July 17-18, 2026 Schedule

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Subject to change due to unforeseen calamities both large and small.

 

FRIDAY
ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4
10am A.I. and the Future of Writing (panel)

  • Joe Vasicek
  • Rick Partlow
  • Tyler Tarter
  • Angela Wilson
Book Marketing Strategies (presentation)

  • Lance Conrad
Laugh It Up, Fuzzball! Embrace Your Inner Weirdo and Add Humor to Your Writing (presentation)

  • Janiel Miller
Build Your Own Copy Edit Cheat Sheet (presentation)

  • John M. Olsen
11am Making Readers Care (panel)

  • Jarom Strong
  • Daniel Swenson
  • Jared Garrett
  • Angie Lofthouse
AMA (Ask Me Anything) Editor Panel (panel)

  • John M. Olsen
  • Joe Monson
  • Nick Nethery
  • Lyn Worthen
Romantasy: Saving Fantasy or Infecting It? (panel)

  • Jason James King
  • E.L. Dawn
  • Stanley Wheeler
Heinlein’s Five Rules of Writing (presentation)

  • Johnny Worthen
12pm Writer Dojo Live Recording

  • Larry Correia
  • Steve Diamond
Lousy Book Covers: Learning From the Worst (presentation)

  • Nathan Shumate
1pm Writing Fight Scenes with Martial Arts Principles (presentation)

  • David Mitchell
Freelancing in the Modern Publishing World (panel)

  • Jana S. Brown
  • Jay Barnson
  • Aaron Canton
  • Lyn Worthen
How to Create a Horror RPG Scenario the Sandy Petersen Way (presentation)

  • Sandy Petersen
A Study in Mystery (presentation)

  • Johnny Worthen
2pm How I Outline a Novel (panel)

  • Julie Frost
  • Rick Partlow
  • Andrea Pearson
  • Joe Vasicek
Ask the Subject Matter Experts Which Inaccuracies Bother Them Most in Books, TV and Movies, and Why (panel)

  • Holli Anderson
  • Taylor Anderson
  • Jonna Hayden
  • Eric Swedin
What Authors Always Get Wrong in a Fight (panel)

  • Tyler Tarter
  • Spearman Burke
  • Larry Correia
  • David Mitchell
How to Suck At Stuff (and other ways to succeed) (presentation)

  • Janiel Miller
3pm Game Writing (panel)

  • Aaron Canton
  • Jay Barnson
  • Sandy Petersen
  • Sean Nathan Ricks
Productivity (panel)

  • Rick Partlow
  • Lorna Jane Hansmann
  • Jeffery H. Haskell
  • Jarom Strong
 Aspects of a Healthy Writing Life (panel)

  • E.L. Dawn
  • Daniel Swenson
  • Joe Vasicek
  • Angela Wilson
Writers Block Doesn’t Exist: Change My Mind (presentation)

  • Nathan Shumate
4pm Sword & Sorcery (panel)

  • David J. West
  • Bryce Beattie
  • Jason James King
“No $#!+, There We Were”: Adding Realistic Mayhem into your Writing (panel)

  • Gordon Frye
  • Taylor Anderson
  • Spearman Burke
  • Nick Nethery
Neck Deep in Darkness (panel)

  • Holli Anderson
  • Jason A. Anderson
  • Daniel Swenson
  • Scott Taylor
Fix Problems You Didn’t See Coming (presentation)

  • John M. Olsen
SATURDAY
ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4
10am The 10-Second Hook: Writing Openings That Pull Readers In (panel)

  • Andrea Pearson
  • Lance Conrad
  • Lyn Worthen
Crazy Live Map Creation (presentation)

  • Sean Nathan Ricks
Screenplay Writing for the Novelist and Short Story Writer (presentation)

  • Blake Casselman
Road Map to a Novel (presentation)

  • Bryce Beattie
11am Horror is Bacon – Everything is Better With It (panel)

  • David J. West
  • Jason A. Anderson
  • Blake Casselman
  • Steve Diamond
Writing Science Fiction That Will Be Remembered (presentation)

  • Jeffery H. Haskell
Slay Your Inner Fraud: Conquering Impostor Syndrome (presentation)

  • Jared Quan
Using Conspiracy Theories in Fiction (presentation)

  • Eric Swedin
12pm Creating Characters (panel)

  • Bryce Beattie
  • Lorna Jane Hansmann
  • Scott Taylor
  • Angela Wilson
When Politics Takes Over the Narrative (panel)

  • Jason James King
  • Holli Anderson
  • Julie Frost
  • Jared Garrett
The Art of the Anthology (presentation)

  • Jana S. Brown
How to Use AI Ethically to Give You More Time to Write (presentation)

  • Tyler Tarter
1pm Genre Blending (panel)

  • David J. West
  • Larry Correia
  • Steve Diamond
  • Julie Frost
For Want of a Spell the Kingdom Was Lost: How to Keep Subtle Magic Interesting (panel)

  • Jay Barnson
  • DJ Butler
  • CH Lindsay
  • Scott Taylor
Arms and Armor of the Colonial American Frontier: 1500-1800 (presentation)

  • Gordon Frye
How to Go from Zero to Finished First Draft in 90 Days (presentation)

  • Craig Nybo
2pm When Can I Break the Rules of Writing? (panel)

  • Alexander Rob
  • C.H. Lindsay
  • Angie Lofthouse
  • Jared Quan
History vs Fantasy: Finding the Balance (panel)

  • David J. West
  • DJ Butler
  • Nancy Frye
  • Stanley Wheeler
How to Make Your Podcast/Media Interview Not Suck (presentation)

  • Bing Bruce
Book Series Brilliance: Strategies for Writing and Selling Multiple Titles (presentation)

  • Jana S. Brown
3pm Pitch Review (panel)

  • Alexander Rob
  • Jana S. Brown
  • DJ Butler
  • Joe Monson
Keeping It Real: Ensuring Historical and Material Accuracy in your Writing (presentation)

  • Gordon Frye
  • Taylor Anderson
Nurturing Your Creativity (presentation)

  • Angie Lofthouse
Things I Wish I Knew Beforehand (presentation)

  • E.L. Dawn
4pm The Marketing Advice No One Needs (And What Works Instead) (presentation)

  • Andrea Pearson
Hook, Line, and Sinker (presentation)

  • Holli Anderson
  • Jason James King
What Your Story Lacks (presentation)

  • Lance Conrad
Write Like a Music Virtuoso: Structuring Your Writing with Melody, Rhythm, and Dynamics (presentation)

  • Craig Nybo

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