New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole walks you through the twenty most common 'first novel problems' (which plague more than just first novels) and provides a host of solutions for them. If you dread hearing someone say, 'I liked your novel, but...,' this workshop is guaranteed to erase the sorts of problems that lead to just such a statement.
Beth Lykins, a professor in the school of informatics at IUPUI, shares her deep knowledge of Photoshop and image editing techniques to help attendees produce beautiful and interesting elements for video games.
So you want to sew a corset? Learn authentic nineteenth-century stitch techniques, what to buy, and where to find it. Practice the skills you need to build a full-size corset (or any other garment). Experience the satisfaction of completing a project by hand as you make a miniature corset keyring, and take home a full-sized pattern to stitch with your machine when you get home from the Con.
The best wigs look like real hair -- even if impossibly colored or improbably spiky. But it can be hard to find the perfect wig for your fantasy costume or to replicate that style which has never existed in real life. Your wig is too long, the wrong style, not curly enough, or the wrong color? Need to make that cheap nasty wig look better and last longer? We can help. Also: you'll make a custom styled clip-in extension to take with you!
Elizabeth Vaughan, Jean Rabe, and Marc Tassin invite you to a workshop where you can apply all the skills you've learned in the many seminars you've sat in on at Gen Con. We'll give you assignments, a little time to complete them, and critique your efforts. Attendance is very limited and pre-registration is required.
There's a difference in on-line versus paper markets ... how to write for them, how to submit, how to find the very best publications and rates out there. Join our panelists for a close look at the digital marketplace.
New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole, the first author to offer fiction on the iPhone/iPod Touch through Apple's Appstore, gives you an up to date look at the digital revolution and explains how you can profit and develop your career. Mike's watched his internet income from writing double every year for the past three years, with the trend accelerating in 2010. If you intend to have a career in writing, this session is a must.
Don't write in one of those proverbial vacuums. Discover the plethora of writing organizations and web sites that can help improve your prose and help you peddle your short stories and novels. Included is a look at the alphabet soup available: SFWA, IAMTW, RWA, MWA, HWA, etc. Handout provided.
Series and serial presentations, have since the dawn of storytelling, dominated entertainment. New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole guides you through the intricacies of designing a series from the ground up, with secial emphasis on techniques designed to maximize impact on the new era betokened by digital publishing. He also discusses ways to build mysteries and suspense into your work, and to keep readers coming back again.
It's a different animal than simply writing a short story and submitting it to your favorite fantasy and sci-fi magazine. Sure, in some respects short fiction is short fiction. But there are some things you can do to increase your chances of being accepted ... and being invited ... to the various anthologies that come open. We'll also put in our two cents on how an editor can make a collection better.