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Thursday, May 18 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Get snapshot talks on a variety of subjects. Each talk is five minutes long and geared toward jumpstarting your brain.

The tech stack and workflow of Fireside magazine - Pablo Defendini 
Introducing Yourself, and Others, at Cons - K.M. Szpara 
The Dark Side Has Bright Stars - Diane Turnshek
Romance Story Structure - Shanna Swendson 
Search and Rescue Dogs - Ken Chiacchia  
The Difference between Middle Grade and YA lit - Jessi Cole Jackson
Arthur C. Clarke called it - Bishop O'Connell 
Grantwriting - Sally Wiener Grotta 
Grab 'Em By the Taglines: Tips for Writing Engaging Cover Copy - Nancy Lambert 
Units of Measurement - David D. Levine 
Moderators
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Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut series and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories and Ghost Talkers. She’s the president of SFWA, a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer... Read More →

Speakers
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Kenneth Chiacchia

Senior Science Writer, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Ken Chiacchia’s bio reads like a random sampling of events from different people’s lives. A defrocked biochemist, he has since been a public relations writer, freelance newspaper reporter, science fiction author, EMT, search-and-rescue dog handler and search manager, firefighter... Read More →
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Pablo Defendini

Publisher, Fireside Fiction Company
Pablo Defendini is a designer and developer for hire. He works with clients that sit in the overlap between publishing and technology. In addition to his design and development consultancy, Pablo runs Fireside Fiction Company, a small independent publisher.
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Sally Wiener Grotta

Author
Sally Wiener Grotta’s books include The Winter Boy (a Locus Magazine’s 2015 Recommended Read) and Jo Joe (a Jewish Book Council Network book). Her story "One Widow's Healing" was a 2019 Health Odyssey winner.Her hundreds of stories, columns and essays have appeared in scores of... Read More →
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Jessi Cole Jackson

Writer & Professional Theatrical Costumer
Jessi Cole Jackson lives in the prettiest part of New Jersey. By day she builds costumes for a Tony Award-winning theatre. By night she studies Children’s Literature at Hollins University. Somewhere in between, she writes. Her short fiction can be found in Hidden Youth: Speculative... Read More →
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N.R. (Nancy) Lambert

N.R. Lambert (she/her) is a speculative fiction author from New York City. Her stories appear or are forthcoming in Lightspeed, Vastarien, The Modern Deity's Guide to Surviving Humanity, PseudoPod, Lovecraft Mythos, Don’t Turn Out the Lights, and elsewhere. She’s also written... Read More →
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David D. Levine

David D. Levine is the author of novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016) and over fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story "Tk'Tk'Tk" won the Hugo, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF... Read More →
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Bishop OConnell

Writer, Harper Voyager
Bishop O'Connell is the author of the American Faerie Tale series, a consultant, writer, blogger, and lover of kilts and beer, as well as a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Born in Naples Italy while his father was stationed in Sardinia, Bishop grew up in... Read More →
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Shanna Swendson

Shanna Swendson earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas but decided it was more fun to make up the people she wrote about. She’s written a number of fantasy novels for teens and adults and spends her spare time on knitting and music.
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K. M. Szpara

Author
K.M. Szpara is a queer and trans author who lives in Baltimore, MD, with a tiny dog. Kellan's debut alt-/near-future novel, DOCILE (Spring 2020, Tor.com Publishing), explores the snowballing debt crisis, consent, and privilege, and can be described as "really gay". He is the author... Read More →
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Diane Turnshek

Carnegie Mellon University
Diane Turnshek is an astronomer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been on the Board of Directors for both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and Parsec, Pittsburgh’s premier science fiction organization. For nine years, she mentored graduate... Read More →

Thursday May 18, 2017 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Marquis A
  Expert Knowledge, Solo presentation

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