Fantasci Panels
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Magnolia (main room)
Magnolia Room - Friday
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Alternate history in Fantasy "Nexus Points" with Larry Correia and Dr. Charles Gannon |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | How much Handwavium? with Jon Osbourne, Rob Hampson, Benjamin Smith, Stephen Simmons, and Jacob Holo |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Intersection of Dice and Scribing with Larry Correia, Jon Osbourne, Jennie Posthumus, Rob Howell, and HP Holo |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Writing by the Seat of Your Pants with Doug Dandridge, Jason Cordova, Rob Howell, Drew Avera, HP Holo, and Karen Frost |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | CHAOS OF CREATION: BALANCING WORLD BUILDING WITH STORY with Monalisa Foster, Ian Malone, Stephen Simmons, HP Holo, and Karen Frost |
| 5:00 - 5:50 PM | Saving Grace Panel - Who we are and what we do! |
| 6:00 - 6:50 PM | Opening Ceremonies |
| 7:00 - 9:50 PM | Misbehavin' Maidens |
Magnolia Room - Saturday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Saturday Morining Cartoons - Misbehavin' Maidens & Metricula |
| 10:00 - 11:50 AM | White Plectrum |
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Lunch Break! |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | So you wanna be a Monster Hunter with Larry Correia |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Developing Characters Beyond a Single Dimension with Joshua Palmatier, Monalisa Foster, Ian Malone, Rob Howell, and Chris Smith |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Fantasy Races with Dave “D.J.” Butler, Joshua Palmatier, Jennie Posthumus, Monalisa Foster, and Benjamin Smith |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | Founder Effect with Rob Hampson, David Weber, Mark Wandrey, Monalisa Foster & Chris Smith |
| 5:00 - 5:50 PM | Break |
| 6:00 - 6:50 PM | White Plectrum |
| 7:00 - 8:50 PM | The Blibbering Humdingers |
| 9:00 - 9:50 PM | Misbehavin' Maidens |
| 10:00 - 10:50 PM | Karaoke |
Magnolia Room - Sunday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Savings Grace Panel Presentation - Service Animal / Emotional Support Animal / Therapy Animal - LEARN THE DIFFERENCE! |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | Life of an Author aka What do I do when I'm not writing? with Jennie Posthumus, Ian Malone, Dan Stout, Drew Avera, and Karen Frost |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | Leap, Duck, and Scribe! with William Roberts, Christopher Ruocchio, Jason Cordova, Ian Malone, and HP Holo |
| 12:00 - 2:50 PM | Charity Auction |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Closing Ceremonies |
Camellia
Camellia Room - Friday
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Inner World travel with Dave “D.J.” Butler, Doug Dandridge, and Jennie Posthumus |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | Merchantmen and the High Seas with Peter Gold |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Messiest Ways to Kill the Undead - The Fantasy Edition with Rob Hampson, William Roberts, Terry Maggert, Mike Masa and Benjamin Smith |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Mercenary Council - Meet the Leadership of the 4HU Fan Organization |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | ROMERO KEEP LEADERSHIP FORUM - SAILING TRUE NORTH with Mike Romero |
| 5:00 - 5:50 PM | Surviving the Apocalypse (Dragon Fire or Splitting the Atom) with Dave “D.J.” Butler, Mike Masa, Joshua Palmatier, William Roberts, and Benjamin Smith |
| 8:00 - 8:50 PM | Dating game but with Books |
| 9:00 - 9:50 PM | Chris Kennedy Book Launch |
Camellia Room - Saturday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Creating realistic military science fiction with Dr. Charles Gannon, Jason Cordova, Rob Howell, Stephen Simmons, and Drew Avera |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | Evolution of Writing Fantasy Stories! with Larry Correia, Doug Dandridge, Mike Masa, Terry Maggert & Rob Howell |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | Creating Moral Conflict in Your Writing with Dave “D.J.” Butler, Joshua Palmatier, Christopher Ruocchio, Dan Stout, Chris Smith, and Jacob Holo |
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | Care and Feeding of Authors with Wendy Woods, Sharon Weber, Sheellah Kennedy, Joy Wandrey, and Bridget Correia |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Baen Roadshow - with Toni Weisskop, Christopher Ruocchio & Tony Daniel |
| 5:00 - 5:50 PM | Dinning Out Social Hour (in bar area) |
| 7:00 - late PM | Dinning Out |
Camellia Room - Sunday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Morning Worship Service |
| 11:00 AM - till it is over | MHI Brunch - Larry's Anniversary |
Rose
Rose Room - Friday
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Economics of Self-Publishing with Chris Kennedy |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | Peacemakers - 1 versus the Galaxy with Kevin Ikenberry |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | Collaborating with an Author with Dave “D.J.” Butler, William Roberts, Jason Cordova, Chris Smith, and HP Holo |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Step Up to the Mic: An Author Discussion on Podcasting with Ian Malone & Dan Stout |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | Sharing the Quill (Words with multiple writers) with Jon Osbourne, William Roberts, Benjamin Smith, Chris Smith, and Drew Avera |
| 5:00 - 5:50 PM | Four Horseman Universe with Chris Kennedy, Jon Osbourne, Christopher Woods, Jason Cordova, Rob Howell, and Benjamin Smith |
| 7:00 - 9:50 PM | Boarding Action |
Rose Room - Saturday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Genre Blending: Scifi, Fantasy and More with Chris Kennedy, Joshua Palmatier, Terry Maggert, Dan Stout, and Chris Smith |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | Characters you meet in a tavern with Doug Dandridge, Joshua Palmatier, Jennie Posthumus, Ian Malone, Stephen Simmons, and Dan Stout |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | Chris Kennedy Publishing—The Year Ahead with Chris Kennedy, Jon Osbourne, Christopher Woods, Jason Cordova, Rob Howell, & Benjamin Smith |
| 12:00 - 12:50 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 1:50 PM | Salvage Title with Chris Kennedy, Kevin Steverson, & Christopher Woods |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | This Fallen World with Chris Kennedy, Christopher Woods, & Benjamin Smith |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Saving Grace Panel - Service Animals, a Veterans Point of View. |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | Mercenary Guild: The Official Four Horseman Fan Organization Meeting |
Rose Room - Sunday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Successful Indie Publishing: Bringing Your Book to Market with Chris Kennedy |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | Harry Potter Trivia with The Blibbering Humdingers |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | Writing Believable Military Science Fiction” (or “How to Not Suck at Mil Scifi”) with Chris Kennedy, Rob Hampson, Monalisa Foster, Jason Cordova, and Drew Avera |
Raleigh (boardroom)
Raleigh Room (boardroom) - Friday
| 8:00 - 8:50 PM | A Gathering of Peers (TRMN) with Robert Jackson |
Raleigh Room (boardroom) - Saturday
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | Artificial Intelligence: what will happen to our wars? with TC McCarthy and Dr. Charles Gannon |
| 1:00 - 2:50 PM | A hands-on introduction to lockpicking with Patrick & Peri |
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Hypersleep is Almost Here: what will this mean for our future? with TC McCarthy, Rob Hampson, and Dr. Charles Gannon |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | Medieval music show and tell session with The Blibbering Humdingers |
Raleigh Room (boardroom) - Sunday
| 9:00 - 9:50 AM | Hard Science for the Writer at large with Rob Hampson, Monalisa Foster, Stephen Simmons, Mike Masa, and Jacob Holo |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | Writing Young Adult in a Gritty universe! with Karen Frost |