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NORW ESCON 34 The Pacif ic Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Fantasy of the Mind Pocket Program & Event Description The Pacific Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Apri l 21 - 24, 2011 © Kinuko Y. Craft © Kinuko Y. Craft The Convention Committee Wishes to Welcome You to Norwescon 34! This pocket program contains information on the location and schedules for events and services that are available throughout the convention. For more information on these events, look in our Program Book or visit the information table located in the convention space lobby. Also remember to check out the Daily ’Zine for announcements and changes and updates to the programming schedule. Again, we, the Norwescon ConCom, hope you have a great time! POCK ET PROGR A M TEA M Publications Director Felice Nightengale Design & Layout Gayle MacArthur Editor Andrea Howe Programming SunnyJim Morgan TABLE OF CONTENTS Hours of Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Thursday Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Friday Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Autograph Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Saturday Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sunday Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Panel Listing by Subject. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Exhibiting Artists & Artists’ Alley Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Dealers & Lobby Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Video Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Where Things Are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Map 1st Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Map 2nd Floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Map Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Map 14th Floor—Maxi’s Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 HOURS OF OPERATION Art Auction (Grand Ballroom 2) Sunday 11:30 am – 2 pm Art Show (Grand Ballroom 1) Friday 10 am – 8 pm Saturday 10 am – 7 pm (Bidding closes Saturday at 7:00 pm) Sunday 10 am – 3 pm (Only open for direct sales) Artists’ Alley (hallways to wing 7 and wing 6) Thursday 4 – 6 pm Friday 9 am – 6 pm Saturday 9 am – 6 pm Sunday 10 am – 2 pm Cloak Room & Lost and Found (7101) Thursday Noon – Sunday 6 pm Convention Office (7106) Thursday 9 am – 10 pm Friday 9 am – 10 pm Saturday 9 am – 10 pm Sunday 9 am – 3 pm Gaming, Scheduled (Cascade 11/12) Thursday 1 pm - 1 am Friday 9 am – 1 am Saturday 9 am – 1 am Sunday 9 am – 4 pm Gaming, Open (Rotunda 1 and 2) Thursday 1 pm – 6 am Friday 8 am – 6 am Saturday 8 am – 6 am Sunday 8 am – 4 pm Hospitality (Olympic 3) Thursday Noon – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Friday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Saturday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Sunday 9 am – 4 pm Registration (lobby) Thursday Noon – 10 pm Friday 9 am – 10 pm Saturday 9 am – 10 pm Sunday 9 am – 5 pm SMACdown Arcade (7110) Convention Security Available by calling 77108 from any house phone Thursday 3 pm – 1 am Friday 10 am – 1 am Saturday 10 am – 1 am Sunday 10 am – 2 pm Dealers’ Room (Northwest Ballrooms) Volunteer Lounge (Olympic 2) Thursday 4 – 8 pm Friday 11 am – 6 pm Saturday 11 am – 6 pm Sunday 11 am – 4 pm Thursday 3 – 10 pm Friday 9 am – 11 pm Saturday 9 am – 11 pm Sunday 9 am – Noon A7622 2 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 3 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING THURSDAY PROGRAMMING 12 noon 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Cascade 10 Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4 Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1&2 Evergreen 3&4 Movie: The Last Unicorn Baby Lounge Quiet Hour Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 Salon Presidential Suite 4 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 5 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Room 3 pm 3:30 pm 4 pm 4:30 pm Cascade 3 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING 5 pm Alma Alexander 5:30 pm Ted Butler 6 pm Jean Johnson 6:30 pm 7 pm Larry Lewis 8 pm Mike Shepherd Moscoe 8:30 pm Kevin Radthorne Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Fantastical Forgeless Armor & Props The New Nukes Next Door Flights of Victorian Fancy Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Biological Inspirations Series 5: Doctor Who Star Trek Universe Update Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Thursday Afternoon Poetry Comparative Religions Tips for Giving a Good Reading Does This Bustle Make My Butt Look Big? Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Making Your Futuristic Costume Finding Inspiration Organize Your Sewing Area Fan Fic/Fan Art: Where to Find It Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Gaming File 13 Sci-Fi Does Climate Change Best Board Games for Nongamers Theme: What’s the Real Story? Cascade 9 Low-Budget Special Effects 4 4 Low-Budget Special Effects Living Stage and SF/F Cascade 10 Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 4Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am 4 Cascade 13 Activism Through SF/F Writing & Art Clay-O-Rama 4 4Clay-O-Rama Evergreen 1&2 Opening Ceremonies Evergreen 3&4 Olympic 1 Baby Lounge Quiet Hour Magnificent Mosaics Origami Magic Steampunk Art Cascade 13 Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy? Evergreen 1&2 CRIME and the Forces of Evil Evergreen 3&4 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Banquet4 Grand Ballroom 2 4Banquet Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Cascade 11 & 12 4Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Norwescon Dance Academy Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 2 Salon Salon Presidential Suite Presidential Suite 6 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 7 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING 9 pm Cascade 3 Friends of Bill W. Cascade 4 Geriatric Batman LARP: Put Live Action Into Your Gaming Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Alien Biology How the ’Net Changed the Dating Scene Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Dementors, Specters, and Nazgul, Oh My! Arsenic and Old Lakes Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Fantastic Fantasy Females Zombie Rules Cascade 9 Best of Steampunk Not Just for White Boys Anymore Cascade 10 10 pm THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Room 11 pm 12 midnight 1 am Room Cascade 3 I Could Do Better Than That Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Let’s Make a Movie: Intro! Cascade 11 & 12 2 am Cascade 10 4Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am4 Cascade 13 Artists’ Jam Evergreen 1&2 Government of the Fen, by the Fen Evergreen 3&4 Electric Children Cascade 11 & 12 Swashbuckling Adventures Andrew Ross Cascade 13 Open Filk4 Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke Evergreen 1&2 4Open Filk Evergreen 3&4 U1797 Olympic 1 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Lazer Tag4 Grand Ballroom 3 Thursday Night Hoedown4 Grand Ballroom 2 4Lazer Tag 4Thursday Night Hoedown Maxi’s Ballroom Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Rotunda 1 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 2 Salon Salon Presidential Suite Presidential Suite 8 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 9 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Scheduled Gaming 1 pm-1 am Cascade 11 & 12 Come and see what we’re playing and sign up for a game or two! Thursday Movie Matinee: The Last Unicorn 1-2:30 pm Olympic 1 LouAnna Valentine SMACdown Arcade 1 pm-1 am 7110 Retro video game arcade hosted by SMACdown, a local club that collects video games. Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, Dave Okert Open Gaming 1 pm-6 am Rotunda 1 & 2 Tables for convention members to sit down with old (or new) friends and play. No sign-up sheet required. Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour 2:30 pm Olympic 1 Unmonitored room for parents and infants Magnificent Mosaics 3:30 pm Olympic 1 “Paint” stained-glass-like pictures with a variety of colored tissue paper, beads and other materials. Kim Poua Thursday Afternoon Poetry for People Who Don’t Do Poetry 4 pm Cascade 7 Participatory poetry session Mike Brennan, Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix 10 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Making Your Futuristic Costume Truly Futuristic 4 pm Cascade 8 Let’s see if we can group design a really realistic future look. Janet Borkowski, Cherie Lovell, Garth Stubbs, Richard Stephens Gaming File 13 4 pm Cascade 9 The best ideas you haven’t been able to use. Eric Cagle, Dustin J Gross, Randall N. Bills Activism Through SF/Fantasy Writing and Art 4 pm Cascade 13 Can art change the world? Larry Lewis, Anina Bennett, Wayfarer’s Moon, Paul Guinan Norwescon Dance Academy 4-6 pm Maxi’s Ballroom Learn the steps to the favorite songs of fandom. Dan Murphy, Laurie Reynolds Origami Magic 4:30 pm Olympic 1 The ancient technique of folding paper Kim Poua Alma Alexander Reads From Her New Work 5 pm Cascade 3 Alma Alexander Fantastical Forgeless Armor & Props 5 pm Cascade 4 Learn how to create body armor using a variety of materials and techniques. Melissa Quinn, Douglas Herring, Molly Boone, Ieva Ohaks THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Biological Inspirations for SF 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Mining biology for story ideas Pat MacEwen, Eva Carlstrom, Annie Morton, Janet Freeman Comparative Religions: Past, Present, Future and Fictional 5 pm Cascade 7 A respectful discussion of faith, fandom and genre fiction Rev. Matthew Smith, Beth Runnerwolf, MC-3PO, Rachael Kenoyer Finding Inspiration 5 pm Cascade 8 How to develop ideas and create compelling subject matter, and what to do when you find yourself stuck Liv Rainey-Smith, Todd Lockwood, Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos Science Fiction Does Climate Change 5 pm Cascade 9 We’ll discuss SF’s take on a warming world. Mary Rosenblum, Gregory Gadow, J.M. Sidorova, Michael Alexander Low-Budget Special Effects 5-7 pm Cascade 10 In lieu of a huge budget, here is a collection of cheaper special effects. Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell, Ryan K. Johnson Clay-O-Rama 5-7 pm Cascade 13 Come sculpt monsters out of Play-Doh and pit them against each other in mortal combat. Betty Bigelow Banquet 5-7 pm Grand 2 Ted Butler Reads Endeavour Great Circle Ship 5:30 pm Cascade 3 Adventure sci-fi Ted Butler Jean Johnson Reads Theirs Not to Reason Why: An Officer’s Duty 6 pm Cascade 3 Book 2 in a futuristic military sciencefiction series Jean Johnson The New Nukes Next Door 6 pm Cascade 4 Nuclear power is making a comeback worldwide. What might happen in the near future? Carlton Rhoades, Mike Brennan, G. David Nordley Series Five: Radical or Traditional Doctor Who? 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Has Doctor Who returned to its more classic roots or is it breaking new ground? Chris Nilsson, J. Spyder Isaacson, Katharine Bond, Erik Owomoyela Tips for Writers on Giving a Good Reading 6 pm Cascade 7 Mary Robinette Kowal Organize Your Sewing Area 6 pm Cascade 8 Tips and ideas for making your sewing area more useful and enjoyable to work in. Anita Taylor, Molly Boone, Lori Edwards NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 11 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Best Board Games for Nongamers 6 pm Cascade 9 Our board game experts will show you a variety of the best “entry” games for beginners. Matt Hammond, Julie Haehn, Jeremy Holcomb Larry Lewis Reads Blender 6:30 pm Cascade 3 Graphic novel Larry Lewis Opening Ceremonies 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Richard Stephens Mike Shepherd Moscoe Reads Kris Longknife Redoubtable 8 pm Cascade 3 Space opera Mike Shepherd Moscoe Flights of Victorian Fancy 8 pm Cascade 4 How did people fly or how could they have flown during the Victorian Era? Matthew “Fish” Dockrey, Carlton Rhoades The Star Trek Universe Update 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Update on the forthcoming Star Trek film Darry Willis, Douglas Herring, Erik Owomoyela 12 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Does This Bustle Make My Butt Look Big? 8 pm Cascade 7 An essential primer on bustles and other structural underpinnings Anita Taylor, Bethany Roullett, Margo Loes, Lori Edwards Fan Fiction/Fan Art: Where to Find It, Where to Post It 8 pm Cascade 8 A listing of where some of the best fan fiction and fan art can be found. Fireflavored, Cassie Black, Cheryl Dyson, Micole Rose Theme: What’s the Real Story? 8 pm Cascade 9 What’s your story really about? Mary Rosenblum, Felicity Shoulders, Christopher Bodan Is the Living Stage Any Place for Science Fiction/Fantasy? 8 pm Cascade 10 Can you take your idea and put it on a stage? G.Robin Smith, G. David Nordley, J. Spyder Isaacson Steampunk Art 8 pm Cascade 13 Come meet some artists to see how they use steampunk influences and styles in their artwork. Diana Vick, Claire Hummel, Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy? Which Is It? 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Is there a common element between the two genres that makes their combination work so effectively? Kat Richardson, Shannon K. Butcher, Jim Butcher, Jean Johnson Fantastic Fantasy Females 9 pm Cascade 8 Is fantasy the new vanguard of feminist politics? Jean Johnson, Liz Argall, Kim Ritchie, J A Pitts, Julie McGalliard CRIME and the Forces of Evil in Concert 8 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Rage-driven acoustic elfmetal! Dara Korra’ti, Angela Korra’ti The Best of Steampunk Then and Now 9 pm Cascade 9 What are the steampunk classics, and what new fiction is driving it forward? Eileen Gunn, Mark Teppo, Diana Vick, Lou Anders, Claire Hummel Kevin Radthorne Reads The Pool of Shikama 8:30 pm Cascade 3 Excerpt from my latest novel Kevin Radthorne Let’s Make a Movie: Intro! 9-11 pm Cascade 10 It’s our 12th anniversary! Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3 Artists’ Jam 9 pm Cascade 13 Hang out with other artists, show your sketchbooks and work on art together. Liv Rainey-Smith, Alan M. Clark, John R. Gray III, John P. Alexander, Rob Carlos, Mike Vaillancourt Geriatric Batman 9 pm Cascade 4 Big-name superheroes continue to be rewritten and resurrected with little or no long-term change. Ashley Cook, Matt Youngmark, Nathan Crowder, Wayfarer’s Moon, Andrew Dolbeck Alien Biology 9 pm Cascade 5 & 6 How would alien bodies operate? Pat MacEwen, Jim Kling, Dr. Ricky, Annie Morton Government of the Fen, by the Fen, for the Fen . . . 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Help our panel write the constitution that you would be willing to take into space. Mike Brennan; Susan R. Matthews; David Nasset, Sr. Dementors, Specters, and Nazgul, Oh My! 9 pm Cascade 7 Re-creating media horrors Garth Stubbs, Margo Loes, Richard Stephens, Lori Edwards Electric Children in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 8-bit electro house from Seattle Chiptune veteran Jack Waterman Electric Children NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 13 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Lazer Tag 9 pm-1 am Grand 2 Lazer Tag is a live action, NONCONTACT sport. Scott Perrin, Elizabeth Fellows Thursday Night Hoedown 9 pm-2 am Grand 3 This ain’t your parents’ square dance! MC300baud LARP: How to Put Live Action Into Your Gaming 10 pm Cascade 4 Find out how to be “in” the game when you play. Tara Coomes, The Camarilla How the ’Net Changed the Dating Scene 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Share your experiences with online dating, and discuss the relationship sites out there. Judith Herman, C0splay, Eva Carlstrom Arsenic and Old Lakes 10 pm Cascade 7 Do recent NASA findings increase the chances of life’s existing elsewhere? Joel Davis, Annie Morton, Arthur Bozlee Zombie Rules 10 pm Cascade 8 Should there be one type of zombie in movies and TV? Steve Holetz, Mark Rahner, John R. Gray III, Alden Bell (Joshua Gaylord) THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Not Just for White Boys Anymore: Beyond Stereotypes 10 pm Cascade 9 Can adventure gaming change with the times? Donna Prior, Julie Haehn, Ogre Whiteside, SatyrPhil Brucato Swashbuckling Adventures 10 pm Cascade 13 If you can’t be a pirate, you can always look like one. Richard Stephens, Molly Boone, Victoria Shaffer Andrew Ross in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 A can of worms filled with Pandora’s boxes Andrew Ross I Could Do Better Than That . . . 