Planning to participate in the Pitch Panel?
Alexander Rob, Jana S. Brown, DJ Butler and Joe Monson will be reviewing manuscript pitches at their panel on Saturday at 3pm. Submit your pitch for them to evaluate here!
Presenter spotlight: Nick Nethery
Nick Nethery spent twenty years in the US Army as a bomb technician. After a full career traveling the world, seeing incredible things, and blowing them up, he retired home to Texas. He lives with his wife and many, many children. When he’s not chasing them or giving them all the money in his wallet, …
Presenter spotlight: Joe Monson
Joe Monson loves reading, books, and butter mochi. He has worked at a couple dozen different jobs during his life, including translating and editing Engineer into English. He valiantly battles worms, trojans, viruses, corruption, and updates to keep computer systems running while also expanding the accessible knowledge of the world by night. He edited the …
Presenter spotlight: C.H. Lindsay
C. H. Lindsay (Charlie) is an award-winning poet & writer, housewife, and book-lover—not necessarily in that order. She currently has short stories and poems in over forty anthologies and magazines including Amazing Stories, Fantasy Magazine, Moonletters, Space and Time Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Utah’s Best Poetry and Prose. She is currently working on five novels, six short stories, and at …
Presenter spotlight: Lorna Hansmann
Lorna Jane Hansmann was named after the novel Lornadoone. So, perhaps, it is no wonder that her mind and heart turned to stories. Lorna believes in the power of storytelling in all its forms. Whether through dance, acting or writing she loves to do them all. Stories change lives and enhance our ability to be …
Presenter spotlight: Jared Garrett
As a youngster, Jared Garrett toiled in the Mines of Moria, cleansed a shire, ran across icy steppes with a battleaxe in hand, and raced down a train platform to catch his true love. Several times. Books of daring and adventure and romance saved Jared’s sanity and transported him from a bleak, lonely childhood to …
Reminder about the Freebie Table!
Just what it says on the tin — massive tables at WC for books (hardcovers and paperbacks) and other media. Bring what you don’t want anymore, pick up some new reading material for free! And bonus, freebie books also help stock the Writers Cantina Little Free Library!
Presenter spotlight: Julie Frost
Julie Frost is an award-winning author of every shade of speculative fiction. She lives in Utah with a herd of guinea pigs, her husband, and a “kitten” who thinks she’s a warrior princess. Her short fiction has appeared in Weird World War IV, Talons and Talismans, Straight Outta Dodge City, Monster Hunter Files, Writers of …
Presenter spotlight: Steve Diamond
Steve Diamond is a Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction author for Baen, Gallant Knight Games, and numerous other small publications. His two most recent works are a collection of short fiction, What Hellhounds Dream, and a Dark Fantasy/Horror novel co-written with Larry Correia, Servants of War. He is also the co-host of the writing advice …
Presenter spotlight: D.J. Butler
D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and a Senior Editor for Ark Press. His novels published by Baen Books include the Witchy War series (Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter), the Tales of Indrajit and Fix series (In …