We’ve had some discussions, tossed around a few ideas and here is the next list of possible panels. Feel free to comment, add your own suggestions and if you’re coming, and there’s a panel you just have to be on, let me know. Note that Conflux will have a maximum of four people on a panel, and we want to try to limit people to three or four appearances at the convention, so there are lots of different views shared.
Welcome to the con – how to get the most out of the experience
Where to start – the must-reads
Writing the tie-ins – novels from series
Moving on from mobiles – where to next for technology
Filking 101 – the secret of the great song
Cultural tales – writing ethnicities into your work
What people want – spec fic booksellers tell all
Flying fire – dragons in literature and story
Fans v.2 – how do we grow fandom
Clarion revisted – do structured writing workshops work
AAAARRRRGGGHHHH! – the worst SF and Fantasy in history
Blinded by science – the state of psychological sci fi
Pilots with pms – women in sci fi
Blowing the ship with one shot – fiction of science fiction battles
Levels 1 to 10 – the role of gaming in developing the genre
How to find a hero – avoiding the king-hidden-as-shepherd type clichés
Beach balls and strobes – cheap but effective special effects
It came in a dream – how to generate story ideas
Writing for the end of the world – environmental sci fi
Returning to the world – when you have to go back.
It’s great – the art of the review
Type and photocopy – creating a fanzine
Scary or weird – what is horror
10 things beginning writers get wrong
Prayer and prophet – creating an authentic fictional religion
Keep the hero going – just what does he/she need to reach the end of the story? Looking at food, sleep and so on
Writing disciplines – the impacts of other styles of writing
The dead body – how to kill someone
Young adult fiction – is it real or just marketing
Blogs – the new community
What is fear and what is evil
Gothic romance – the genre
Literature vs film – where does horror belong
What makes a good villain in story and real life
Scientification – the history of fandom
Dr Who – the fans talk
Beasts of Burden – moving around in literature
Space opera – did it ever die
Love, crime and spells – cross-genre work
Scrolling through the story – past, present and future of webpublishing
Cons – why do it
Making you squirm – horror writers read their work
It’s over – what we think of Harry Potter
Authors blogs – good pr or a waste of time
Take me to your leader – who the aliens should talk to
Original versus derived – spec fic movies
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