11 pm Cascade 8 Our attempt to generate the better blockbuster R.L. McSterlingthong, Judith Herman, Eytan Kollin Open Filk 11 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4 Informal, come-as-you-are music performance Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2 Barry Bloch © Kinuko Y. Craft 14 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 15 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Room 9 am 10 am Michael Alexander Cascade 3 Cascade 4 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING 10:30 am 11 am Roberta Gregory S. A. Bolich 11:30 am Alan Clark 12 noon Brenda Nathan Cooper Crowder 1 pm James Knapp Dani Kollin 2 pm Ted Kosmatka Nancy Kress Room Cascade 3 When Writing Doesn’t Pay Write a Story in an Hour4 4Write a Story in an Hour Web Comics Importance of a Beta Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing Making up Science Year’s Best SF & F 2010 Where Do We Go First? Convergent Evolution . . . in Space! Fantasy in Comics Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto Playing With History Fandom in Daily Life Ethics in Medical Research LGBTQI in SF/F & Fandom The Drone of Remotely Piloted Vehicles Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Century’s Best SF/F Movie Costumes Japanese Clothing Game Publishing Goes Digital Goth on a Budget Costuming for Kids Tron Tailoring Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Are AIs People Too? Game Mechanics Outline a Novel in 90 Minutes4 4Outline a Novel in 90 Minutes Voice and Vernacular The Grognard Movement Cascade 9 Fringe: Paranormal Investigations History of Fantastic Art Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It! Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1&2 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 11 & 12 Mask-Making Workshop4 4Mask-Making Workshop Science-Fiction Shakespeare Block Printing Demo Cascade 13 Filk 101 Space Opera Sing-Along Fiction of Patricia A. McKillip Can We Change the World Through SF? Evergreen 1&2 Computers in the Cloud Marketing for Writers Grrrl Gamers! Kickassitude Evergreen 3&4 Kids Filk Olympic 1 The Business of Art Evergreen 3&4 Censorship and the Media Cascade 10 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 1 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Ship! . . . Island! Hobbit Country Dancing Grand Ballroom 3 Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft Maxi’s Ballroom Grand Ballroom 2 Movie Previews Grand Ballroom 3 Norwescon Dance Academy Maxi’s Ballroom Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am 4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 8 am - 3:30 pm 4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 3:30 pm 4 Rotunda 2 Stargate Scavenger Hunt Salon Teddy Bear Picnic Presidential Suite Salon Presidential Suite 16 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Scavenger Hunt NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 17 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Room 3 pm Cascade 3 Stina Leicht 3:30 pm Edward Martin 4 pm Darragh Metzger 4:30 pm G. David Nordley FRIDAY PROGRAMMING 5 pm 5:30 pm Ann Prather Ken Scholes 6 pm Lizzy Shannon 6:30 pm Jack Skillingstead 7 pm G. Robin Smith 7:30 pm Christine Winters 8 pm 8:30 pm Keffy R. M. pir8fancier Kehrli Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Neuroscience & Neuroplasticity New Shared-World Anthologies Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi Flirting 101 Scary Comics Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Disability in Science Fiction & Real Life Intro to Armor World Building Your Fantasy Polyamory 101 Comic Adaptations Gamers Need Love Too! Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Visions of PK Dick Axes of Identity Art of the Mashup Scholarship: Documentation vs. Re-Creation Cascade 7 Cascade 8 A Day in the Life Poly Parenting Threads of Time Dieselpunk & Retro Futurism Science of Magic Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Editing the Novel Getting Your Game Made The Year in Board and Card Games Ask the Game Masters Talebones Live Cascade 9 Cascade 10 Mars: What We’ve Learned Designing the Future With Science Fiction XPRIZE: Oil Cleanup History of the X-Men XCOR Presentation Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Script Reading: Star Wars 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 13 Rectangular Construction Modern Wizards Beyond the Book Cover Evergreen 1&2 The Science Behind SF & the Supernatural Writing for Computer Games Take It on the Road Evergreen 3&4 How to Survive a Zombie Invasion Coolest Alternative Energy Ideas Supernatural Seattle Cool Summer Movie Stuff! Olympic 1 Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour Quarter-Century-Old Horror Cascade 11 & 12 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Collage Painting Demo Trashed Future Pre-masquerade Meeting Cavalier Chivalry Floozies, Soiled Doves & Ladies of the Evening Cascade 13 Pondside Leannan Sidhe Evergreen 1&2 Interview and Q&A With Marie D. Jones Charismatic Mega Catastrophes Evergreen 3&4 The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery 101 Art Show Tour: Todd Lockwood Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Grand 1 Artist Show Lazer Tag Grand Ballroom 3 Grand Ballroom 2 PK Dick Awards Ghostology 101 Museum of Legends and Lore Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Maxi’s Ballroom 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 Salon Open Gaming 8 am-3:30 pm 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Space Dominators Green Screen Film Opportunity4 Cascadia’s Got Talent! Presidential Suite 18 Olympic 1 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Single Pattern Contest Judging4 4Space Dominators Green Screen Film Opportunity 4Single Pattern Contest Judging Like Water for Quarks Book Launch Rotunda 1 Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 Salon Presidential Suite NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 19 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Room 9 pm 10 pm Cascade 3 Friends of Bill W. J A Pitts Cascade 4 Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading Alternative Scene Etiquette Cascade 5&6 The State of SyFy Remaking Classic Films Intro to Seattle SexPositive Culture Cascade 7 Deconstructing the Superhero HIV: Then and Now SEX! How to Write Smutfic Cascade 8 Shadow of the Vampire Tim Burton’s Wonderland Cascade 9 Hey, <Series> Would Make a Great Game! Dude, Seriously, WTF? Cascade 10 Fictional Linguistics Geek Geek . . .: Authors & Cover Artists Cascade 11 & 12 10:30 pm Judith Herman 11 pm SatyrPhil Brucato 11:30 pm Video Game Art Evergreen 1&2 Aislinn the Bard Starlight Evergreen 3&4 Postapocalypse Now Transgender Characters in Spec Fiction 1 am 2 am Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Victorian Sex Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Has Hollywood Sucked Vampires Dry? Cascade 9 Cascade 10 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 13 12 midnight Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Open Filk4 Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show Evergreen 1&2 4Open Filk Evergreen 3&4 Stitch & Bitch Olympic 1 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Fannish Fetish Fashion Show Setup Carnivale de Stardance4 4Carnivale de Stardance Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Camarilla LARP 9 pm - 2 am4 Maxi’s Ballroom Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 4Camarilla LARP 9 pm - 2 am Salon Salon Presidential Suite Presidential Suite 20 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 21 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Open Gaming 8 am-6 am Rotunda 1 & 2 The Rotunda tables are available for members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis. Pro Roy Michael Alexander Reads Come Again Some Other Day 10 am Cascade 3 An unorthodox solution to global warming Michael Alexander FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It! 10 am-Noon Cascade 10 We go over the plan, figure out the gear, work up a story, write the script and plan the shoot. Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell Write a Story in an Hour 11 am-1 pm Cascade 4 Attendees will be given time to write a story based on prompts provided. Cheryl Dyson, Fireflavored, Micole Rose The Year’s Best SF and F in 2010 11 am Cascade 5 & 6 What books and stories were on the cutting edge this year? Cat Rambo, Nancy Kress, Lou Anders, Nick Mamatas, Gordon Van Gelder Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing 9 am Cascade 5 & 6 What makes it a book you can’t put down? Mike Shepherd Moscoe, Liz Argall, G. David Nordley When Writing Doesn’t Pay 10 am Cascade 4 What happens when people don’t want to pay for content? Nancy Kress, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jack Skillingstead, pir8fancier, Rose O’Keefe I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto 9 am Cascade 7 Time lag in communications over interstellar distances Joel Davis, Sean Hagle, Russell D. Campbell, Jeff Brown Making up the Science in Science Fiction 10 am Cascade 5 & 6 How do you go about making up science? Amy Thomson, Jim Kling, Dr. Ricky, John Lawler Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 1 10-11:30 am Olympic 1 Constructing the heads of our puppets with balloons and papier-mâché Kim Poua Fandom in Daily Life 11 am Cascade 7 Do you express your fannishness in daily life? Share how you show your fannish colors. Shannon Flowers, MC-3PO, C0splay, Dierdre Phoenix The Century’s Best Science-Fiction and Fantasy Movie Costumes 9 am Cascade 8 Julie Zetterberg, Garth Stubbs, Bethany Roullett, Cherie Lovell Playing With Medieval History 10 am Cascade 7 Alternate timelines, quantum universes or just plain-old time machines Darragh Metzger, Cymbric Early-Smith, Bryan Hawkins SMACdown Arcade 10 am-1 am 7110 Members of Seattle Area Metro Collectors present a full-fledged video game arcade here at Norwescon. Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, Dave Okert Game Publishing Goes Digital 11 am Cascade 8 What does this mean for the future of the gaming industry? What does it mean for your local gaming store? Ogre Whiteside, Dustin J Gross, Jeremy Holcomb, Sean K Reynolds S. A. Bolich Reads An Infinity of Moments 10:30 am Cascade 3 Near-future SF: an immortal addicted to death tries to discover a reason for her existence. S. A. Bolich Outline a Novel in an Hour and a Half 11 am-1 pm Cascade 9 At the end of the session, you’ll be ready to start writing your book! Mark Teppo Are AIs People Too? 9 am Cascade 9 When does artificial intelligence become a person? Kurt Cagle, Brian David Johnson, Jordan Lapp, Ted Chaing Scheduled Gaming 9 am-1 am Cascade 11 & 12 The first full day of the con is packed with games! Stop in to see what we’ve added. Kathi Pickett 22 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Japanese Clothing: Kimono and Beyond 10 am Cascade 8 An exploration of Japanese garments Deborah Strub, Melissa Quinn, Katrina Marier, Richard Stephens How Game Mechanics Cross Platforms 10 am Cascade 9 How games share characteristics despite their different platforms Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Rodney Thompson, Jeff Grubb, Andy Megowan The Business of Art 10 am Evergreen 1 & 2 There’s more than talent to making a living as an artist. Tiffany Toland, Kinuko Y. Craft, John R. Gray III, Wayfarer’s Moon Roberta Gregory Reads Mother Mountain 11 am Cascade 3 Four-book series in progress Roberta Gregory Mask Making 11 am-1 pm Cascade 13 For all ages, materials provided Vicki Glover, Kate McClure, Shannon Flint, Orchid NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 23 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Filk 101 11 am Evergreen 1 & 2 Wait, what? Filk? What the hell is this? Beth Runnerwolf; David Nasset, Sr.; Karen Rall; Creede Lambard Computers in the Cloud 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4 What is cloud computing? Kurt Cagle, Sean Hagle, Brian David Johnson, Carlton Rhoades Ship! . . . Island! 11 am Grand 2 An hour of running around and games Captain Black-Morgan Dark Urban Fantasy and Horror 11 am Grand 3 Where and what is the borderline between urban fantasy and horror? Kat Richardson, Jim Butcher, Rhiannon Held, Julie McGalliard Alan M. Clark Reads Boneyard Babies 11:30 am Cascade 3 Just-released fiction collection, bizarro, horror, fantasy Alan M. Clark Brenda Cooper Reads Mayan December Noon Cascade 3 Novel coming out in 2011 Brenda Cooper Where Do We Go First? Noon Cascade 5 & 6 Where do we look for resources in space? Joel Davis, Arthur Bozlee, Carlton Rhoades, Greg Paddock 24 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Ethics in Medical Research Noon Cascade 7 Ethical review boards and community advisory boards—how they operate. Miki Garrison, Gregory Gadow, Nancy Kress Goth on a Budget Noon Cascade 8 How not to break the bank to look great Misty Marshall, Tamera Mickelson, Bryan Lovely Fringe: Paranormal Investigations in SF Television Noon Cascade 10 Why the investigation format works so well and which series and episodes did it best Chris Nilsson, Durlyn, Marie D. Jones, Jeff Davis Space Opera Sing-Along Noon Evergreen 1 & 2 Come and sing songs about space the old-fashioned way. Beth Runnerwolf; Creede Lambard; David Nasset, Sr.; Karen Rall; Sunnie Larsen; Juliana McCorison; Stephanie L. Weippert Marketing for Writers Noon Evergreen 3 & 4 How do you market your work in this electronic age? Eileen Gunn, Rose O’Keefe, Lou Anders, Anina Bennett FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Hobbit Country Dancing Noon Grand 2 Come learn the latest dance of the season and flirt with other hobbits. Betty Bigelow The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft Noon Grand 3 Please join our Artist Guest of Honor, Kinuko Y. Craft, on a tour of her work. Kinuko Y. Craft Scavenger Hunt Noon Salon Grab your list, hear the rules and run amok through the con! Max Blaze Nathan Crowder Reads The Price of Cream 12:30 pm Cascade 3 Urban fantasy/fairy tale Nathan Crowder James Knapp Reads State of Decay 1 pm Cascade 3 PK Dick Nominee reads from his novel. James Knapp Web Comics 1 pm Cascade 4 Are they replacing newspaper comics as the preferred daily/weekly comic strip? Ashley Cook, Roberta Gregory, Stan!, SatyrPhil Brucato, Wayfarer’s Moon Convergent Evolution . . . in Space! 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Could life elsewhere bear a superficial resemblance to life forms on Earth? Jim Kling, Paul Dixon, David Stuart, G. David Nordley, Annie Morton LGBTQI in SF/F & Fandom 1 pm Cascade 7 Do science-fiction and fantasy authors have a responsibility to work outside gender norms? Rev. Matthew Smith, K.C. Ball, Larry Lewis, Jane “Jeliza” Patterson Costuming for Kids 1 pm Cascade 8 Let’s discuss how to make kids’ dreams come true with smart compromises. Wendy Prather, Katrina Marier, Bethany Roullett, Melissa Quinn, Cherie Lovell Voice and Vernacular 1 pm Cascade 9 How do you find the right voice for your character? Eileen Gunn, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Kat Richardson, Michael Alexander History of Fantastic Art 1 pm Cascade 10 Fantasy art movements and how they have influenced contemporary styles and content Mark Roland, Liv Rainey-Smith, Douglas Herring, John P. Alexander Science-Fiction Shakespeare 1 pm Cascade 13 Shakespeare’s plays as contemporary explorations of magic, psychology and fantasy G.Robin Smith, Spencer Ellsworth, Mark Bourne, Mary Robinette Kowal, Steven Barnes NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 25 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING The Fiction of Patricia A. McKillip 1 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Discussion of Patricia A. McKillip’s work with Q&A Liz Argall, Patricia A. McKillip, Leslie Howle, Kris Millering Grrrl Gamers! 1 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Our all-woman panel discusses women and gaming. Julie Haehn, Tamera Mickelson, Kate Marshall, Shannon Flowers Attack of the Movie Previews! 1-3 pm Grand 3 Join us for the latest previews, news and rumors out of Hollywood. Keith Johnson, Alan Halfhill Norwescon Dance Academy 1-3 pm Maxi’s Ballroom Learn the steps to the favorite songs of fandom. Dan Murphy, Laurie Reynolds Stargate Scavenger Hunt 1 pm Salon Get the rules and a checklist of chevrons Trent Lum Teddy Bear Picnic 1 pm Presidential Suite Bring your stuffed buddies to a picnic especially designed for both of you! Becky Citrak 26 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Dani Kollin Reads Confessions of a Vampire Knight in the Zombie Wars 1:30 pm Cascade 3 Dark fantasy Dani Kollin Ted Kosmatka Reads The Helix Game 2 pm Cascade 3 An excerpt from his forthcoming novel Ted Kosmatka Importance of a Beta and Where to Find One 2 pm Cascade 4 What’s the value of a good beta reader? Jean Johnson, Darry Willis (NurseDarry), Cassie Black, pir8fancier Fantasy in Comics 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6 The comics format has great potential for fantasy art and narrative. Wayfarer’s Moon, Bryan Syme, SatyrPhil Brucato, Charles “Zan” Christensen The Drone of Remotely Piloted Vehicles 2 pm Cascade 7 Unmanned aircraft have clearly become more important. Bart Kemper, Burt Webb, Brian David Johnson Tron Tailoring—LEDs and E-wire 2 pm Cascade 8 How to incorporate LED lights and e-wire into costumes Garth Stubbs, Melissa Quinn, Neil (Lights) Duttkin, Deborah Strub FRIDAY PROGRAMMING The Grognard Movement 2 pm Cascade 9 Are we experiencing a period of gaming nostalgia? Erik Mona, Bruce R. Cordell, Rodney Thompson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland Censorship and the Media 2 pm Cascade 10 Should everyone be limited in what they can view? Eric Mona, Sheye Anne Blaze, Frank Catalano, Eric Morgret Block Printing Demo and Workshop 2 pm Cascade 13 Come and watch as artists working on lino and wood blocks create their art. Liv Rainey-Smith, Larry Lewis, Mimi Noyes Can We Change the World Through Science Fiction? 