At the 2pm presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real proposals for nonfiction books, submitted anonymously by conference attendees. They will give their reactions to what they are reading, both positive …
Exactly what it says on the tin. We’ll have a big table (or multiple tables, as needed) where you can drop off your unwanted paperbacks and pick up new hits of that sweet sweet reading habit. Just don’t take more books than you leave. (On the honor system. Don’t be an ass.)
Want to see what’s on the menu at Writers Cantina? The first-look schedule is now posted! (The order may yet change, but the subjects and participants are pretty much set.)
Craig Nybo writes and composes novels, musicals, and boardgames. His novels include Dead Girl, Bieber’s Finger, The Pan-Galactic Promshow, and Small Town Monsters. His musicals include Space Funk: A Science Fiction Funk Opera, and Tesla V Cthulhu: A Musical. As a game developer, Craig has produced Shoot Your Friends, CHOPS, and Rites of Cthulhu. Craig …
Jay Barnson is the author of the Blood Creek Saga, the Vanished series, and dozens of published short stories and articles. He’s a former (or lapsed?) video game developer based in the Salt Lake City area. By day, he creates Virtual Reality-based training simulators, and by night he writes imaginary worlds. It’s questionable if he …
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 …
Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with first entry Monster Hunter International, as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with first entry Hard Magic, and epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with first entry Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun …
Jana S. Brown entered the world of publishing in the mid-90s and has never looked back. She’s worked as a fiction writer, technical writer, editor, presenter, author coach, and a host of other positions. In the last several years, she’s assisted in the creation of bestselling and award-winning novels in the self-publishing space as well …
D.L Campanile writes both fantasy and science fiction, and reads just about anything she can get her hands on. She loves history, dragons, spaceships, magic, thrillers, computers, politics, humor, and psi powers – and sometimes mixes them all up in pretty strange ways. In her day job, she’s been an accountant for over 20 years, …
J.C. Chambers III writes about heroic characters doing heroic things in intricate fantasy & science-fiction worlds. He believes that fictional worlds should inspire wonder, that action should be bombastic, and that romance should give you diabetes from the overwhelming sweetness. In addition to dreaming up over-the-top fantasy novels, J.C. passes the time as a professional …