2016 Origins Game Fair Schedule

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Author, Editor, Media Tie-In Writer

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June 13, 2016

Here’s my Origins Game Fair Schedule. If I’m not here, I’m at my dealer’s table in the Author Library area. I’ll have copies of the Melissa Allen omnibus, the Karen Wilson Chronicles, Lost Tales, and more. Come say hello. Buy some books/ebooks. Get stuff signed. The usual. Don’t be shy.

All of the panels will be in the Origins University section, hosted by the Library.

Thursday, Jun 16
12 Noon – Where are We? (worldbuilding)
How do you create a believeable setting without having a degree in sociology, biology, or geography? Our panelists will tell you the ins and outs of making a fantasy or science fiction setting.

6pm – Story Hour (Reading from Never Let Me)
With Bryan Young

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Friday, Jun 17
1pm – Writing a Series
Writing one book is hard enough–what about three? Or ten? Listen to our panelists discuss how writing a trilogy or septology is different than stand-alone novels.

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Saturday, Jun 18
11am – Business of Publishing 101
Traditional publishing, self-publishing, and crowdsourcing all have their place in today’s industry. Our panelists tell you how it all works together to make a career.

2pm – Networking
Building relationships is crucial to an author’s success. This panel will teach you how to build a career through meeting people and cultivating relationships.

Origins Award Ceremony (because John says I have to go)

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Sunday, Jun 19
10am – Tales From the Slush Pile (Solo)
The slush piles are where dreams die. Or is it? An editor and author discusses the good, bad, and ugly in the slush pile, as well as what one can learn.

4pm – Break down dealer table

Meet Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of Never Let Me Sleep and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her YA tie-in novels, BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident and Shadowrun: Auditions, have both won Scribe Awards. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and multiple Hugo Awards. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer’s short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, Well World, and Predator.

Jennifer has been a full-time freelance author and editor for over seventeen years, and she has never been happier. She keeps a tight schedule on her writing and editing projects and somehow manages to find time to teach writing classes and volunteer for several professional writing organizations such as SFWA, HWA, and IAMTW. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas. Visit Jennifer’s worlds at jenniferbrozek.com or her social media accounts on LinkTree.

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