2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 How deep of an impact can literature have on informing people’s thoughts and behavior? Leslie Howle, Michael Alexander, Brenda Cooper, Eileen Gunn, Todd Lockwood Urban Fantasy: “Kickassitude” 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 How important is this element to a good urban fantasy? Kat Richardson, Jack Skillingstead, M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Jim Butcher Kids Filk! 2 pm Olympic 1 Introductory participatory filk singing session for kids and young adults. Creede Lambard; Juliana McCorison; David Nasset, Sr. Nancy Kress Reads From Her Work 2:30 pm Cascade 3 Nancy Kress Stina Leicht Reads Of Blood and Honey 3 pm Cascade 3 Dark fantasy/1970s era Stina Leicht Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity 3 pm Cascade 4 How does the brain keep changing? Miki Garrison, Sean Hagle, Janet Freeman, Misty Marshall Disability in Science Fiction and Real Life 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Are disabled characters a sign of mainstream acceptance? Mikki Kendall, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain The Visions of Philip K. Dick, Then and Now 3 pm Cascade 7 We’ll discuss Dick’s work and its relevance today. Eileen Gunn, Robert Ferrigno, Gordon Van Gelder, Marc Laidlaw A Day in the Life of a King’s Man-atArms 3 pm Cascade 8 Learn about the retainers of nobles and royalty. Dameon Willich, Bryan Hawkins NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 27 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Editing the Novel 3 pm Cascade 9 Editing a 5,000-word short story is one thing. How do you edit a 100,000-word novel? Kelley Eskridge, Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, Nick Mamatas, Janna Silverstein Mars: What We’ve Learned 3 pm Cascade 10 We’ve sent robotic probes to Mars. What have we learned, and why are these missions important. Jerry Black Rectangular Construction: Historical Methods That Combat Fabric Waste 3 pm Cascade 13 See how tailors historically used rectangular construction to make the most of their precious fabric. Tammie L. Dupuis, Cymbric Early-Smith, Anita Taylor, Molly Boone PSIence: The Science Behind Science Fiction and the Supernatural 3 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 A presentation of scientific theories and discoveries that may explain paranormal phenomena Marie D. Jones How to Survive a Zombie Invasion 3 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 “Real” ways to get prepared for a zombie invasion The Reverend En Fuego, Steve Holetz, Matt Youngmark 28 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Lazer Tag 3-5 pm Grand 2 Lazer Tag is a live-action, NONCONTACT sport. Scott Perrin, Elizabeth Fellows Cascadia’s Got Talent! 3-5 pm Salon You have eight minutes, two songs or until the gong sounds, whichever is shorter. Show us what you’ve got! Dara Korra’ti, Andrew Ross, Death*Star Edward Martin III Reads “I Saw a Pony,” “The Gift” and “Love, She Is Blind” 3:30 pm Cascade 3 Three short horror pieces from the author’s online ’zine Edward Martin III Cool Summer Movie Stuff! Family Movie Previews 3:30 pm Olympic 1 Come see what cool (and familyfriendly) stuff is coming to the movies this summer. Keith Johnson Darragh Metzger Reads The Strawberry Roan 4 pm Cascade 3 Western comic fantasy Darragh Metzger New Shared-World Anthologies 4 pm Cascade 4 Where are they headed? What makes them good? Mary Robinette Kowal, Jennifer Brozek, Nathan Crowder, Jay Lake, Jordan Lapp FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Introduction to Armor 4 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Introduction to armor and protective clothing of the Middle Ages Bryan Hawkins, Dameon Willich Axes of Identity: Race and Gender Identity in Speculative Fiction 4 pm Cascade 7 How does an awareness of race and gender add to the text and our understanding of it? Eileen Gunn, Steven Barnes, Caren Gussoff, Keffry R. M. Kehrli Poly Parenting 4 pm Cascade 8 And you thought blending households and finances was complicated . . . Jane “Jeliza” Patterson, Sheye Anne Blaze, Eva Carlstrom Getting Your Game Made 4 pm Cascade 9 What you need to do to get your board game published Mike Selinker, Jeremy Holcomb, Randall N. Bills Designing the Future With Science Fiction 4 pm Cascade 10 What if we used science fiction based on science fact to develop new technologies and products? Brian David Johnson, Sarah Perez-Kriz Modern Wizards 4 pm Cascade 13 What would wizards in current times wear? Julie Zetterberg, Janet Borkowski, Vicki Glover, Shannon Flint Writing and Story Development for Computer Games 4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Story development can affect game system design, character design and environments. Marc Laidlaw, Wayfarer’s Moon, Ted Kosmatka, Kate Marshall, Jeff Grubb The Coolest Alternative Energy Ideas 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 What are the really fun ways of making alternative energy? Mike Brennan, Burt Webb, Pat MacEwen, Amy Thomson, Elton Elliott Ghostology 101 With Ross Allison 4 pm Grand 3 See if you have what it takes to be a real ghost hunter. Ross Allison Art Show Tour With Todd Lockwood 4 pm Grand 1 Todd Lockwood Space Dominators Needs YOU! 4-8 pm Rotunda 2 Come join the creators of the SF comedy series Space Dominators on the green screen! Sonnet Realm Films G. David Nordley Reads Into the Mirand Rift 4:30 pm Cascade 3 Unpublished part of the novel version, takes place on Mars G. David Nordley NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 29 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour 4:30 pm Olympic 1 Unmonitored quiet hour for parents with infants Anne Prather, aka Aislinn the Bard, Reads Wings of Joy: Songs and Stories of the Starmasters 5 pm Cascade 3 Songs and stories Anne Prather Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project—Q&A Session 5 pm Cascade 4 Interested in writing SF based on science fact? Brian David Johnson, Sarah Perez-Kriz World Building Your Fantasy 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6 How do we make fantasy worlds real? Susan R. Matthews, Sam Sykes, Stina Leicht, Alma Alexander, M.H. (Maggie) Bonham The Art of the Mashup 5 pm Cascade 7 How do you take someone else’s style and expand it? Mary Robinette Kowal, Mark Teppo, Jeff Burk Threads of Time: Medieval/ Renaissance Costume Re-creation 5 pm Cascade 8 Costuming tips from some of our most experienced re-creationists. Anita Taylor, Tammie L. Dupuis, Cymbric Early-Smith, Bethany Roullett 30 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 The Year in Board and Card Games 5 pm Cascade 9 Which games are the most popular, and which ones are worth the time and money. Julie Haehn, Jason Bulmahn, Mike Selinker X PRIZE: Oil Cleanup for Fun and Profit 5 pm Cascade 10 X CHALLENGE entry with oil-spillcleanup technology Bart Kemper, Krista Wohlfeil Beyond the Book Cover 5 pm Cascade 13 How to make money doing art that isn’t illustration or book covers Wayfarer’s Moon, Christine Winters, Bryan Syme, Mimi Noyes, Alan M. Clark Take It on the Road 5 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Putting together a good starter sound system for performing on the road John Seghers, Heather Dale, K Wiley, Ben Deschamps Supernatural Seattle 5 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Why is there so much urban fantasy set in Seattle? Cat Rambo, Julie McGalliard, J A Pitts, K.C. Ball, Kat Richardson Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore 5 pm Grand 3 Come explore what there is at Washington state’s only paranormal science museum. FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Single Pattern Contest Judging 5-8 pm Salon Janet Borkowski Ken Scholes Reads In Time of Despair and Great Darkness 5:30 pm Cascade 3 An Arthurian tale set in the dust bowl Ken Scholes Lizzy Shannon Reads Time Spin 6 pm Cascade 3 Excerpt from the author’s new SF/space opera novel Lizzy Shannon Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi 6 pm Cascade 4 Why are supernatural TV shows and films calling themselves science fiction? David A. Page, Julie McGalliard, Erik Owomoyela, Jeff Davis Polyamory 101 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What is polyamory? What are the pros and cons? Loree Parker, Sean Hagle, Beth Runnerwolf, Sheye Anne Blaze Script Reading: Star Wars 6-8 pm Cascade 7 Join us for a reading of the script for Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed.; Brian D. Oberquell Dieselpunk and Retro Futurism 6 pm Cascade 8 What is it? We talk about why and how you, too, can build your own jet pack or at least look like you could. Diana Vick, Cherie Lovell, Victoria Shaffer Ask the Game Masters 6 pm Cascade 9 Come to this panel with questions about your RPG campaign. Ogre Whiteside, Jonathan Tweet, Jason Bulmahn, Rodney Thompson An Illustrated History of the X-Men 6 pm Cascade 10 A crash course in Mutant History X Matt Youngmark, Spencer Ellsworth Collage Painting 6 pm Cascade 13 Demonstration of a unique technique using acrylic gel to transfer images Mark Roland Trashed Future 6 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Taking stock of the signs and portents of disaster J.M. Sidorova, Mary Rosenblum Pre-masquerade Meeting 6 pm Olympic 1 To enter the masquerade, you MUST attend either this meeting or the Saturday morning pre-masquerade meeting. Trent Lum NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 31 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Like Water for Quarks Book Launch 6 pm Presidential Suite Bruce Taylor, Elton Elliott, Doug Odell Jack Skillingstead Reads From His New Work 6:30 pm Cascade 3 Jack Skillingstead G.Robin Smith Reads To Each Their Own 7 pm Cascade 3 Modern writ-Shakespearean style comedy G.Robin Smith XCOR Presentation 7-9 pm Cascade 10 An update on corporate spaceflight Arthur Bozlee 501st Charity Photo Event 7:30-10:30 pm Lobby Your picture taken with Darth Vader and/or Storm Troopers for charity. Marc Semenchuk Cavalier Chivalry—Macho Musketeers 7 pm Cascade 13 Costumes of the past and modern interpretations of the cavalier style Carmen Beaudry, JoAnne Kirley, Tammie L. Dupuis, Richard Stephens pir8fancier Reads Let’s Pretend the War Is Over 8 pm Cascade 3 Harry Potter: Postwar AU pir8fancier Flirting 101 7 pm Cascade 4 “How to flirt” workshop Sonia Lyris Pondside in Concert 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Songs of dragons, monsters and beachfront property on Ganymede Juliana McCorison Comic Adaptations 7 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What are some of the best and worst of these? Ashley Cook, Matt Youngmark, Anina Bennett, Mike Selinker Interview and Q&A With Marie D. Jones 7 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Come meet our PSIence Guest of Honor, Marie D. Jones. Have your questions ready! Robert Stewart, Marie D. Jones Quarter-Century-Old Horror 7 pm Cascade 8 How do horror movies that debuted 25 years ago hold up? Eric Morgret, Jenna M. Pitman, Mark Rahner, Nathan Crowder The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery 101 7-9 pm Olympic 1 Come give embroidery a try, materials provided. LouAnna Valentine Talebones Live! 7-9 pm Cascade 9 Readings by writers published in Talebones magazine Patrick Swenson 32 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING The Philip K. Dick Memorial Award Ceremony 7-8:30 pm Grand 2 William Sadorus, Gordon Van Gelder Christine Winters Reads Enchantress Moon 7:30 pm Cascade 3 Time-travel romance Christine Winters Scary Comics 8 pm Cascade 4 What horror comics are out there? Mark Rahner, Steve Holetz Gamers Need Love Too! 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Etiquette suggestions to keep you from being that “creepy person” others avoid. 18+ with ID only Mickey Schulz, Loree Parker, Donna Prior Scholarship: Documentation vs. Re-creation 8 pm Cascade 7 The value of historical re-enactment in the world of traditional “what they wrote” research Karen Rall, Darragh Metzger, G.Robin Smith The Science of Magic 8 pm Cascade 8 How do you make magic believable and consistent? Bart Kemper, K.C. Ball, Bruce R. Cordell, Kim Ritchie Floozies, Soiled Doves and Ladies of the Evening 8 pm Cascade 13 The oldest profession in the old west and what they wore (may not be suitable for those under age 16) Carmen Beaudry, Wendy Prather, Victoria Shaffer, Lori Edwards Leannan Sidhe in Concert 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Bittersweet faerie folksongs for ensnaring human hearts Leannan Sidhe, Betsy Tinney, Sunnie Larsen Charismatic Mega Catastrophes 8 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 This is the way the world ends. Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix, Carlton Rhoades, Marie D. Jones Keffy R. M. Kehrli Reads Bonehouse 8:30 pm Cascade 3 Keffy R. M. Kehrli Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3 Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading and Chocolate Event 9 pm Cascade 4 Intriguing, very short readings by local members of Broad Universe The State of SyFy (née Sci-Fi Channel) 9 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What happened to the Sci-Fi Channel, and can it be fixed? Should we bother? Matt Hammond, David A. Page, Judith Herman NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 33 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Deconstructing the Superhero 9 pm Cascade 7 How has comics’ oldest genre matured? Andrew Dolbeck, Matt Youngmark, Nathan Crowder Shadow of the Vampire 9 pm Cascade 8 Major trends and looks of vampire fashion Lori Edwards, Margo Loes, Richard Stephens, Garth Stubbs, Shannon Flint Hey, <Insert Series> Would Make a Great Game! 9 pm Cascade 9 Why certain books, TV or movie series would make great/terrible games Erik Mona, Stan!, Kate Marshall, Rodney Thompson Fictional Linguistics 9 pm Cascade 10 A linguist discusses how to use existing languages as a model for fantasy or alien cultures. John Lawler Video Game Art 9 pm Cascade 13 What goes on behind the art and creation of video games Claire Hummel, Wayfarer’s Moon, Douglas Herring, Mike Vaillancourt Aislinn the Bard in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Pegasus nominee Aislinn the Bard invites you to the Day of Jubilee. Anne Prather (aka Aislinn the Bard) 34 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Postapocalypse Now 9 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Civilization as we know it is broken. How do you fix it? Mickey “Meowse” Phoenix, Brenda Dau, Bart Kemper, Paul Dixon HIV: Then and Now 10 pm Cascade 7 What we’ve learned about HIV and viruses Rev. Matthew Smith, Gregory Gadow, Warren Dinges Fannish Fetish Fashion Show 9-10:30pm Grand 2 & 3 The title pretty much says it all. Burlesque entertainment provided by Dark Dolls Productions, 18+ with ID only Emcee—Caren G. Tim Burton’s Wonderland 10 pm Cascade 8 Costumes from our favorite Tim Burton movies and how to re-create them Cherie Lovell, Margo Loes, Lori Edwards, Richard Stephens Camarilla LARP 9 pm-2 am Maxi’s Ballroom Live-action role-play (LARP) open to all members, 18+ with ID only Tara Coomes Dude, Seriously . . . WTF? When Gamers Cross the Line 10 pm Cascade 9 Things in a game you JUST. SHOULD. NOT. DO. Ogre Whiteside, SatyrPhil Brucato, Donna Prior, Loree Parker J A Pitts Reads Honeyed Words 10 pm Cascade 3 Book 2 in the Black Blade series J A Pitts Alternative Scene Etiquette 10 pm Cascade 4 Different social rules in different arenas Mickey Schulz, Rachael Kenoyer There Can Be Only One: Remaking Classic Films 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Movie remakes: which ones work, which ones don’t? Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Eric Morgret, Mark Bourne, Mark Rahner Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me! 10 pm Cascade 10 We will test audience members’ knowledge of authors and cover artists from the 1940s to now. Brooks Peck, Leslie Howle, Gordon Van Gelder, Todd Lockwood Starlight in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 A heady mix of country, folk, filk and rock with a skyward reach Raishaan O’Leary, Rebecca Sons, Stephanie L. Weippert, BriarRose McDougal, John R. Gray III Transgender Characters and Issues in Speculative Fiction 10 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Discussion of works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore our understanding of gender K.C. Ball, Keffy R. M. Kehrli Stitch and Bitch 10 pm-Midnight Olympic 1 Enjoy working among your fellow fen on your project du jour. Bethany Roullett, Vicki Glover, Wendy Prather Judith Herman Reads Grumpy Old Vampires 10:30 pm Cascade 3 Comedy Judith Herman SatyrPhil Brucato Reads “Chaser,” “Rabbit Moves the World” or Both 11 pm Cascade 3 Urban fantasy SatyrPhil Brucato Intro to Seattle Sex-Positive Culture 11 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What is “sex positive,” and where can you find it? 18+ with ID only Rachael Kenoyer; Lilith von Fraumench; David Nasset, Sr. SEX! How to Write a Smutfic 11 pm Cascade 7 What to do and what not to do when writing pornography. 