C. K. Edwards (M), Andrea Pearson, Sarah E. Seeley

51 5:00–5:50 PM transition from one work to another, Description in Writing and how to keep your ideas separate. (M) When to have it and when to toss it. Julie Frost, Donna Milakovic , Emily Martha Sorensen, Joe Vasicek, Julia H. West, Karen E. Hoover, J. R. Johansson, Mikki Michelle Witte Kells (M), David Powers King, Diann T. Creating Subplots Read, Sarah E. Seeley How to keep readers engaged with sub- ePublishing: How to Start plot while you keep your overall story Learn where you should begin to self- flowing perfectly. publish your ebook. Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury (M), David Robert J Defendi, Jaclyn M. Hawkes, Farland, Jaclyn M. Hawkes, Karen E. Dene Low, Nathan Shumate (M) Hoover, Megan Hutchins Writing for Film The Funny Men: Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett The conventions and constraints of writ- ing for film. Humor, especially broad humor, in speculative fiction. Tom Carr, Blake Casselman (M), (M) Michaelbrent Collings, David Farland, Jaleta Clegg , Daniel Coleman, Bran- Fiona Ostler, Scott William Taylor don Sanderson, Jenniffer Wardell, Karen Anne Webb Q&A: Art in Industry How to Format Your eBook A discussion based on audience ques- tions about how to be an artist. Address- Derrick Duncan ing how to get yourself into the market Worldbuilding Workshop as an artist, what connections do you need/can you get, etc. See how it’s done when the panel comes up with an original setting from scratch Bill Galvan, Cliff Green, J. J. Harrison, (with help from the audience)! James A. Owen, Sarah Seiter, Jess Smart (M) Smiley (M) Amber Argyle, Blake Casselman , Derick William Dalton, Isaac Stewart Verisimilitude: How Illusions, Confi- dence Games, and Skillful Lying Can 7:00 PM Improve Your Fiction Banquet ($30, prepaid) How illusions, confidence games, and Toastmaster: Brandon Sanderson outright lies can improve your fiction. Filking Deren Hansen

1000 Ideas in an Hour (cont., preregistra- tion required) 6:00–6:50 PM Starting the Next Project Once you’ve finished one story, how do you successfully put it aside and move on to another project? How to

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