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12:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EST

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

1:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

2:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

3:00pm EST

Project Management Software In Publishing

Friday January 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST

Ballroom D-BIG TOP

Taking a title from manuscript (or idea) to the finished product requires more than an editor who polishes and enhances the story. Distributing the correct information to various channels can become cumbersome when relying on classic spreadsheet styles. Project management tools are plentiful in the market from custom software to free online organizers. How can strategies in project management help create a smoother product?

Moderators

Jason Sanford

Author

Jason Sanford is an award-winning author of short stories, essays, and articles. A two-time finalist for the Nebula Award, Jason has published more than a dozen stories in the British SF magazine Interzone, which also devoted a special issue to his fiction. He has also published numerous... Read More →

Speakers

Clif Flynt

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... Read More →

Katie Spina

Author, Awesome Authors Kids

Ms. Katie is an award-winning kidlit author who writes stories for kids where finding your fit means trusting in who you are. An avid reader, she loves all sorts of books across a wide spectrum. With a Bachelor's degree in Writing from the University of Michigan-Flint, she is a professional... Read More →

Ray Tabler

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... Read More →

Friday January 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
Ballroom D-BIG TOP Access via the Ballroom Assemble Hall.

Literature

3:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

4:00pm EST

Commas Are An Art, Not A Science (And Other Copyediting Notes)

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST

Ballroom C

Come and hear the wit and wisdom of professional copy-editors, who wish to sing you the song of well-placed commas and how they can contribute to your storytelling.

Moderators

Marie Vibbert

Author

Hugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s sad robots and working-class heroes have appeared in top magazines like Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, and been translated into Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese. Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long listed by the British Science... Read More →

Speakers

Katie Spina

Author, Awesome Authors Kids

Ursula Whitcher

Ursula Whitcher is a writer, mathematician, and poet whose work has appeared in places including The Deadlands, Frivolous Comma, and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. A collection of linked short stories, North Continent Ribbon, is published by Neon Hemlock Press.

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST
Ballroom C Access via the Ballroom Assemble Hall.

Literature

4:00pm EST

Meet and Greet - Self Pub

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST

St. Clair

Come hang out with people passionate about Self Publishing

Speakers

Chris Bell

Managing Editor, Atthis Arts, LLC

Chris Bell (he/him) is Managing Editor for Detroit-based indie publisher Atthis Arts. With a particular fondness for speculative fiction, Atthis Arts strives to publish quality books that honor the authentic and artistic voice of authors while striving for social responsibility. An... Read More →

Steph Campbell

owner, TTRPGkids

Steph C (they/them) is the founder, owner, and writer for TTRPGkids.com, the 2023 ENNIE awarded resource for youth-related tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). They have written over 350 articles providing tips, game reviews, reading lists, and more, all focused on TTRPGs for kids and teens. Steph has self-published over 50 digital TTRPG titles for all-ages that focus on social-emotional... Read More →

Clif Flynt

President, Noumena Corp

Sarah Hans

Sarah Hans is an award-winning writer, editor, and teacher whose stories have appeared in more than 40 publications, including Apex Magazine, Love Letters to Poe, and Pseudopod. Her debut horror novel, Entomophobia, was released in 2022. You can read Sarah’s short stories in the... Read More →

BluRaven C. Houvener

BCH Comix

BluRaven C. Houvener is a Michigan based creator who specializes in both web and print comics, and Zines. He usually draws on his experiences growing up in the underground music scene alongside his father, and uses those experiences to craft out Slice of Life sagas with a psych stream... Read More →

Stephanie Lorée

Writer & Copy Editor

Born and still based in Ohio, Stephanie Lorée writes fantasy fiction and occasionally moonlights as a rock star. Her stories have appeared in places like Abyss & Apex and as tie-in fiction for the Pathfinder RPG. In 2013, she was a finalist for the Writers of the Future award... Read More →

Marsalis

Marsalis was born in 1989. He spent his childhood composing illustrated epics and giving lectures. At the age of 17, he published his first novel, March of the Libertines. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Marsalis published works in every literary style and genre... Read More →

Jason Sanford

Author

Wayland Smith

Author, Gamer, Fandom

Wayland Smith is the pen name for a native Texan who has lived in Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC, and presently makes his home in Virginia. His rather unlikely list of jobs includes private investigator, comic book shop owner, ring crew for a circus (then he ran away from... Read More →

Catherine Stein

Author, Catherine Stein

Award-winning author Catherine Stein believes that everyone deserves love and that Happily Ever After has the power to help, to heal, and to comfort. She writes sassy, sexy romance set during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Her books are full of action, adventure, magic, and fantastic... Read More →

Ray Tabler

Author, Science Fiction You Can Enjoy

Erin Lightfoot (writing as EC Wolfe)

Author

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST
St. Clair Located towards the back of the main floor, past the Sheraton lobby and restaurant

Literature

4:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

5:00pm EST

Self Esteem for Writers

Friday January 24, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EST

Ballroom C

Places to start and progress as we all navigate our feelings in the intersection between ourselves and our works.

Speakers

Christine Daigle

Christine Daigle is a multi-genre author whose latest release, Heavy Are The Stones, is a serial killer thriller co-authored with New York Times bestselling author J.D. Barker. She and Barker are also collaborating on a reboot of Flatliners, based on the original screenplay. Christine... Read More →

Marsalis

Jim C. Hines

Pro Guest

Jim C. Hines has been attending ConFusion for almost as long as he’s been writing. It’s one of his favorite cons, at least in the blizzard-free years.While he has written serious fiction on occasion, Jim is best known for more humorous fare, beginning with the Goblin Quest trilogy... Read More →

Stephanie Lorée

Writer & Copy Editor

Friday January 24, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EST
Ballroom C Access via the Ballroom Assemble Hall.

Literature

5:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

6:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 6:00pm - 6:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 6:00pm - 6:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

7:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 7:00pm - 7:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 7:00pm - 7:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

8:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 8:00pm - 8:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 8:00pm - 8:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

9:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 9:00pm - 9:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 9:00pm - 9:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat

10:00pm EST

Writers retreat

Friday January 24, 2025 10:00pm - 10:50pm EST

Manitou

This is an open space for Writers to brainstorm, workshop, or have some quiet space.

Friday January 24, 2025 10:00pm - 10:50pm EST
Manitou Located on 2nd floor, to the right as you exit the elevator or stairs.

Literature, Writers Retreat