18+ with ID only Cheryl Dyson, Cassie Black, Darry Willis (NurseDarry) NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 35 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING Has Hollywood Sucked the Vampires Dry? 11 pm Cascade 9 Is there anything left for vampires to do in film, TV and books? R.L. McSterlingthong, Julie McGalliard, Chris Nilsson AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS Autograph Session 1: Saturday at 2 pm in the Grand Ballroom 2 Patricia McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, John P. Alexander, Michael Alexander, Steven Barnes, Greg Bear, M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Ted Butler, Kurt Cagle, Alan M. Clark, Bruce R. Cordell, Heather Dale, Caren Gussoff, Jean Johnson, Wayfarer’s Moon, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Larry Lewis, Todd Lockwood, Edward Martin III, Susan R. Matthews, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, G. David Nordley, J A Pitts, Mark Rahner, Kat Richardson, Mary Rosenblum, Lizzy Shannon, Jeff Sturgeon, Sam Sykes, Mark Teppo, Gordon Van Gelder, Dameon Willich, Matt Youngmark Open Filk 11 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4 Informal, come-as-you-are music performance Autograph Session 2: Saturday at 3 pm in the Grand Ballroom 2 Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, Alma Alexander, Anina Bennett, S. A. Bolich, SatyrPhil Brucato, Rob Carlos, Brenda Cooper, Nathan Crowder, James C. Glass, Roberta Gregory, Paul Guinan, Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake, Stina Leicht, R.L. McSterlingthong, Darragh Metzger, Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin Tate, Kevin Radthorne, Cat Rambo, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes, Jack Skillingstead, G.Robin Smith, Renee Stern, Rodney Thompson, K Wiley, Christine Winters, Stan! Carnivale de Stardance 11 pm-2 am Grand 2 & 3 Celebrate Mardi Gras style as DJ Request and DJ Rohkan spin the mixes deep into the night. DJ Request, DJ Rohkan Victorian Sex Midnight Cascade 5 & 6 Come learn about the not-so-straitlaced Victorians. Victoria Shaffer, Mickey Schulz, Tamera Mickelson Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2 Vicarious Theater Company © Kinuko Y. Craft 36 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 37 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Room 9 am 10 am Garth Upshaw Cascade 3 Cascade 4 10:30 am J.M. Sidorova SATURDAY PROGRAMMING 11 am 11:30 am Stan! Sam Sykes Freelancing 101 First Pages 12 noon Bennett & Mark Guinan Bourne 1 pm 1:30 pm Stephanie R.L. Weippert McSterlingthong 2 pm Kelley Eskridge 2:30 pm Janet Freeman Collecting Arcade Games The Lost World of Clones Carolyn Palms Memorial Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 E-Book and Publishing Writing Hard SF Best Short Fiction Markets Giving Good Alien How Do You Find an Agent? Near-Future Nightmares and Dreams Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 I’ll Be in My Bunk Growing up Fen Potassium-Deficient Superhero Basic Writing Help— Horror Building Character Using Any Method Crash Course in Comics History Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Contemporary Asian Fantasy Costumes Twisting History When Fandoms Collide Fanfiction to Mainstream Podcasting 101 Return to Middle Earth Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Climate Change in the 21st Century Why Is the Paranormal so Old Plots, New Structure Popular? Evolution of Marriage 3-D Cinema: Revolution or Novelty? Young & Queer in Society & Fandom Cascade 9 Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It! From Science Fiction to Science Fact Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Figure-Drawing Demo Cascade 13 History of Underwear 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 The Citizen-Soldier in the High-Tech World Headdress Armature Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models in Costume Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1&2 We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us Harm Me With Harmony Performance Enhancement The Mongoliad Today’s Teens in 2022 Evergreen 1&2 Evergreen 3&4 Developing Your Own Mythos Under the Sea Fashion Show Crunch vs. Fluff Women in the Gaming Industry Writers’ Workshops Evergreen 3&4 Olympic 1 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 2 Grand 1 Artist Show Interview With Jim and Shannon K. Butcher Grand Ballroom 2 Tai Chi Grand Ballroom 3 Pre-masquerade Meeting Urban Fantasy’s HardBoilded Detective Roots Wand-Making Workshop Olympic 1 Art Show Tour: Liv Rainey-Smith Grand 1 Artist Show Trends in Urban Fantasy Camarilla LARP noon - 5 pm4 Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 1 pm4 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Salon Scavenger Hunt Presidential Suite A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom 38 Autograph Session 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 1 pm Poker Tournament 1 pm - 5 pm4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Maxi’s Ballroom Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 Salon Presidential Suite NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 39 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Room Cascade 3 3:00 pm Brian David Johnson 3:30 pm Heather Dale 4:00 pm Steven Barnes 4:30 pm Cymbric Early-Smith SATURDAY PROGRAMMING 5:00 pm Jenna Pitman 5:30 pm Mikki Kendall 6 pm Sonia Lyris 6:30 pm Susan R. Matthews 7 pm Kurt Cagle 7:30 pm Angel McCoy 8 pm Craig English 8:30 pm M.H. Bonham Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Getting Lost in SF TV BADFIC—What Not to Do Medieval Weaponry Batman vs. Superman Cascade 5&6 Advanced Polyamory Best Writing Advice Real Ghosts in the Machine Ethics of Genetic Modification Breaking in to Print Not Another Monster Story Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Ins and Outs of Collaboration Godzilla vs. Zombies Writing Good Dialogue Exploring Other Cultures Future of Medicine Queer Superheroes Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Evolving Image of the Dragon Invisible Disabilities Clothing of the Coast & Inland Salish Peoples Cascade 9 Ask the Developers Tabletop Gaming is DEAD Micropublishing and New Games Children’s Masquerade Panel Cascade 10 Language Fossils Return to the Moon Reality Paranormal TV Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It! Cascade 11 & 12 Costume Recycling Multicultural Steampunk Art Aerobics Evergreen 1&2 Power to the People! Home Recording I Housefilk, Filkcon, Gencon Evergreen 3&4 Clarion West Pyr Presents Olympic 1 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 3 Rotunda 1 4Poker Tournament 1 pm - 5 pm Copyright and You Cascade 13 Fighter X Death*Star Evergreen 1&2 Lazer Tag 7 pm - 11 pm4 Evergreen 3&4 Found Object Workshop Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Masquerade 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm4 Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4 Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Queer Eye Salon 40 Size Acceptance is for Everybody Story Hour 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Presidential Suite Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Doors Open 4Camarilla LARP noon - 5 pm Cascade 8 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Attaching This to That Grand Ballroom 3 Rotunda 2 Writing Great Sex Scenes Autograph Session 2 Maxi’s Ballroom Cascade 4 Cascade 9 Art Show Tour: Alan Clark Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Surface Details: Beyond Far Future: Where Fantasy Alternative Energy in the Beading Meets SF Age of Steam 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 13 Search for Life in the Solar Church of the SubGenius System Room 4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 Salon Babel4 4Babel Presidential Suite NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 41 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Room 9 pm Cascade 3 Friends of Bill W. Cascade 4 Flash Fiction 10 pm Caren Gussoff Cascade 8 Cascade 9 11:30 pm 12 midnight 1 am 2 am Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Spooky Music Cascade 5&6 Techno-Cycles Cascade 7 Flirting 102 Slash and Mainstream Media Cascade 8 Putting the R in RPG BDSM 101 Advanced BDSM Cascade 9 Don’t Tell Making It out of the Slush Cascade 10 Geek, Geek . . . Me: Movies Pile Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 10 4Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am 4 Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 1 am4 Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1&2 Room Bizzaro! Has Fandom Shattered Its Sex Tech & Getting Your Glass Ceiling? Gadget On Space Colony Utopia SATURDAY PROGRAMMING 11 pm Spencer Ellsworth Best and Worst Movies of 2010 Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 10:30 pm David A. Page Cascade 13 Vixy & Tony Evergreen 3&4 The Heather Dale Band 4Lazer Tag 7 pm - 11 pm Open Filk4 Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind Evergreen 1&2 4Open Filk Evergreen 3&4 Chain Mail/Stitch & Bitch Olympic 1 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 4Masquerade Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Dance: It’s Saturday Night!4 7:30 pm 9:30 pm 4Dance: It’s Saturday Night!4 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Camarilla LARP4 Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 5 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 8 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 Maxi’s Ballroom 4Camarilla LARP Salon Salon Presidential Suite Presidential Suite 42 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 43 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Open Gaming 8 am-1 pm Rotunda 1 & 2 The Rotunda tables are available for members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis. Pro Roy Has the Future Arrived? The E-book and the Publishing Industry 9 am Cascade 5 & 6 Where does the e-book leave our local bookstore? Cat Rambo, Darragh Metzger, Bob Kruger, Joshua Palmatier I’ll Be in My Bunk 9 am Cascade 7 What do you do to entertain yourself on a space station? Mike Brennan, B. D. Gallagher Contemporary Asian Fantasy Costumes 9 am Cascade 8 Anime, manga and Japanese horror are all the rage. Deborah Strub, Melissa Quinn, Cherie Lovell, Vicki Glover Climate Change in the 21st Century 9 am Cascade 9 Is there any chance at all that we can slow down global warming? Brenda Cooper, Paul Dixon, Janet Freeman, Mary Rosenblum Scheduled Gaming 9 am-1 am Cascade 11 & 12 Something new every day up in our corner of the con! Take every opportunity to qualify for a prize! Kathi Pickett 44 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Tai Chi 9 am Grand 2 Start your morning with moving meditation. Steven Barnes Pre-masquerade Meeting 9 am Grand 3 To enter the masquerade, you MUST have attended last night’s meeting or this pre-masquerade meeting. Trent Lum Figure-Drawing Demo 9:30-11 am Cascade 13 Come watch, learn and discuss how our professional artists draw the human figure. Michaela Eaves, Bryan Syme, Christine Winters Garth Upshaw Reads “Birdwatcher” 10 am Cascade 3 Flash piece with aliens, crows and dysfunctional teenagers Garth Upshaw SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Growing up Fen 10 am Cascade 7 What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in convention fandom? Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Beth Runnerwolf, Dierdre Phoenix Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 2 10-11:30 am Olympic 1 In this second part of our three-part workshop, we will begin constructing bodies for our puppets. LouAnna Valentine Twisting History 10 am Cascade 8 Modern costumes inspired by historical garments Lori Edwards, Julie Zetterberg, Bethany Roullett, Diana Vick Interview and Q&A with Jim and Shannon K. Butcher 10 am Grand 2 Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher Why Is the Paranormal so Popular? 10 am Cascade 9 Which TV shows make the grade, and which do not? Jeff Davis, Marie D. Jones, Durlyn Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It! 10 am-Noon Cascade 10 In part 2 we shoot like mad weasels because there’s not much time! Ryan K. Johnson, Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell Freelancing 101 10 am Cascade 4 Freelance writing for the gaming industry Jeff Combos, Liz Courts, Randall N. Bills, Jeff Grubb We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us 10 am Evergreen 1 & 2 Prosthetic devices, personal electronics and the future Karen Rall, Russell D. Campbell, Jonathan Tweet, Sean Hagle Can You Write Hard SF Without a Science Background? 10 am Cascade 5 & 6 How do you fold in the science without making it an info dump? Nancy Kress, Jim Kling, Michael Alexander, Erik Owomoyela, Mike Shepherd Moscoe Developing Your Own Mythos 10 am Evergreen 3 & 4 How do you create a mythos unique to your story? Louise Marley, Patricia A. McKillip, Kat Richardson, Ken Scholes Scavenger Hunt 10 am Salon Stop by to pick up the list and the rules. Max Blaze SMACdown Arcade 10 am-1 am 7110 Members of Seattle Area Metro Collectors present a full-fledged video game arcade here at Norwescon. Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, Dave Okert J.M. Sidorova Reads Death, Rebirth. An Heir, a Karakuri 10:30 am Cascade 3 Near-future sci-fi dealing with the Uncanny Valley phenomenon J.M. Sidorova Stan! Reads The Littlest Shoggoth 11 am Cascade 3 A children’s book with a Lovecraftian Christmas story, viewable at http://tinyurl.com/264jvdk Stan! NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 45 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING First Pages 11 am Cascade 4 Workshop leaders will read each piece aloud in turn and discuss what does and doesn’t work. Cat Rambo, Louise Marley Good Markets for Short Fiction in 2011 11 am Cascade 5 & 6 Print and e-zines specializing in science fiction and fantasy Lou Anders, Jordan Lapp The Potassium-Deficient Superhero 11 am Cascade 7 The best story arcs from the various Green Lanterns, and where the character is headed now Ashley Cook; J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed.; Douglas Herring; J A Pitts When Fandoms Collide 11 am Cascade 8 How do you balance fannish activities in your life? Karen Rall, Matt Hammond Old Plots and New Narrative Structures 11 am Cascade 9 How can we use old plots to create fresh fiction? Nancy Kress, Susan R. Matthews, Ken Scholes The Citizen-Soldier in the High-Tech World 11 am Cascade 13 Is it time for the American model of the citizen-soldier to take another step forward? Bart Kemper, Mike Brennan, Brenda Cooper, Mike Shepherd Moscoe 46 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Harm Me With Harmony 11 am Evergreen 1 & 2 Want to sing along but don’t know how it works? Sunnie Larsen, BriarRose McDougal, Darragh Metzger Collecting Arcade Games Noon Cascade 4 The ins and outs of collecting vintage arcade games Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, Dave Okert Under the Sea: Fashions From Fathoms 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4 Fashion show of aquatic-inspired costumes Carmen Beaudry, Margo Loes, Bethany Roullett, Orchid, Tamera Mickelson, Vicki Glover, Kate McClure, Wendy Prather, Deborah Strub, Lori Edwards, Ieva Ohaks, Victoria Shaffer, Shannon Flint, JoAnne Kirley, Garth Stubbs Giving Good Alien Noon Cascade 5 & 6 What does it take to create a believable alien? Richard A. Lovett, Mary Rosenblum, Amy Thomson, John Lawler, G. David Nordley Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled Detective Roots 11 am Grand 2 Current urban fantasy owes a lot to the American hard-boiled detective genre. Kat Richardson, Mark Teppo, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher, Rhiannon Held Sam Sykes Reads Tome of the Undergates 11:30 am Cascade 3 Misanthropic adventurers and the troubles they face Sam Sykes Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan Read Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel Noon Cascade 3 The story of the world’s first robot, accompanied by a slide show of historical images Anina Bennett, Paul Guinan Basic Writing Help—Horror Writing Noon Cascade 7 How far is too far in a horror story? Jenna M. Pitman, Stina Leicht, Jeff Burk, Nick Mamatas Fanfiction to Mainstream Publishing: Is It Possible? Noon Cascade 8 Hear success stories from people who have made the transition. pir8fancier, Jean Johnson Evolution of Marriage Noon Cascade 9 Marriage has seen many shapes and forms, both in SF/F and the real world. Katharine Bond, Loree Parker, Eva Carlstrom From Science Fiction to Science Fact: Humans to Mars Noon Cascade 10 How the dream of a human mission to Mars could be achieved in our lifetime Jerry Black Materials and Techniques for Headdress Armature Noon Cascade 13 Traditional and unconventional millinery materials and techniques Ieva Ohaks, Margo Loes, Melissa Quinn, Shannon Flint Performance Enhancement (Performance Skills Workshop) Noon Evergreen 1 & 2 Workshop: play a song of your choice and get feedback from our panel Dara Korra’ti, MC-3PO, Creede Lambard, Heather Dale, C0splay Crunch vs. Fluff: FIGHT! Noon Evergreen 3 & 4 Rules vs. story line in RPGs Erik Mona, Bruce R. Cordell, Jonathan Tweet, Jason Bulmahn, Jeff Grubb, Stan! Wand-Making Workshop Noon Olympic 1 Come make your own wooden magic wand. Scott Perrin Trends in Urban Fantasy Noon Grand 2 Are vampires cliché? Do werewolves rock? Are zombies still shambling to the cash register? Kat Richardson, Lou Anders, Jim Butcher Camarilla LARP Noon-5 pm Maxi’s Ballroom World of Darkness live-action role-play (LARP). 