Gearing up for 2025!
Greetings, one and all! As we awaken the lumbering Balrog-Mechs to begin preparations for 2025, here’s one question to start things off:
Thanks for a great Writers Cantina!
Many thanks to ALL involved in this year’s Writers Cantina — panelists, personnel, Jana the Food Guru, and all of the participants! The whole goal of the event is to physically bring writers of all skill and career levels together in one place (with snacks) and let the magic happen, and that goal was fulfilled …
Step #1: Get inside. Step #2: ???
Here’s the layout inside the Utah Cultural Celebration Center for this year’s Writers Cantina: Yes, we know, the registration area is literally on the opposite side of our space from the entrance. Couldn’t be helped; the only other option was to have tables on the side of the hallway right inside the entrance, which would …
Name Tags and Lanyards
A couple of people have asked if they should have gotten a QR code or other ticket in their email. The answer: No. Our system is simple and high-trust: If you’ve pre-registered, come on in and give your name at the check-in desk, and we’ll give you a nametag. Note: We’ll have nametag stickers like …
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 least …
Presenter spotlight: Michael Haspil
Michael F. Haspil is an international science fiction and fantasy author and an Air Force veteran. His novel from TOR, Graveyard Shift, an urban fantasy about an immortal pharaoh out to stop an ancient vampire conspiracy in modern-day Miami, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. His Warhammer 40,000 stories are currently available from …
PROJECT SALAMANDER paperbacks at Writers Cantina!
For sale at the registration desk: paperback copies of Project Salamander, the round-robin novella written last year to benefit the Cantina! Stranded in Salt Lake City by bad weather, attorney Owen Vail goes to sleep in the Airport Hilton. He wakes up in a different room. In a different city. In a different body. Swept …
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No, seriously, how do I get in?
A note for y’all on the facility, the Utah Cultural Celebration Center: Those of you who attended last year remember that we entered the upper level on the west side (right about where the pin is on the photo below) and crossed a big empty hall to the stairs to the lower level where Writers …
Alumni Alerts: Catalyst (Jack Bishop Series Book 3) by Steve Diamond
Spotlighting new work by past and current presenters. Up today: Alumni Alerts: Catalyst (Jack Bishop Series Book 3) by Steve Diamond In a world on the brink of annihilation, Jack Bishop’s absence has been a haunting mystery. Imprisoned and subjected to sinister experiments, he battles to survive while the very world teeters on the precipice …
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Presenter spotlight: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young …