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Reading by Donna J.W. Munro
Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 6:30pm CST
Speakers 
Donna J. W. Munro teaches high schoolers the slippery truths of government and history at her day job. Her students are her greatest inspiration. She lives with five cats, a cute curly-haired dog, a fur-covered husband, a sassy septuagenarian Mama, and an encyclopedia son. Her daughter...
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Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 6:30pm CST
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8:00pm CST
How to Find & Sell Artwork at Art Shows & Conventions
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Moderators 
Ryan Francis is a multi-talented cartoonist and animator who likes to draw animals with swords.After spending time in college learning to draw for money, Ryan tackles the day to day arrangements of projects, commissions, and ventures where he must draw like a mad lad.
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
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9:00pm CST
10:00am CST
Using AI in Your Writing
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
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Special Guest, Bill Fawcett & Associates
President, Noumena Corp
I'm a techie nerd. Unix/Linux user since the early '80s and programmer since the early '70s. I also write filks, humorous fiction (Well, I think it's humorous), and play guitar. My renewed interest in writing fiction led me to studying how to write well which led to Editomat (www.editomat.com...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
Ogden
11:00am CST
Classic SF Topics
Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
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I am a SF/fantasy writer with three books currently in print; two novels and one collection of short stories.I
Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Hi!I'm Tamara (rhymes with camera).I'm just a reader who loves to gab about scifi/fantasy stuff.
Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
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12:00pm CST
Reading by Sue Burke
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
Speakers 
Sue Burke’s most recent science fiction novel is Usurpation, published on October 29, the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Semiosis and Interference. She began writing professionally as a teenager, working for newspapers and magazines as a reporter and editor, and began...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm CST
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1:00pm CST
Reading by Karen Herkes
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
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Author, Dawnrigger Publishing
I write books, tell tales, and generally spin stories in as many ways as I can. I also like to sing but not on stage, dance but rarely when anyone is watching, and take many pictures of my cat.
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Ogden
1:30pm CST
Reading by Lanny Waitsman
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST
Speakers
I am a SF/fantasy writer with three books currently in print; two novels and one collection of short stories.I
Saturday November 9, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST
Ogden
2:00pm CST
Screenwriting
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Moderators 
(Foreign) Correspondent, File770.com
Chris M. Barkley is a fan activist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been active in sf fandom for over 47 years and has attended over 200 conventions, including 31 World Science Fiction Conventions.He has also been a Convention Chair (Cinclave in 1986) a radio talk show host and producer...
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Author, Science Fiction You Can Enjoy
My aim is to write science fiction you can enjoy. So far that's manifested as what I call Light Space Opera. Imagine Starship Troopers, hijacked by Monty Python, or space opera as produced by Gilbert and Sullivan, while bankrolled and bullied by Flo Ziegfeld. Additional links:Ray's...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Ogden
3:00pm CST
Reading by Steven Silver
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Speakers 
Steven H Silver is a twenty-time Hugo Award nominee and was the editor and publisher of ISFiC Press for 8 years. He has also edited books for DAW, NESFA Press, and ZNB Books. He began publishing short fiction in 2008, his most recently published story is "Initial Engagement...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Ogden
3:30pm CST
Reading by Malda Marlys
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm CST
Speakers
Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm CST
Ogden
4:00pm CST
Reading by Richard Chwedyk
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:30pm CST
Speakers 
Writer, Teacher
Nebula winner; Hugo, Sturgeon and Rhysling award nominee. Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago, where I've taught Science Fiction Writing, Fantasy Writing, Science Fiction, and Tolkien, among other courses. I've been involved in convention writing workshops...
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Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:30pm CST
Ogden
4:30pm CST
7:00pm CST
How To Write a Self-Published Comic
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Speakers
Ryan Francis is a multi-talented cartoonist and animator who likes to draw animals with swords.After spending time in college learning to draw for money, Ryan tackles the day to day arrangements of projects, commissions, and ventures where he must draw like a mad lad.
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Ogden
8:00pm CST
9:00pm CST
Getting Started & Building a Career as an Independent Comic Artist
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Speakers
Ryan Francis is a multi-talented cartoonist and animator who likes to draw animals with swords.After spending time in college learning to draw for money, Ryan tackles the day to day arrangements of projects, commissions, and ventures where he must draw like a mad lad.
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Ogden
2:00pm CST
Research in the Internet Age
Sunday November 10, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
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Speakers
Author, Science Fiction You Can Enjoy
My aim is to write science fiction you can enjoy. So far that's manifested as what I call Light Space Opera. Imagine Starship Troopers, hijacked by Monty Python, or space opera as produced by Gilbert and Sullivan, while bankrolled and bullied by Flo Ziegfeld. Additional links:Ray's...
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GOH; Professor, Astronomer
Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way – all three books of his Pirate Series are set on Mars. Chris lives in the Chicago suburbs and still has a day job in IT. He holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern...
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Sunday November 10, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
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