18+ with ID only NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 47 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Art Show Tour With Liv Rainey-Smith Noon Grand 1 Come enjoy an artist’s perspective on the art show! Liv Rainey-Smith Mark Bourne Reads Jasper 12:30 pm Cascade 3 The first chapter of the author’s new novel in progress Mark Bourne Stephanie L. Weippert Reads Familiar Trouble 1 pm Cascade 3 Young adult novel Stephanie L. Weippert The Lost World of Clones 1 pm Cascade 4 Soon it may be possible to bring extinct animals back to life. Jim Kling, Pat MacEwen, Spring Schoenhuth You’ve Finished Your Novel. Now How Do You Find an Agent? 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Pro writers share advice based on their own experience. Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin Tate, Lizzy Shannon, Robert Ferrigno, Shannon K. Butcher Building Character Using Any Method You Can 1 pm Cascade 7 How do writers make their characters seem real? What techniques work best? Mary Rosenblum, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jack Skillingstead, Kelley Eskridge 48 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Podcasting 101 1 pm Cascade 8 Learn how do make your own podcast. J.C. Gordon Granger, Shannon Flowers, Steve Holetz 3-D Cinema: Revolution or Novelty? 1 pm Cascade 9 Is 3-D a genuine revolution in filmmaking or a cynical way to make more money? Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Claire Hummel, The Reverend En Fuego, Mimi Noyes History of Underwear 1-3 pm Cascade 10 What did our ancestors wear under their clothing? Carmen Beaudry, Tammie L. Dupuis, Bethany Roullett Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models in Costume 1-3 pm Cascade 13 Models in costume will do a variety of poses. Bring your own drawing and painting supplies. Anita Taylor, Mary Robinette Kowal, Cymbric Early-Smith, G.Robin Smith, Victoria Shaffer, Michaela Eaves, Christine Winters, Douglas Herring The Mongoliad: A Presentation 1 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Is this new model of a shared-world story a harbinger of things to come? Mark Teppo, Greg Bear, Erik Bear, Neal Stephenson SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Women in the Gaming Industry 1 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 The growing presence/awareness of women playing and designing games Donna Prior, Julie Haehn, Liz Courts, Jennifer Brozek Crash Course in American Comics History 2 pm Cascade 7 Come learn what’s so great about Krazy Kat, R. Crumb, Peanuts, etc. Ashley Cook, Roberta Gregory, Paul Guinan, Charles “Zan” Christensen Poker Tournament 1-5 pm Rotunda 1 No Limit Texas Hold ’Em Poker Mariah Johnson Return to Middle Earth in 2011 2 pm Cascade 8 Relive your favorite LOTR moments, and discuss your hopes for the new films. Spencer Ellsworth, Elton Elliott, Chris Nilsson, Spring Schoenhuth R.L. McSterlingthong Reads The McSterlingscenes 1:30 pm Cascade 3 Excerpts from the author’s favorite novels, written by himself R.L. McSterlingthong Kelley Eskridge Reads Solitaire 2 pm Cascade 3 A young woman convicted of a terrible crime is sentenced to eight years in solitary confinement—in a virtual prison cell within her own mind. Kelley Eskridge Memorial for Carolyn “Dulcinea” Palms 2 pm Cascade 4 Come join Carolyn’s family in remembering her while enjoying some tunes Carolyn hand picked. Near-Future Nightmares and Dreams 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What might happen in the next decades as a result of political, social and metaphysical events of recent years. Brenda Cooper, Marc Laidlaw, Jack Skillingstead, Robert Ferrigno Young and Queer in Society and Fandom 2 pm Cascade 9 Young people with questions about their place in society and fandom talk with each other and with older fen who’ve been through it themselves. It gets better. http://thetrevorproject.org/ Loree Parker, Rev. Matthew Smith, Dierdre Phoenix Today’s Teens in Two Thousand Twenty-Two 2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Twelve years from now, what will young adults be doing for work, fun, family? Paul Dixon, Frank Catalano, Russell D. Campbell Writers’ Workshops: From Local to National 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Writers who have participated in both local and national workshops share their experiences and answer your questions. Eileen Gunn, K.C. Ball, Liz Argall, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Patrick Swenson, Leslie Howle NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 49 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Autograph Session 1 2 pm Grand 2 Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, John P. Alexander, Michael Alexander, Steven Barnes, Greg Bear, M.H. (Maggie) Bonham, Ted Butler, Kurt Cagle, Alan M. Clark, Bruce R. Cordell, Heather Dale, Caren Gussoff, Jean Johnson, Wayfarer’s Moon, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Larry Lewis, Todd Lockwood, Edward Martin III, Susan R. Matthews, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, G. David Nordley, J A Pitts, Mark Rahner, Kat Richardson, Mary Rosenblum, Lizzy Shannon, Jeff Sturgeon, Sam Sykes, Mark Teppo, Gordon Van Gelder, Dameon Willich, Matt Youngmark SMACdown Arcade Tournament 2 pm 7110 It’s a tournament! Come to 7110 to sign up and for more information. Todd Clark Janet Freeman Reads Non-Native Species 2:30 pm Cascade 3 A short story from Analog Jan/Feb 2011 Janet Freeman Brian David Johnson Reads Brain Machines 3 pm Cascade 3 Do humans really have free will? Could the answer to this question actually drive people insane? Brian David Johnson 50 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Getting Lost in SF Television 3 pm Cascade 4 What is the appeal of this recurring theme, and what are its origins? Karen Rall, Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Doug Odell Advanced Polyamory 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6 You’ve decided that poly is the way to go. So now what? Katharine Bond, Tamera Mickelson, Rachael Kenoyer, Jeremy Holcomb The Ins and Outs of Collaboration 3 pm Cascade 7 How easy or hard is it to collaborate on a story or novel? Mark Teppo, Ted Kosmatka, Joel Davis, Eytan Kollin The Evolving Image of the Dragon in Art and Literature 3 pm Cascade 8 What is it about dragons that has so captured the collective imaginations of all cultures throughout the ages? Todd Lockwood, Liv Rainey-Smith, John R. Gray III Ask the Developers 3 pm Cascade 9 A discussion of exactly what a game developer does Mike Selinker, Andy Megowan, Sean K Reynolds, Dustin J Gross, Jason Bulmahn Language Fossils 3 pm Cascade 10 We’ll talk about outmoded words and expressions that we still use. John Lawler SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Costume Recycling 3 pm Cascade 13 Tips and tricks for repurposing clothing, trims, etc. JoAnne Kirley, Katrina Marier, Julie Zetterberg, Garth Stubbs, Kate McClure Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake, Stina Leicht, R.L. McSterlingthong, Darragh Metzger, Joshua Palmatier aka Benjamin Tate, Kevin Radthorne, Cat Rambo, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes, Jack Skillingstead, G.Robin Smith, Renee Stern, Rodney Thompson, K Wiley, Christine Winters, Stan! Power to the People! 3 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Is it possible that some day people won’t need electricity and fuel transported by complex, vulnerable systems? Burt Webb, David Stuart, Kurt Cagle, G. David Nordley Heather Dale Reads The Legends of Arthur 3:30 pm Cascade 3 Lively storytelling about King Arthur Heather Dale The Clarion West Writers’ Workshop 3 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Recent CW student and instructor alums describe this intensive, six-week program. Leslie Howle, Gordon Van Gelder, Mike Alexander, Caren Gussoff, J.M. Sidorova, Patrick Swenson Od Magic: Puppet Workshop, Pt. 3 3-5 pm Olympic 1 Now it’s time to finish our puppet heads: painting, adding hair and other features and attaching them. LouAnna Valentine Autograph Session 2 3 pm Grand 2 Patricia A. McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher, Lou Anders, Alma Alexander, Anina Bennett, S. A. Bolich, SatyrPhil Brucato, Rob Carlos, Brenda Cooper, Nathan Crowder, James C. Glass, Roberta Gregory, Paul Guinan, Steven Barnes Reads Devil’s Wake 4 pm Cascade 3 Reading from the zombie novel Steven Barnes BADFIC—What Not to Do While Writing 4 pm Cascade 4 “Mary Sues,” bad grammar, overuse of descriptive terms and other bad writing pir8fancier, Jordan Lapp, David A. Page, Judith Herman The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received 4 pm Cascade 5 & 6 . . . and am now passing on to you. Nancy Kress, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jack Skillingstead, Brenda Cooper, Eileen Gunn, Jay Lake Godzilla vs. Zombies 4 pm Cascade 7 Both Godzilla and zombies are iconic movie monsters. Are zombies the en vogue monster for a while? Shannon Flowers, Lilith von Fraumench, The Reverend En Fuego NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 51 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Invisible Disabilities 4 pm Cascade 8 Not every disability is apparent at a glance, nor is anyone’s personal health anyone else’s business. Sheye Anne Blaze, Beth Runnerwolf, Gregory Gadow, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain Tabletop Gaming Is DEAD . . . or Is It? 4 pm Cascade 9 Electronic gaming vs. traditional gaming Erik Mona, Jeff Grubb, Jeff Combos, Sean K Reynolds Return to the Moon 4 pm Cascade 10 Politics aside, what will be required to return to the moon and stay? Chris Vancil, Greg Paddock, David Stuart, Arthur Bozlee, Jerry Black Multicultural Steampunk 4 pm Cascade 13 Come get some ideas on how to make your steamy-wear a bit more exotic. Diana Vick, Victoria Shaffer, Janet Borkowski Home Recording I 4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Everybody wants to make a demo. What can you do with what you’ve got? Vixy & Tony, Dara Korra’ti, K Wiley, Juliana McCorison 52 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Spotlight Publisher: Pyr Books Presents 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Pyr publisher Lou Anders presents forthcoming books. Come get your questions answered. Lou Anders Clothing of the Coast and Inland Salish Peoples 5 pm Cascade 8 Techniques and style of indigenous people of the Northwest Carmen Beaudry, Deborah Strub, Tammie L. Dupuis, Cymbric Early-Smith Cymbric Early-Smith Reads The Janus Paradox 4:30 pm Cascade 3 Paranormal time travel fiction Cymbric Early-Smith Micropublishing and the New Games Renaissance 5 pm Cascade 9 Pros and cons of small and selfpublishing game companies Stan!, Liz Courts, Jeff Combos, Dustin J Gross Jenna M. Pitman Reads Murder in the Red Barn 5 pm Cascade 3 Two girls experience the beginning of teenage love only to be forced to face horrors beyond imagining. Jenna M. Pitman Medieval Weaponry for Fun and Profit 5 pm Cascade 4 An overview (in 50 minutes) of medieval weaponry in all its fascinating variations Darragh Metzger, Dameon Willich Real Ghosts in the Machine 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Direct interface between brain and computer seems to get closer every day. Burt Webb, Jonathan Tweet, Sean Hagle, David Shoemaker, Ted Chaing Writing Good Dialogue 5 pm Cascade 7 How to write dialogue that (1) seems natural, (2) builds character and (3) advances plot. Cat Rambo, Jack Skillingstead, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Ted Kosmatka “Reality” Paranormal Television and Its Effects on the Field 5 pm Cascade 10 Do “reality” paranormal shows help the field of paranormal investigation or hinder it? Durlyn, Marie D. Jones, Jeff Davis Art Aerobics 5 pm Cascade 13 Fun and wacky exercises help give your brains a workout. Mimi Noyes, Betsy Mott, John R. Gray III, Rob Carlos Housefilk, Filkcon, and Filking at a Gencon 5 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 What is unique to Norwescon, and what is it missing compared to other filk venues? Beth Runnerwolf, Leannan Sidhe, Creede Lambard, Stephanie L. Weippert, Andrew Ross, Raishaan O’Leary Art Show Tour With Alan Clark 5 pm Grand 1 Come enjoy an artist’s perspective on the art show! Alan M. Clark Babel 5-7 pm Presidential Suite Learn about some of the local fan clubs, or tell others about your group, hosted by the Seattle Browncoats and Battlestar Hyperion. Brian Pickett Mikki Kendall Reads Copper for a Trickster 5:30 pm Cascade 3 Steampunk horror Mikki Kendall Sonia Lyris Reads Stuff She Wrote 6 pm Cascade 3 Sonia Lyris Batman vs. Superman: Who Would REALLY Win in a Fight? 6 pm Cascade 4 Industry experts debate! Ashley Cook, Spencer Ellsworth, Shannon Flowers, Matt Youngmark Ethics of Genetic Modification 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Do we have the right to design our children? Nancy Kress, Ted Kosmatka, Janet Freeman, Mary Rosenblum, J.M. Sidorova Story Hour 5 pm Olympic 1 LouAnna Valentine NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 53 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Exploring Other Cultures (Without Being a Jerk) 6 pm Cascade 7 Suggested pre-panel Googling: Derailing for Dummies, Racism 101, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Loree Parker, Lilith von Fraumench, Mikki Kendall, Sheye Anne Blaze, Steven Barnes Surface Details: Beyond Beading 6 pm Cascade 8 How to create textures, mix fabrics, layer trims, use buttons in creative ways and create a unique look JoAnne Kirley, Ieva Ohaks, Julie Zetterberg Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It! 6-8 pm Cascade 10 We put all that crazy footage down and make it into a movie that makes some kind of sense. Edward Martin III, Eric Morgret, Brian D. Oberquell, Ryan K. Johnson Attaching This to That 6 pm Cascade 13 Artists using all types of media offer their expertise, share their stories and answer your questions. Tamera Mickelson, Neil (Lights) Duttkin, Jeff Sturgeon, Matthew “Fish” Dockrey Susan R. Matthews Reads Sanctuary Planet 6:30 pm Cascade 3 New Koscuisko/jurisdiction novel, a work in progress Susan R. Matthews 54 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Children’s Masquerade Panel 6:30-7:30 pm Cascade 9 All children wishing to participate must meet here (with parents). Queer Eye for the Congoer 6:30 pm Maxi’s Ballroom Enjoy a night of speed dating and games all topped off with The Tempting Tarts taking seduction to the next level. 18+ with ID only Laurie Reynolds Kurt Cagle Reads For Eleise 7 pm Cascade 3 Set in a slightly future, post-resource world, this is a story about information, ethics and which goggles go best with formal dinner dress. Kurt Cagle Search for Life in the Solar System 7 pm Cascade 4 If we do not find life inside our solar system, what does that tell us about life outside? Janet Freeman, Jeffery Brown, Pat MacEwen, G. David Nordley Breaking in to Print 7 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Get advice from pros on the markets, publishers, agents, conventions, networking and improving your writing all at once. Ken Scholes, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, Lizzy Shannon, Jude Kelley Green, Shannon K. Butcher SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Future of Medicine 7 pm Cascade 7 What’s the future of diseases and cures? How will genetics transform medicine? Misty Marshall, Dr. Ricky, Mary Rosenblum, Jim Kling, Darry Willis (NurseDarry) Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF 7 pm Cascade 8 When writing about the distant future, where do we draw the distinction between science and magic? Can we? Gordon Van Gelder, Lou Anders, Ted Chiang, Michael Alexander, Felicity Shoulders Size Acceptance Is for Everybody 7 pm Cascade 13 The works of fat-positive authors, the origins of the BMI table, the definition of an epidemic and basic manners. Mickey Schulz, Tamera Mickelson, Loree Parker, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain Fighter X in Concert 7 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 It’s gameboy dance music! Fighter X Lazer Tag 7-11 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Lazer Tag is a live-action, NONCONTACT sport. Scott Perrin Found Object Workshop 7-9 pm Olympic 1 Make something cool and funky! G.Robin Smith, Krista Wohlfeil Masquerade Doors Open 7-7:30 pm Grand 2 & 3 Show up early to get the best seats in the house. Angel McCoy Reads “Josephine Winterdove and the Erupting Eulogist” 7:30 pm Cascade 3 Josephine Winterdove has coveted the Candileja cameo for some time, but its owner, Ernesto Aperador, has clung jealously to it and refused to sell. Now Ernesto is dead, and Josephine knows he intends to take the cameo to his grave. She has other plans. (Set to appear in the anthology Clockwork Chaos) Angel McCoy Masquerade 7:30-9:30 pm Grand 2 & 3 Come one, come all to the grand and glorious Norwescon Masquerade. Trent Lum, A Cast of Thousands Craig English Reads The Anvil of Navarre 8 pm Cascade 3 Swashbuckling political thriller Craig English The Church of the SubGenius 8 pm Cascade 4 Let the Church of the SubGenius wipe that smile back onto your face! Lilith von Fraumench Not Another Monster Story 8 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Horror fiction you should be reading. Jenna M. Pitman, Eric Morgret, Jeff Burk, Nick Mamatas NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 55 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING They’re Here, They’re Queer, They Have Super Powers! 