Ever wanted to write for a video game? Wondering how to network, what skills to develop, or if anyone is even hiring anymore? Ask all those questions and more to an award winning game writer.
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Aysha U. Farah is a narrative designer from the American south. She has written for a number of game series, including Life is Strange, Hiveswap, Magic the Gathering, and Dungeons and Dragons. Currently, she is an editor and localizer for the indie horror game Pathologic 3. Her work has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Anathema Magazine, and Amplitudes Anthology.
Forging a career in publishing is always a challenge. Earning a living in the market is more challenging still. Learn about skills and strategies for making your work pay off over the long term.
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Featuring: Brian Keene, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Scott Lynch
How do you recognize it, recover from it, and, perhaps, return to what caused it in the first place? How to set boundaries, identifying priorities, and develop new habits.
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Featuring: Elizabeth Bear, Jordan Kurella, Kameron Hurley, Sandra Tayler
Can They Get Away With It: Plotting Heists in Fiction and RPGs
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Heist plots in TTRPGs and fiction are fun and gripping. (What's the plan? Will they get caught?) Panelists will unlock the heist plot's versatility and keys to making it work in fiction and TTRPGs.
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Featuring: Aaron Rosenberg, Lamar Giles, Scott Lynch
Chat with sci-fi author and gamewriter Kelli Fitzpatrick. She has written for Marvel, Star Trek Adventures, Dungeons and Dragons, and many original short stories. Come with questions!
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Kelli Fitzpatrick is a science fiction author, game writer, and teacher. She is the author of Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified and writes for the Star Trek Adventures RPG. Her short fiction is published by Simon & Schuster, Baen Books, Flash Fiction Online, Crazy 8 Press, and others. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and teaches at Iowa State University.
Bring your own beverage and converse with a small group of like minded fans, peers, and a guest of the Writers Symposium!
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Arley Sorg is an associate literary agent at kt literary. He is a senior editor at Locus Magazine, book reviewer for Lightspeed, interviewer for Clarkesworld, and a columnist for F&SF. Arley is also a two-time World Fantasy Award finalist and a three-time Locus Award finalist for his work as co-Editor-in-Chief at Fantasy Magazine; he is a double Ignyte Award finalist for other projects.
Bring your own beverage and converse with a small group of like minded fans, peers, and a guest of the Writers Symposium!
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Bryan Thao Worra is one of the most widely-published Lao American writers in the world, especially in horror, science fiction and poetry and holds over 20 awards for his creative writing. His work has been presented at the London Summer Games, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, San Diego Comic Con, NecronomiCon Providence, and more.
Bring your own beverage and converse with a small group of like minded fans, peers, and a guest of the Writers Symposium!
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C. S. E. Cooney is twice a World Fantasy Award-winning author: for novel Saint Death’s Daughter, and collection Bone Swans. Other work includes Saint Death’s Herald, The Twice-Drowned Saint, Dark Breakers, and Desdemona and the Deep. As a SAG-AFTRA voice actor, Cooney has narrated over 130 audiobooks. Find her TTRPG Negocios Infernales co-designed with Carlos Hernandez, at Outland Entertainment.
Bring your own beverage and converse with a small group of like minded fans, peers, and a guest of the Writers Symposium!
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Carlos Hernandez is the award-winning author of The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, and scores of speculative short stories and poems. He's a Professor of English in CUNY, a game designer (most recently of the TTRPG Negocios Infernales with C. S. E. Cooney), and a writer for Marvel Comics. He loves fostering creativity!