8 pm Cascade 7 Come take a broad look at gay characters and creators in the industry, from mainstream to Prism. Charles “Zan” Christensen, Spencer Ellsworth, Larry Lewis Alternative Energy in the Age of Steam 8 pm Cascade 8 How might the world of the 1800s have generated electricity with yesterday’s materials and techniques but today’s knowledge? Matthew “Fish” Dockrey, Mike Brennan, Kurt Cagle The Dos and Don’ts of Writing Great Sex Scenes 8 pm Cascade 10 Pros will read examples of the most important dos and don’ts of writing good sex scenes. 18+ with ID only Jean Johnson, J A Pitts, Jack Skillingstead, Caren Gussoff Copyright and You 8 pm Cascade 13 What do you need to know about copyright law? Sean K Reynolds, Kinuko Y. Craft, Tiffany Toland, Todd Lockwood Death*Star in Concert 8 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 From Magic to tabletop, Mecha to GameStop, these nerds rap about geek culture in all its glory. Death*Star 56 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 M.H. (Maggie) Bonham Reads Howling Dead 8:30 pm Cascade 3 Urban fantasy M.H. (Maggie) Bonham Friends of Bill W. 9 pm Cascade 3 Flashes of Brilliance: Writing Flash Fiction 9 pm Cascade 4 How can you fit your big idea into a limited word count? Caren Gussoff, Cat Rambo, Jordan Lapp, K.C. Ball Has Fandom Shattered Its Glass Ceiling? 9 pm Cascade 7 What do current portrayals of women in genre media and print suggest about the future of feminism in our local fandom? Maida ‘Mac’ Cain, Katharine Bond, Karen Rall Space Colony Utopia 9 pm Cascade 8 How would utopian colonies function and interact with Earth? Mark Bourne, Brenda Cooper, G. David Nordley, Eytan Kollin Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me! 9 pm Cascade 10 We will test audience members’ knowledge of movies from the 1940s to now. Brooks Peck, Leslie Howle, Jesse “Fish” Simpson, Anina Bennett, Mark Rahner SATURDAY PROGRAMMING Vixy & Tony in Concert 9 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Come rock out with Vixy & Tony’s intensely fun acoustic folk-rock! Vixy & Tony Chain Mail/Stitch and Bitch 9 pm-Midnight Olympic 1 Chain maillers, bring your pliers and rings! Beginners and questions welcome! Joseph Hill Camarilla LARP 9 pm-2 am Maxi’s Ballroom Join us for our World of Darkness liveaction role-play. 18+ with ID only Caren Gussoff Reads Legion 10 pm Cascade 3 From her current novel in progress, set in the near-future, post-pandemic Puget Sound Caren Gussoff Best and Worst Movies of 2010 10 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Which movies made the grade, and which ones should have stayed on the cutting room floor? Chris Nilsson, Mimi Noyes, The Reverend En Fuego, Judith Herman Sex Tech and Getting Your Gadget On 10 pm Cascade 7 Do we really need human interaction anymore? 18+ with ID only Russell Harmon, Sean Hagle Flirting 102: Flirting for the Advanced Student 10 pm Cascade 8 You’ve had Flirting 101, you did your homework and you’re ready for more advanced topics. Sonia Lyris Putting the “R” in RPG 10 pm Cascade 9 Our panelists will discuss how to successfully incorporate R-rated elements into your game or campaign. MATURE CONTENT Ogre Whiteside, Jennifer Brozek, Mickey Schulz, SatyrPhil Brucato Making It out of the Slush Pile 10 pm Cascade 10 What are editors looking for? What makes a story stand out? Jude Kelley Green, Patrick Swenson, Nick Mamatas, Lizzy Shannon The Heather Dale Band in Concert 10 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 21st-century Celts, fusing jazz, rock and world music influences with Canadian Celtic roots Heather Dale, Ben Deschamps, Betsy Tinney It’s Saturday Night! 10 pm-2 am Grand 2 & 3 Join DJ Dancin’ Dan as he plays for you the best party hits of all time. DJ Dancin’ Dan NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 57 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING David A. Page Reads Surviving Frank 10:30 pm Cascade 3 A young detective pushes the limits of his imagination and his sanity as he’s forced into a supernatural world by his werewolf partner David A. Page Spencer Ellsworth Reads The Ifrit’s Trial 11 pm Cascade 3 Spencer Ellsworth Bizarro! 11 pm Cascade 4 Weird stuff that doesn’t quite fit into any of the genres Rose O’Keefe, Jeff Burk, Carlton Mellick III Spooky Music 11 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What horror-movie soundtracks give good inspiration while you’re writing? Brian D. Oberquell, Mark Rahner, Steve Holetz Techno-Cycles 11 pm Cascade 7 Improving on obsolete technologies Russell D. Campbell, Kurt Cagle, David Shoemaker Slash and Mainstream Media 11 pm Cascade 8 A general discussion of slash and its impact on fandom. MATURE CONTENT Cheryl Dyson, Fireflavored, pir8fancier BDSM 101 11 pm Cascade 9 Interested in BDSM? Want to find out what it’s all about? 18+ with ID only Russell Harmon, Mickey Schulz, Tamera Mickelson SUNDAY PROGRAMMING 9 am Renee Stern Open Filk 11:30 pm-2 am Evergreen 3 & 4 Informal, come-as-you-are music performance Advanced BDSM Midnight Cascade 9 Beyond basics: Where do you go from there? 18+ with ID only Rachael Kenoyer, Tamera Mickelson, Russell Harmon Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind (Based on Actual Case Studies) Midnight-2 am Evergreen 1 & 2 A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. Barry Bloch, Marie D. Jones 10 am 10:30 am Mary Robinette Kowal 11 am 11:30 am Kat Kim Ritchie Richardson Room Cascade 3 Human Evolution Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Lab Cascade 4 Fannish Gardening Bad Writing, No Cookie Cascade 5&6 Unique Techniques Fannish Home Decor Cascade 7 Small Press: Wave of the Future? Which Point of View Cascade 8 Inviting the Demons for Tea Home Recording II Cascade 9 Teaching Tech Camping Out, Medieval Style Cascade 10 Cascade 11 & 12 Scheduled Gaming 9 am - 4 pm4 Monster Mash 10 am - 1 pm4 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1&2 Kinuko Y. Craft Demo Evergreen 3&4 Easter Egg Hunt Olympic 1 Costume Camouflage Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Hunt Grand 1 Artist Show Art Show Auction4 Tai Chi Paranormal Fair 10 am - 2 pm4 Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4 Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4 Rotunda 2 Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final Salon Presidential Suite 58 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 59 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Room Cascade 3 12 noon Cat Rambo 12:30 pm Pat MacEwen 1 pm 1:30 pm Jay Lake Rhiannon Held SUNDAY PROGRAMMING 2 pm James C. Glass 2:30 pm John P. Alexander 3 pm Bruce Cordell 3:30 pm 4 pm 5 pm Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 SWOC Meeting Writer’s Block Westercon Meeting Crowns & Swords Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 Texture and Weathering Costumes Geek Careers Hook ’Em When They’re Young Should Genre Labels Disappear? Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Women Characters in Comics Early 20th-Century Ribbon Work Masquerade Debriefing Fairy-Tale Fashion Do-Overs Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Create a Character in One Scene Beyond Doctor Who Costuming Block What Makes You a Fan? Cascade 8 Cascade 9 The Final Countdown Plagues, Pandemics and You Artists’ Coffee Klatch Science in Movies Cascade 9 The 10% Solution The Next Big Thing Psychology of Urban Fantasy Cascade 10 4Scheduled Gaming 9 pm - 4 pm Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 10 Gaming and Community Cascade 11 & 12 Cascade 13 4Scheduled Gaming 9 pm - 4 pm4 4Monster Mash 10 am - 1 pm Miniatures Painting Evergreen 1&2 Movie Previews Fandance Film Festival4 Evergreen 3&4 Trouble Clef Jam Camarilla Fan Club Cascade 13 Onions & Roses Easter Carnival Olympic 1 Evergreen 1&2 4Fandance Film Festival Closing Ceremonies Evergreen 3&4 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 4Art Show Auction 11:30 am - 2 pm Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 4Paranormal Fair 10 am - 2 pm Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Maxi’s Ballroom Hugo Nominations Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm4 4Open Gaming 8 am - 4 pm Rotunda 2 Salon Scavenger Hunt Final Presidential Suite 60 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Salon Presidential Suite NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 61 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Open Gaming 8 am-4 pm Rotunda 1 & 2 The Rotunda tables are available for members to game all weekend on a firstcome, first-served basis. Pro Roy Scheduled Gaming 9 am-4 pm Cascade 11 & 12 Wind down by winding up in a game! There’s still plenty to enjoy in Scheduled Gaming. Maybe bring your cards in and do some trading with other players. And don’t forget, the grand prize drawing for all gaming attendees requires your presence to win. Kathi Pickett Tai Chi 9 am Grand 2 Start your morning with moving meditation. Steven Barnes’s Tai Chi is back! Steven Barnes SMACdown Arcade 9 am-2 pm 7110 Members of Seattle Area Metro Collectors present a full-fledged video game arcade here at Norwescon. Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, Dave Okert Renee Stern Reads A Mother’s Choice 10 am Cascade 3 Renee Stern Human Evolution 10 am Cascade 4 Are we still evolving? What will we become? Nancy Kress, Darry Willis (NurseDarry), Dr. Ricky, Annie Morton Fannish Gardening 10 am Cascade 5 & 6 You may not be able to terraform Mars (yet), but there is still the backyard. Mike Brennan, Gregory Gadow, William Sadorus Unique Techniques 10 am Cascade 7 Unusual techniques and processes that can actually be done in one’s own home Matthew “Fish” Dockrey, Neil (Lights) Duttkin, Mark Roland Small Press: The Wave of the Future? 10 am Cascade 8 Is this the future of publishing or merely an alternative to New York publishing? Lou Anders, Jak Koke, Bob Kruger, Rose O’Keefe, Patrick Swenson Inviting the Demons in for Tea: How to Keep Writing 10 am Cascade 9 In this workshop, Craig examines the demons that both hinder and mentor our writing. Craig English Teaching Tech 10 am Cascade 10 Join our panelists as they try to answer the questions and question the answers. Kurt Cagle, John Lawler, Frank Catalano, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson 62 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Monster Mash 10 am-1 pm Cascade 13 Create marvelous monsters Mimi Noyes, Krista Wohlfeil, Roberta Gregory Costume Camouflage 10 am Evergreen 3 & 4 . . . Or how to play up your strengths and disguise your weaknesses in your costumes. Wendy Prather, Shannon Flint, Orchid Easter Egg Hunt 10 am Olympic 1 Ages 4 and under Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine Paranormal Fair 10 am-2 pm Grand 3 We have a museum, ghost hunters, researchers of the weird and unusual, fortune-tellers and more from the world or the paranormal. Want to learn more about things we don’t always understand? Come on in! Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final 10 am-Noon Salon Did you hunt down more Stargate chevrons than you even knew existed? Trent Lum Mary Robinette Kowal Reads Shades of Milk and Honey 10:30 am Cascade 3 An excerpt from her debut novel, with puppet show Mary Robinette Kowal Easter Egg Hunt 10:30 am Olympic 1 Ages 5 to 8 Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine Kim Ritchie Reads Triple Time 11 am Cascade 3 Sci-fi/time travel Kim Ritchie Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Laboratory 11 am Cascade 4 Giving your characters life Craig English Bad Writing, No Cookie 11 am Cascade 5 & 6 What makes a piece of writing . . . bad? Cat Rambo, Alma Alexander, Caren Gussoff, Jordan Lapp, Randy Henderson Fannish Home Decor 11 am Cascade 7 How to showcase your geek aesthetic and not look like an audition for Hoarders. Anita Taylor, Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson Which Point of View Serves Your Story Best? 11 am Cascade 8 Any story can be told from any point of view: How do you find the best one for yours? What gains and losses come with first person, with limited third person, with multiple third with multiple first? Jay Lake, Susan R. Matthews, Mary Robinette Kowal NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 63 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Home Recording II 11 am Cascade 9 OK, you have some equipment. Now what do you do with it? Vixy & Tony, Heather Dale, Ben Deschamps Cat Rambo Reads Resurrecting Love Noon Cascade 3 She was the greatest general of her day . . . and long after, when she labored in zombie servitude (a Tabat story). Cat Rambo Camping out, Medieval Style 11 am Cascade 10 A survey of medieval encampments, tents and pavilions and how to achieve that effect today. Cymbric Early-Smith, Karen Rall, Krista Wohlfeil SWOC Meeting Noon Cascade 4 Come and see what is happening on the local con scene. Demo: Kinuko Y. Craft 11 am Evergreen 3 & 4 Kinuko Y. Craft shares her tools and techniques. Kinoku Y. Craft Easter Egg Hunt 11 am Olympic 1 Ages 9 and up Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine Kat Richardson Reads Downpour 11:30 am Cascade 3 A paranormal detective story Kat Richardson Norwescon Art Show and Charity Auction 11:30 am-2 pm Grand 2 Bid on the most hotly contested pieces of art in the year’s art show and annual Charity Auction to benefit Clarion West Writers Workshop and Northwest Harvest. 64 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Textures and Weathering Effects in Costuming Noon Cascade 5 & 6 Make new fabric, leather and synthetics look convincingly old, worn and faded. Deborah Strub, Richard Stephens, Garth Stubbs, Ieva Ohaks Women Characters in Comics Noon Cascade 7 Join us for a look at some well-known women characters and related themes. Ashley Cook, Jenna M. Pitman, Larry Lewis, Andrew Dolbeck, Charles “Zan” Christensen Create a Character in One Short Scene Noon Cascade 8 What’s the best way to introduce a character? Mary Rosenblum, Brenda Cooper, Kevin Radthorne, Craig English The Final Countdown Noon Cascade 9 Was the Space Shuttle worth the cost, time and effort? Chris Vancil, Carlton Rhoades, Greg Paddock, Jerry Black SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Gaming and Community Noon Cascade 10 Our panelists will discuss social networking and creating a positive community via chat tools, Web forums, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and third-party news sites. Donna Prior, Matt Hammond, Liz Courts, Jeff Combos Revenge of the Movie Previews! Noon-2 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Including (at no additional cost) the famous, “why? Why? WHY?” Keith Johnson, Alan Halfhill Trouble Clef Jam (Songs in the Key of R) Noon-2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Join our pros and anyone else who cares to join in for a fun musical jam—a Norwescon tradition. Everyone! Hugo Nominations Noon Maxi’s Ballroom With Eastercon, an announcement of the Hugo nominees Don Glover Scavenger Hunt Final Noon-2 pm Salon Present your scavenged items to the judges. Max Blaze Pat MacEwen Reads “Home Sweet Bi’ome” 12:30 pm Cascade 3 Biotech gone mad! Published in the F&SF Dec/Jan 2010 issue Pat MacEwen Jay Lake Reads From His Work 1 pm Cascade 3 Jay Lake Writer’s Block 1 pm Cascade 4 Our panelists talk about writer’s block during a fest and how to motor through it and turn your fic in on time. Cassie Black, Rose O’Keefe, Jean Johnson, Jordan Lapp Geek Careers 1 pm Cascade 5 & 6 What business opportunities (besides high tech) are out there that are (or can be made) fandom friendly? Mike Brennan; Judith Herman; J. Spyder Isaacson, M.Ed. Early 20th-Century Ribbon Work 1 pm Cascade 7 Cockades, frills, flowers and more! Carmen Beaudry, Anita Taylor, JoAnne Kirley Beyond Dr. Who: The British Sci-Fi Universe 1 pm Cascade 8 Come discuss your favorite sci-fi from the other side of the pond. Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Chris Nilsson, Durlyn Plagues, Pandemics and You 1 pm Cascade 9 Disease has been a constant throughout human history. It will be a fixture in the future. What are the threats? What new forms of disease might arise? How will we combat them? Miki Garrison, Matt Hammond, Darry Willis (NurseDarry), Misty Marshall NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 65 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING The 10% Solution: How to Edit Your Work 1 pm Cascade 10 We’ll discuss how to cut passive voice, unnecessary words and anything else that slows your fiction down. Patrick Swenson, Renee Stern, Ted Butler, Craig English, Kelley Eskridge Miniatures Painting 101 Workshop 1-3 pm Cascade 13 Learn the basics on how to get started painting miniatures. Sean K Reynolds, Stephen Radney-MacFarland Easter Carnival 1-3 pm Olympic 1 Kim Poua, LouAnna Valentine Rhiannon Held Reads “Bloodtech” 1:30 pm Cascade 3 Science-fiction short story Rhiannon Held James C. Glass Reads “Rainbow Lady” 2 pm Cascade 3 Short story James C. Glass Westercon 65 Meeting 2 pm Cascade 4 Come and hear about what Seattle is planning for 2012. Hook ’Em When They’re Young 2 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Come talk with us about the best books and media to get kids interested in SF/F. Durlyn, Spring Schoenhuth, Maida ‘Mac’ Cain, Eva Carlstrom 66 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Masquerade Debriefing 2 pm Cascade 7 Come and tell us what we did well and how we can improve the Masquerade in the future. Trent Lum Costuming Block 2 pm Cascade 8 Renewing your inspiration Wendy Prather, Katrina Marier, Molly Boone, Kate McClure Artist Coffee Klatch 2 pm Cascade 9 Come spend an hour with some of our fine artists in an informal setting. Kinuko Y. Craft, Betsy Mott, Liv RaineySmith, John R. Gray III, Michaela Eaves, Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos, Wayfarer’s Moon, Bryan Syme, Mike Vaillancourt The Next Big Thing 2 pm Cascade 10 The big thing of the past 50 years was computers; they changed pretty much everything. What is the next big thing, and when will it arrive? David Nasset, Sr.; Matthew “Fish” Dockrey; Frank Catalano; David Stuart Fandance Film Festival 2-4 pm Evergreen 1 & 2 In its 12th year, the festival is a celebration of low- and no-budget cinema, brought to wondrous, lurching life by amateur filmmakers from all around the Pacific Northwest. Edward Martin III, Ryan K. Johnson SUNDAY PROGRAMMING Camarilla Fan Club: A Global LARP Community 2 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 The largest organization of live-action role-playing in the World of Darkness universe wants you! Tara Coomes, The Camarilla - A World of Darkness Fan club John P. Alexander Reads I, Bonita 2:30 pm Cascade 3 Tales of an immortal witch John P. Alexander Bruce R. Cordell Reads Sword of the Gods 3 pm Cascade 3 Introduction to the author’s next series Bruce R. Cordell Crowns and Swords 3 pm Cascade 4 Countless novels have been set in the intertwined worlds of monarchy and fantasy. How can this long-standing tradition be updated or refreshed? Kris Millering, Randy Henderson, Kim Ritchie, Kevin Radthorne Should Genre Labels Disappear? 3 pm Cascade 5 & 6 How are labels assigned and why? Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Felicity Shoulders, Julie McGalliard, Jude Kelley Green What Makes You a Fan? 3 pm Cascade 8 Books, movies, going to conventions . . . what is it that makes you a fan? Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson, Donna Prior Science in Movies: Good, Bad and Stupid 3 pm Cascade 9 Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it hilariously wrong. Judith Herman; Annie Morton; David Nassett, Sr. The Psychology of Urban Fantasy 3 pm Cascade 10 Is urban fantasy a worldview that frightens us or one we wish were true? Mark Teppo, Kat Richardson, Kurt Cagle, Liz Argall Onions and Roses 4 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 Come share with us your ideas about what went well, what didn’t and how we can continue to make Norwescon an event you’ll come back to year after year. Closing Ceremonies 5 pm Evergreen 3 & 4 That’s all, folks. Another Norwescon has come and gone. Bid adieu to our Guests of Honor, and help us close out another year of learning, fun and mayhem. Fairy-Tale Fashion Do-Overs 3 pm Cascade 7 We review and examine new fashion looks for classic fairy tales. Melissa Quinn, Orchid, Janet Borkowski, Shannon Flint NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 67 SUNDAY PROGRAMMING PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Art Finding Inspiration Thursday 5pm Cascade 8 Steampunk Art Thursday 8pm Cascade 13 Artists’ Jam Thursday 9pm Cascade 13 The Business of Art Friday 10am Cascade 13 The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft Friday Noon Grand 3 History of Fantastic Art Friday 1pm Cascade 10 Block Printing Demo Friday 2pm Cascade 13 Art Show Tour: Todd Lockwood Friday 4pm Grand 1 Beyond the Book Cover Friday 5pm Cascade 13 Collage Painting Friday 6pm Cascade 13 Video Game Art Friday 9pm Cascade 13 Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Author & Cover Artist Friday 10pm Cascade 10 Figure-Drawing Demo Saturday 9:30-11am Cascade 13 Art Show Tour: Liv Rainey-Smith Saturday Noon Grand 1 Figure-Drawing Workshop—Models in Costume Saturday 1-3pm Cascade 13 Evolving Image of the Dragon Saturday 3pm Cascade 8 Art Aerobics Saturday 5pm Cascade 13 Art Show Tour: Alan Clark Saturday 5pm Grand 1 Attaching This to That Saturday 6pm Cascade 13 Found Object Workshop Saturday 7-9pm Olympic 1 Copyright and You Saturday 8pm Cascade 13 Unique Techniques Sunday 10am Cascade 7 Monster Mash Sunday 10am-1pm Cascade 13 Kinuko Y. Craft Demo Sunday 11am Evergreen 3&4 Artists’ Coffee Klatch Sunday 2pm Cascade 9 © Kinuko Y. Craft 68 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 69 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Biology Costume Biological Inspirations Thursday 5pm Cascade 5&6 Making Your Futuristic Costume Thursday 4pm Cascade Alien Biology Thursday 9pm Cascade 5&6 Fantastical Forgeless Armor & Props Thursday 5pm Cascade 4 Arsenic and Old Lakes Thursday 10pm Cascade 7 Organize Your Sewing Area Thursday 6pm Cascade 8 Ethics in Medical Research Friday Noon Cascade 7 Does This Bustle Make My Butt Look Big? Thursday 8pm Cascade 7 Convergent Evolution . . . in Space! Friday 1pm Cascade 5&6 Dementors, Specters and Nazgul, Oh My! Thursday 9pm Cascade 7 Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity Friday 3pm Cascade Swashbuckling Adventures Thursday 10pm Cascade 13 Fictional Linguistics Friday 9pm Cascade 1 Century’s Best SF/F Movie Costumes Friday 9am Cascade 8 Friday 10pm Cascade 7 Japanese Clothing Friday 10am Cascade 8 Saturday 9am Cascade 9 Mask-Making Workshop Friday 11am-1pm Cascade 13 Costuming for Kids Friday 1pm Cascade 8 Tron Tailoring Friday 2pm Cascade HIV: Then and Now Climate Change in the 21st Century We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us Saturday 10am Evergreen 1&2 Giving Good Alien Saturday Noon Cascade 5&6 The Lost World of Clones Saturday 1pm Cascade 4 Rectangular Construction Friday 3pm Cascade 13 Language Fossils Saturday 3pm Cascade 10 Intro to Armor Friday 4pm Cascade 5&6 Search for Life in the Solar System Saturday 7pm Cascade 4 Modern Wizards Friday 4pm Cascade 13 Future of Medicine Saturday 7pm Cascade 7 Threads of Time Friday 5pm Cascade 8 Human Evolution Sunday 10am Cascade 4 Single Pattern Contest Judging Friday 5pm-8pm Salon Plagues, Pandemics and You Sunday 1pm Cascade 9 Dieselpunk & Retro Futurism Friday 6pm Cascade 8 Pre-Masquerade Meeting Friday 6pm Olympic 1 Cavalier Chivalry Friday 7pm Cascade 13 Floozies, Soiled Doves & Ladies of the Evening Friday 8pm Cascade 13 Shadow of the Vampire Friday 9pm Cascade 8 Tim Burton’s Wonderland Friday 10pm Cascade 8 Stitch & Bitch Friday 10pm-whenever Olympic 1 Contemporary Asian Fantasy Costumes Saturday 9am Cascade 8 Pre-Masquerade Meeting Saturday 9am Grand 3 Twisting History Saturday 10am Cascade 8 Comics Geriatric Batman Thursday 9pm Cascade 4 Web Comics Friday 1pm Cascade 4 Fantasy in Comics Friday 2pm Cascade 5&6 History of the X-Men Friday 6pm Cascade 10 Comic Adaptations Friday 7pm Cascade 5&6 Scary Comics Friday 8pm Cascade 4 Deconstructing the Superhero Friday 9pm Cascade 7 Potassium-Deficient Superhero Saturday 11am Cascade 7 Crash Course in Comics History Saturday 2pm Cascade 7 Batman vs. Superman Saturday 6pm Cascade 4 Queer Superheroes Saturday 8pm Cascade 7 Women Characters in Comics Sunday Noon Cascade 7 70 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Under the Sea Fashion Show Saturday 11am Evergreen 3&4 Headdress Armature Saturday Noon Cascade 13 History of Underwear Saturday 1-3pm Cascade 10 Costume Recycling Saturday 3pm Cascade 13 Cascade 13 Multicultural Steampunk Saturday 4pm Clothing of the Coast & Inland Salish Peoples Saturday 5pm Cascade 8 Surface Details: Beyond Beading Saturday 6pm Cascade 8 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 71 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Costume (cont.) Fannish Culture (cont.) Chain Mail/Stitch & Bitch Saturday 9-Midnight Olympic 1 Costume Camouflage Sunday 10am Evergreen 3&4 Exploring Other Cultures Saturday 6pm Cascade 7 Size Acceptance Is for Everybody Saturday 7pm Cascade 13 Texture and Weathering Costumes Sunday Noon Cascade 5&6 Early 20th-Century Ribbon Work Sunday 1pm Cascade 7 Queer Eye Saturday 6:30-7:30pm Maxi’s Ballroom Queer Superheroes Saturday 8pm Masquerade Debriefing Sunday 2pm Cascade 7 Cascade 7 Has Fandom Shattered Its Glass Ceiling? Saturday 9pm Costuming Block Sunday 2pm Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Sex Tech & Getting Your Gadget On Saturday 10pm Cascade 7 Fairy-Tale Fashion Do-Overs Sunday 3pm Cascade 7 Flirting 102: Flirting for the Advanced Student Saturday 10pm Cascade 8 Fannish Culture Activism Through SF/F Writing & Art Thursday 4pm Cascade 13 Comparative Religions Thursday 5pm Cascade 7 Fantastic Fantasy Females Thursday 9pm Cascade 8 How the ’Net Changed the Dating Scene Thursday 10pm Cascade 5&6 Fandom in Daily Life Friday 11am Cascade 7 Goth on a Budget Friday Noon Cascade 8 LGBTQI in SF/F & Fandom Friday 1pm Cascade 7 Can We Change the World Through SF? Friday 2pm Evergreen 1&2 Disability in Science Fiction & Real Life Friday 3pm Cascade 5&6 Poly Parenting Friday 4pm Cascade 8 Polyamory 101 Friday 6pm Cascade 5&6 Flirting 101 Friday 7pm Cascade 4 Gamers Need Love Too! Friday 8pm Cascade 5&6 Alternative Scene Etiquette Friday 10pm Cascade 4 Transgender Characters in Spec Fiction Friday 10pm Evergreen 3&4 Intro to Seattle Sex-Positive Culture Friday 11pm Victorian Sex Friday Midnight BDSM 101 Saturday 11pm Cascade 9 Advanced BDSM Saturday Midnight Cascade 9 Fannish Gardening Sunday 10am Cascade 5&6 Fannish Home Decor Sunday 11am Cascade 7 Gaming and Community Sunday Noon Cascade 10 Geek Careers Sunday 1pm Cascade 5&6 Hook ’Em When They’re Young Sunday 2pm Cascade 5&6 What Makes You a Fan? Sunday 3pm Cascade 8 Editing/Publishing/Literature Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy? Thursday 8pm Evergreen 1&2 Best of Steampunk Thursday 9pm Cascade 9 When Writing Doesn’t Pay Friday 10am Cascade 4 Year’s Best SF& F in 2010 Friday 11am Cascade 5&6 Marketing for Writers Friday Noon Evergreen 3&4 Kickassitude Friday 2pm Evergreen 3&4 Editing the Novel Friday 3pm Cascade 9 Cascade 5&6 New Shared-World Anthologies Friday 4pm Cascade 4 Cascade 5&6 E-Book and Publishing Saturday 9am Cascade 5&6 Cascade 5&6 Growing up Fen Saturday 10am Cascade 7 Best Short Fiction Markets Saturday 11am When Fandoms Collide Saturday 11am Cascade 8 Trends in Urban Fantasy Saturday Noon Grand 2 Evolution of Marriage Saturday Noon Cascade 9 How Do You Find an Agent? Saturday 1pm Cascade 5&6 Young & Queer in Society & Fandom Saturday 2pm Cascade 9 Advanced Polyamory Saturday 3pm Cascade 5&6 Invisible Disabilities Saturday 4pm Cascade 8 72 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 The Mongoliad Saturday 1pm Evergreen 1&2 Pyr Presents Saturday 4pm Evergreen 3&4 Micropublishing and New Games Saturday 5pm Cascade 9 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 73 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Editing/Publishing/Literature (cont.) Events (cont.) Breaking in to Print Saturday 7pm Cascade 5&6 Flash Fiction Saturday 9pm Cascade 4 SMACdown Arcade Saturday 10am 7110 Camarilla LARP Saturday Noon-5pm Maxi’s Ballroom Making It out of the Slush Pile Saturday 10pm Cascade 10 Poker Tournament Saturday 1-5pm Rotunda 1 Bizzaro! Saturday 11pm Cascade 4 Autograph Session 1 Saturday 2pm Grand 2 Small Press: Wave of the Future? Sunday 10am Cascade 8 SMACdown Arcade Tournament Saturday 2pm 7110 Should Genre Labels Disappear? Sunday 3pm Cascade 5&6 Autograph Session 2 Saturday 3pm Grand 2 Psychology of Urban Fantasy Sunday 3pm Cascade 10 Open Gaming Saturday 5pm-6am Rotunda 1 Children’s Masquerade Panel Saturday 6:30-7:30pm Cascade 9 Lazer Tag Saturday 7-11pm Evergreen 3&4 7-7:30 pm Grand 2&3 Events Open Gaming Thursday 1pm-6am Rotunda 1 Open Gaming Thursday 1pm-6am Rotunda 2 Scheduled Gaming Thursday 1pm-1am Cascade 11&12 SMACdown Arcade Thursday 3pm-1am 7110 Banquet Thursday 5-7pm Grand 2 Opening Ceremonies Thursday 7pm Evergreen 1&2 Thursday Night Hoedown Thursday 9pm-2am Grand 3 Open Gaming Friday 8am-6am Rotunda 1 Open Gaming Friday 8am-3:30pm Rotunda 2 Scheduled Gaming Friday 9am-1am Cascade 11&12 SMACdown Arcade Friday 10am-1am 7110 Open Gaming Friday 8pm-6am Rotunda 2 Pre-Masquerade Meeting Friday 6pm Olympic 1 PK Dick Awards Friday 7-8:30pm Grand 2 501st Charity Photo Event Friday 7:30-10:30pm Lobby Fannish Fetish Fashion Show Friday 9-10:30pm Grand 2&3 Camarilla LARP Friday 9pm-2am Maxi’s Ballroom Grand 2&3 Friday 11pm-2am Open Gaming Carnivale de Stardance Saturday 8am-1pm Rotunda 1 Open Gaming Saturday 8am-6am Rotunda 2 Pre-Masquerade Meeting Saturday 9am Grand 3 Scheduled Gaming Saturday 9am-1am Cascade 11&12 Scavenger Hunt Saturday 10am Salon 74 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Masquerade Doors Open Saturday Queer Eye Saturday 6:30pm-7:30pm Maxi’s Ballroom Masquerade Saturday 7:30pm-9:30pm Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies Saturday 9pm Cascade 10 Grand 2&3 Camarilla LARP Saturday 9pm-2am Maxi’s Ballroom Dance: It’s Saturday Night! Saturday 10-2am Grand 2&3 Open Gaming Sunday 8am-4pm Rotunda 1 Open Gaming Sunday 8am-4pm Rotunda 2 SMACdown Arcade Sunday 9am-2pm 7110 Scheduled Gaming Sunday 9am-4pm Cascade 11&12 Paranormal Fair Sunday 10am-2pm Grand 3 Stargate Scavenger Hunt Final Sunday 10am-Noon Salon Art Show Auction Sunday 11:30am-2pm Grand 2 Hugo Nominations Sunday Noon Maxi’s Ballroom Scavenger Hunt Final Sunday Noon-2pm Salon Masquerade Debriefing Sunday 2pm Cascade 7 Onions & Roses Sunday 4pm Evergreen 3&4 Closing Ceremonies Sunday 5pm Evergreen 3&4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 75 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Family Fantasy Movie: The Last Unicorn Thursday 1-2:30pm Olympic 1 Fantastic Fantasy Females Thursday 9pm Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour Thursday 2:30pm Olympic 1 Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror Friday 11am Cascade 8 Grand 3 Magnificent Mosaics Thursday 3:30pm Olympic 1 World Building Your Fantasy Friday 5pm Cascade 5&6 Origami Magic Thursday 4:30pm Olympic 1 Supernatural Seattle Friday 5pm Evergreen 3&4 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 1 Friday 10-11:30am Olympic 1 Science of Magic Friday 8pm Cascade 8 Ship! . . . Island! Friday 11am Grand 2 Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled Detective Roots Saturday 11am Grand 2 Teddy Bear Picnic Friday 1pm Presidential Suite Evolving Image of the Dragon Saturday 3pm Cascade 8 Kids Filk Friday 2pm Olympic 1 Crowns & Swords Sunday 3pm Cascade 4 Cool Summer Movie Stuff! Friday 3:30pm Olympic 1 Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour Friday 4:30p Olympic 1 The Tower at Stony Wood: Embroidery 101 Friday 7-9pm Olympic 1 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 2 Saturday 10-11:30am Olympic 1 Wand-Making Workshop Saturday Noon Olympic 1 Od Magic: Puppet Workshop Part 3 Saturday 3-5pm Olympic 1 Story Hour Saturday 5pm Olympic 1 Easter Egg Hunt Sunday 10am Olympic 1 Easter Egg Hunt Sunday 10:30am Olympic 1 Easter Egg Hunt Sunday 11am Olympic 1 Easter Carnival Sunday 1-3pm Olympic 1 Fan Fiction Gaming Gaming File 13 Thursday 4pm Cascade 9 Best Board Games for Nongamers Thursday 6pm Cascade 9 LARP: Put Live Action Into Your Gaming Thursday 10pm Cascade 4 Not Just for White Boys Anymore Thursday 10pm Cascade 9 Game Mechanics Friday 10am Cascade 9 Game Publishing Goes Digital Friday 11am Cascade 8 Grrrl Gamers Friday 1pm Evergreen 3&4 Cascade 9 The Grognard Movement Friday 2pm Getting Your Game Made Friday 4pm Cascade 9 Writing and for Computer Games Friday 4pm Evergreen 1&2 The Year in Board and Card Games Friday 5pm Cascade 9 Thursday 8pm Cascade 8 Ask the Game Masters Friday 6pm Cascade 9 Write a Story in an Hour Friday 11am-1pm Cascade 4 Hey, <Series> Would Make a Great Game! Friday 9pm Cascade 9 Importance of a Beta Friday 2pm Cascade 4 Video Game Art Friday 9pm Cascade 13 Fan Fic/Fan Art: Where to Find It SEX! How to Write Smutfic Friday 11pm Cascade 7 Camarilla LARP Friday 9pm-2am Maxi’s Ballroom Fanfiction to Mainstream Saturday Noon Cascade 8 Dude, Seriously, WTF? Friday 10pm Cascade 9 BADFIC—What Not to Do Saturday 4pm Cascade 4 Freelancing 101 Saturday 10am Cascade 4 Writing Great Sex Scenes Saturday 8pm Cascade 10 Crunch vs. Fluff Saturday Noon Evergreen 3&4 Slash and Mainstream Media Saturday 11pm Cascade 8 Camarilla LARP Saturday Noon-5pm Maxi’s Ballroom Writer’s Block Sunday 1pm Cascade 4 Women in the Gaming Industry Saturday 1pm Evergreen 3&4 Ask the Developers Saturday 3pm Cascade 9 Tabletop Gaming Is DEAD Saturday 4pm Cascade 9 76 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 77 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Gaming (cont.) GoH (cont.) Micropublishing and New Games Saturday 5pm Cascade 9 Camarilla LARP Saturday 9pm-2am Maxi’s Ballroom Putting the R in RPG Saturday 10pm Cascade 9 Pyr Presents Saturday 4pm Reality Paranormal TV Saturday 5pm Evergreen 3&4 Cascade 10 Breaking in to Print Saturday 7pm Cascade 5&6 Gaming and Community Sunday Noon Cascade 10 Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF Saturday 7pm Cascade 8 Miniatures Painting Sunday 1-3pm Cascade 13 Copyright and You Saturday 8pm Cascade 13 Camarilla Fan Club Sunday 2pm Evergreen 3&4 GoH Opening Ceremonies Thursday 7pm Evergreen 1&2 Evergreen 1&2 Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy? Thursday 8pm Best of Steampunk Thursday 9pm Cascade 9 The Business of Art Friday 10am Cascade 13 Year’s Best SF & F 2010 Friday 11am Cascade 5&6 Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror Friday 11am Grand 3 Fringe: Paranormal Investigations Friday Noon Cascade 10 Marketing for Writers Friday Noon The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft Friday Fiction of Patricia A. McKillip Friday Kickassitude Editing the Novel Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind Saturday Midnight-2am Evergreen 1&2 Small Press: Wave of the Future? Sunday 10am Cascade 8 Paranormal Fair Sunday 10am-2pm Grand 3 Kinuko Y. Craft Demo Sunday 11am Evergreen 3&4 Artist Coffee Klatch Sunday 2pm Cascade 9 Closing Ceremonies Sunday 5pm Evergreen 3&4 Cascade 7 History/Medieval Playing With History Friday 10am A Day in the Life Friday 3pm Cascade 8 Evergreen 3&4 Intro to Armor Friday 4pm Cascade 5&6 Noon Grand 3 Threads of Time Friday 5pm Cascade 8 1pm Evergreen 1&2 Scholarship: Documentation vs. Re-creation Friday 8pm Cascade 7 Friday 2pm Evergreen 3&4 Medieval Weaponry Saturday 5pm Cascade 4 Friday 3pm Cascade 9 Camping Out, Medieval Style Sunday 11am Cascade 10 The Science Behind SF & the Supernatural Friday 3pm Evergreen 1&2 Interview and Q&A With Marie D. Jones Friday 7pm Evergreen 3&4 Cascade 8 Charismatic Mega Catastrophes Friday 8pm Evergreen 3&4 Why Is the Paranormal so Popular? Saturday 10am Cascade 9 Developing Your Own Mythos Saturday 10am Evergreen 3&4 Interview With Jim and Shannon K. Butcher Saturday 10am Grand 2 Best Short Fiction Markets Saturday 11am Cascade 5&6 Urban Fantasy’s Hard-Boiled Detective Roots Saturday 11am Grand 2 Trends in Urban Fantasy Saturday Noon Grand 2 How Do You Find an Agent? Saturday 1pm Cascade 5&6 Autograph Session 1 Saturday 2pm Grand 2 Autograph Session 2 Saturday 3pm Grand 2 78 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Horror Thursday 10pm Dark Urban Fantasy & Horror Zombie Rules Friday 11am Grand 3 How to Survive a Zombie Invasion Friday 3pm Evergreen 3&4 Quarter-Century-Old Horror Friday 7pm Cascade 8 Scary Comics Friday 8pm Cascade 4 Basic Writing Help—Horror Saturday Noon Cascade 7 Godzilla vs. Zombies Saturday 4pm Cascade 7 Not Another Monster Story Saturday 8pm Cascade 5&6 Spooky Music Saturday 11pm Cascade 5&6 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 79 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Media Miscellaneous Mayhem Low-Budget Special Effects Thursday 5-7pm Cascade 10 Norwescon Dance Academy Thursday 4-6pm Maxi’s Ballroom Series 5: Doctor Who Thursday 6pm Cascade 5&6 Clay-O-Rama Thursday 5-7pm Cascade 13 Star Trek Universe Update Thursday 8pm Cascade 5&6 Living Stage and SF/F Thursday 8pm Cascade 10 Let’s Make a Movie: Intro! Thursday 9-11pm Cascade 10 Government of the Fen, by the Fen Thursday 9pm Evergreen 1&2 Lazer Tag I Could Do Better Than That Thursday 11pm Cascade 8 Midnight Movie: Ladyhawke Thursday Midnight-2am Evergreen 1&2 Let’s Make a Movie: Plan It! Friday 10-Noon Cascade 10 Thursday 9pm-1am Grand 2 Ship! . . . Island! Friday 11am Grand 2 Hobbit Country Dancing Friday Noon Grand 2 Fringe: Paranormal Investigations Friday Noon Cascade 10 Scavenger Hunt Friday Noon Salon Movie Previews Friday 1-3pm Grand 3 Science-Fiction Shakespeare Friday 1pm Cascade 13 Maxi’s Ballroom Censorship and the Media Friday 2pm Cascade 10 Norwescon Dance Academy Friday 1-3pm Supernatural vs. Sci-Fi Friday 6pm Cascade 4 Stargate Scavenger Hunt Friday 1pm Salon The State of SyFy Friday 9pm Cascade 5&6 Lazer Tag Friday 3-5pm Grand 2 Remaking Classic Films Friday 10pm Cascade 5&6 Cascadia’s Got Talent! Friday 3-5pm Salon Has Hollywood Sucked Vampires Dry? Friday 11pm Cascade 9 Ghostology 101 Friday 4pm Grand 3 Midnight Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show Why Is the Paranormal so Popular? Friday Midnight-2am Evergreen 1&2 Museum of Legends and Lore Friday 5pm Grand 3 Saturday 10am Cascade 9 Script Reading: Star Wars Friday 6-8pm Cascade 7 Let’s Make a Movie: Shoot It! Saturday 10-Noon Cascade 10 Like Water for Quarks Book Launch Friday 6pm Presidential Suite 3-D Cinema: Revolution or Novelty? Saturday 1pm Cascade 9 Flirting 101 Friday 7pm Cascade 4 Return to Middle Earth Saturday 2pm Cascade 8 Getting Lost in SF TV Saturday 3pm Cascade 4 Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Authors & Cover Artists Cascade 10 Reality Paranormal TV Saturday 5pm Cascade 10 Let’s Make a Movie: Edit It! Saturday 6-8pm Cascade 10 Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies Saturday 9pm Cascade 10 Best and Worst Movies of 2010 Saturday 10pm Cascade 5&6 Midnight Movie: The Fourth Kind Saturday Midnight-2am Evergreen 1&2 Movie Previews Sunday Noon-2pm Evergreen 1 & 2 Beyond Doctor Who Sunday 1pm Cascade 8 Fandance Film Festival Sunday 2-4pm Evergreen 1&2 Science in Movies Sunday 3pm Cascade 9 80 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Friday 10pm Tai Chi Saturday 9am Grand 2 Collecting Arcade Games Saturday Noon Cascade 4 Podcasting 101 Saturday 1pm Cascade 8 Carolyn Palms Memorial Saturday 2pm Cascade 4 SMACdown Arcade Tournament Saturday 2pm 7110 Babel Saturday 5-7pm Presidential Suite Lazer Tag Saturday 7-11pm Evergreen 3&4 Church of the SubGenius Saturday 8pm Cascade 4 Geek, Geek . . . Don’t Tell Me: Movies Saturday 9pm Cascade 10 Cascade 8 Flirting 102: Flirting for the Advanced Student Saturday 10pm Tai Chi Sunday 9am Grand 2 SWOC Meeting Sunday Noon Cascade 4 Westercon 65 Meeting Sunday 2pm Cascade 4 Camarilla Fan Club Sunday 2pm Evergreen 3&4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 81 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Music Readings (cont.) CRIME and the Forces of Evil in Concert Thursday 8pm Evergreen 3&4 Larry Lewis Reads Blender Electric Children in Concert Thursday 9pm Evergreen 3&4 Andrew Ross in Concert Thursday 10pm Evergreen 3&4 Mike Shepherd Moscoe Reads Kris Longknife Redoubtable Thursday 8pm Cascade 3 Open Filk Evergreen 3&4 Kevin Radthorne Reads The Pool of Shikama Thursday 8:30pm Cascade 3 Michael Alexander Reads Come Again Some Other Day Friday 10am Cascade 3 S. A. Bolich reads An Infinity of Moments Friday 10:30am Cascade 3 Roberta Gregory Reads Mother Mountain Friday 11am Cascade 3 Alan M. Clark Reads Boneyard Babies Friday 11:30am Cascade 3 Brenda Cooper Reads Mayan December Friday Noon Cascade 3 Nathan Crowder Reads The Price of Cream Friday 12:30pm Cascade 3 James Knapp Reads State of Decay Friday 1pm Cascade 3 Thursday 11pm-2am Filk 101 Friday 11am Evergreen 1&2 Space Opera Sing-Along Friday Noon Evergreen 1&2 Kids Filk Friday 2pm Olympic 1 Cascadia’s Got Talent! Friday 3-5pm Salon Take It on the Road Friday 5pm Evergreen 1&2 Pondside in Concert Friday 7pm Evergreen 1&2 Leannan Sidhe in Concert Friday 8pm Evergreen 1&2 Aislinn the Bard in Concert Friday 9pm Evergreen 1&2 Thursday 6:30pm Cascade 3 Starlight in Concert Friday 10pm Evergreen 1&2 Dani Kollin Reads Confessions of a Vampire Knight in the Zombie Wars Friday 1:30pm Cascade 3 Open Filk Friday 11pm-2am Evergreen 3&4 Ted Kosmatka Reads The Helix Game Friday 2pm Cascade 3 Harm Me With Harmony Saturday 11am Evergreen 1&2 Nancy Kress Reads From Her Work Friday 2:30pm Cascade 3 Performance Enhancement Saturday Noon Evergreen 1&2 Stina Leicht Reads Of Blood and Honey Friday 3pm Cascade 3 Home Recording I Saturday 4pm Evergreen 1&2 Housefilk, Filkcon, Gencon Saturday 5pm Evergreen 1&2 Edward Martin III Reads “I Saw a Pony,” “The Gift” and “Love, She is Blind” Friday 3:30pm Cascade 3 Evergreen 1&2 Darragh Metzger Reads The Strawberry Roan Friday 4pm Cascade 3 Evergreen 1&2 G. David Nordley Reads Into the Mirand Rift Friday 4:30pm Cascade 3 Anne Prather, aka Aislinn the Bard, Reads Wings of Joy: Songs and Stories of the Starmasters Fighter X in Concert Death*Star in Concert Saturday Saturday 7pm 8pm Vixy & Tony in Concert Saturday 9pm Evergreen 1&2 The Heather Dale Band in Concert Saturday 10pm Evergreen 1&2 Spooky Music Saturday 11pm Cascade 5&6 Open Filk Saturday 11:30pm-2am Evergreen 3&4 Home Recording II Sunday 11am Cascade 9 Trouble Clef Jam Sunday Noon-2pm Evergreen 3&4 Readings Friday 5pm Cascade 3 Ken Scholes Reads In Time of Despair and Great Darkness Friday 5:30pm Cascade 3 Lizzy Shannon Reads Time Spin Friday 6pm Cascade 3 Jack Skillingstead Reads From His New Work Friday 6:30pm Cascade 3 G.Robin Smith Reads To Each Their Own Friday 7pm Cascade 3 Talebones Live! Friday 7-9pm Cascade 9 Christine Winters Reads Enchantress Moon Friday 7:30pm Cascade 3 pir8fancier Reads Let’s Pretend the War Is Over Friday 8pm Cascade 3 Alma Alexander reads from her new work Thursday 5pm Cascade 3 Keffy R. M. Kehrli Reads Bonehouse Friday 8:30pm Cascade 3 Ted Butler Reads Endeavour Great Circle Ship Thursday 5:30pm Cascade 3 Jean Johnson Reads Theirs Not to Reason Why: An Officer’s Duty Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading and Chocolate Event Friday 9pm Cascade 4 Thursday 6pm Cascade 3 J A Pitts Reads Honeyed Words Friday 10pm Cascade 3 Judith Herman Reads Grumpy Old Vampires Friday 10:30pm Cascade 3 82 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 83 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Readings (cont.) Readings (cont.) SatyrPhil Brucato Reads “Chaser,” “Rabbit Moves the World” or Both Friday 11pm Cascade 3 Garth Upshaw Reads “Birdwatcher” Saturday 10am Cascade 3 J.M. Sidorova Reads Death, Rebirth. An Heir, a Karakuri Saturday 10:30am Cascade 3 Stan! Reads The Littlest Shoggoth Saturday 11am Cascade 3 Sam Sykes Reads Tome of the Undergates Saturday 11:30am Cascade 3 Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan Read Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel Saturday Noon Cascade 3 Mark Bourne Reads Jasper Saturday 12:30pm Cascade 3 Stephanie L. Weippert Reads Familiar Trouble Saturday 1pm Cascade 3 Cat Rambo Reads Resurrecting Love Sunday Noon Pat MacEwen Reads “Home Sweet Bi’ome” Sunday 12:30pm Cascade 3 Cascade 3 Jay Lake Reads From His Work Sunday 1pm Cascade 3 Rhiannon Held Reads “Bloodtech” Sunday 1:30pm Cascade 3 James C. Glass Reads “Rainbow Lady” Sunday 2pm Cascade 3 John P. Alexander Reads I, Bonita Sunday 2:30pm Cascade 3 Bruce R. Cordell Reads Sword of the Gods Sunday 3pm Cascade 3 Science Fiction R.L. McSterlingthong Reads The McSterlingscenes Saturday 1:30pm Cascade 3 Sci-Fi Does Climate Change Kelley Eskridge Reads Solitaire Saturday 2pm Cascade 3 Making up the Science Thursday 5pm Cascade 9 Friday 10am Cascade 5&6 Janet Freeman Reads Non-Native Species Saturday 2:30pm Cascade 3 Can We Change the World Through SF? Friday 2pm Evergreen 1&2 Brian David Johnson Reads Brain Machines Saturday 3pm Cascade 3 The Visions of PK Dick Friday 3pm Cascade 7 Heather Dale Reads The Legends of Arthur Saturday 3:30pm Cascade 3 Axes of Identity Friday 4pm Cascade 7 Steven Barnes Reads Devil’s Wake Saturday 4pm Cascade 3 Designing the Future With Science Fiction Friday 4pm Cascade 10 Cymbric Early-Smith Reads The Janus Paradox Saturday 4:30pm Cascade 3 Trashed Future Friday 6pm Evergreen 3&4 Jenna M. Pitman Reads Murder in the Red Barn Saturday 5pm Cascade 3 Writing Hard SF Saturday 10am Cascade 5&6 Mikki Kendall Reads Copper for a Trickster Saturday 5:30pm Cascade 3 Giving Good Alien Saturday Noon Cascade 5&6 Sonia Lyris Reads Stuff She Wrote Saturday 6pm Cascade 3 Near-Future Nightmares and Dreams Saturday 2pm Cascade 5&6 Susan R. Matthews Reads Sanctuary Planet Saturday 6:30pm Cascade 3 Far Future: Where Fantasy Meets SF Saturday 7pm Cascade 8 Kurt Cagle Reads For Eleise Saturday 7pm Cascade 3 Ethics of Genetic Modification Saturday 6pm Cascade 5&6 Cascade 7 Angel McCoy Reads “Josephine Winterdove and the Erupting Eulogist” Saturday 7:30pm Cascade 3 Craig English Reads The Anvil of Navarre Saturday 8pm Cascade 3 M.H. (Maggie) Bonham Reads Howling Dead Saturday 8:30pm Cascade 3 Arsenic and Old Lakes Thursday 10pm Caren Gussoff Reads Legion Saturday 10pm Cascade 3 I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto Friday 9am Cascade 7 David A. Page Reads Surviving Frank Saturday 10:30pm Cascade 3 Where Do We Go First? Friday Noon Cascade 5&6 Spencer Ellsworth Reads The Ifrit’s Trial Saturday 11pm Cascade 3 Mars: What We’ve Learned Friday 3pm Cascade 10 Renee Stern Reads A Mother’s Choice Sunday 10am Cascade 3 XCOR Presentation Friday 7-9pm Cascade 10 I’ll Be in My Bunk Saturday 9am Cascade 7 From Science Fiction to Science Fact Saturday Noon Cascade 10 Return to the Moon Saturday 4pm Cascade 10 Search for Life in the Solar System Saturday 7pm Cascade 4 Mary Robinette Kowal Reads Shades of Milk and Honey Sunday 10:30am Cascade 3 Kim Ritchie Reads Triple Time Sunday 11am Cascade 3 Kat Richardson Reads Downpour Sunday 11:30am Cascade 3 84 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 Space NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 85 PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT PANEL LISTING BY SUBJECT Space (cont.) Writing (cont.) Space Colony Utopia Saturday 9pm Cascade 8 Outline a Novel in 90 Minutes Friday 11am-1pm The Final Countdown Sunday Noon Cascade 9 Voice and Vernacular Friday 1pm Cascade 9 Writing for Computer Games Friday 4pm Evergreen 1&2 Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project Friday 5pm Cascade 4 Art of the Mashup Friday 5pm Cascade 7 Technology Cascade 9 The New Nukes Next Door Thursday 6pm Cascade 4 Developing Your Own Mythos Saturday 10am Evergreen 3&4 Flights of Victorian Fancy First Pages Saturday 11am Cascade 4 Cascade 9 Thursday 8pm Cascade 4 Are AIs People Too? Friday 9am Cascade 9 Computers in the Cloud Friday 11am Evergreen 3&4 The Drone of Remotely Piloted Vehicles Friday 2pm Designing the Future With Science Fiction Friday Coolest Alternative Energy Ideas Friday Call for Stories—The Tomorrow Project Friday Old Plots, New Structure Saturday 11am Basic Writing Help—Horror Writing Saturday Noon Cascade 7 Cascade 7 Building Character Using Any Method Saturday 1pm Cascade 7 4pm Cascade 10 Writers’ Workshops Saturday 2pm Evergreen 3&4 4pm Evergreen 3&4 Ins and Outs of Collaboration Saturday 3pm Cascade 7 5pm Cascade 4 Clarion West Saturday 3pm Evergreen 3&4 Cascade 5&6 XPRIZE: Oil Cleanup Friday 5pm Cascade 10 Best Writing Advice Saturday 4pm Charismatic Mega Catastrophes Friday 8pm Evergreen 3&4 Writing Good Dialogue Saturday 5pm Cascade 7 Postapocalypse Now Friday 9pm Evergreen 3&4 Writing Great Sex Scenes Saturday 8pm Cascade 10 We Will Meet the Borg, and They Will Be Us Saturday 10am Evergreen 1&2 Inviting the Demons for Tea Sunday 10am Cascade 9 The Citizen-Soldier in the High-Tech World Saturday 11am Cascade 13 Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Lab Sunday 11am Cascade 4 Today’s Teens in 2022 Saturday 2pm Evergreen 1&2 Bad Writing, No Cookie Sunday 11am Cascade 5&6 Power to the People! Saturday 3pm Evergreen 1&2 Which Point of View? Sunday 11am Cascade 8 Real Ghosts in the Machine Saturday 5pm Cascade 5&6 Create a Character in One Scene Sunday Noon Cascade 8 Alternative Energy in the Age of Steam Saturday 8pm Cascade 8 Writer’s Block Sunday 1pm Cascade 4 The 10% Solution Sunday 1pm Cascade 10 Techno-Cycles Saturday 11pm Cascade 7 Teaching Tech Sunday 10am Cascade 10 The Next Big Thing Sunday 2pm Cascade 10 Writing Thursday Afternoon Poetry Thursday 4pm Cascade 7 Tips for Giving a Good Reading Thursday 6pm Cascade 7 Theme: What’s the Real Story? Thursday 8pm Cascade 9 Can’t-Put-It-Down Pacing Friday 9am Cascade 5&6 Write a Story in an Hour Friday 11am-1pm Cascade 4 86 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 87 EXHIBITING ARTISTS Alan F. Beck Alan M. Clark Amber Clark April Faires Belsac Brass & Steam Productions Bridget E. Wilde Butch Honeck Cary A. Conder Christine D. Winters Christopher Baldwin Christpher Sumption Christy Grandjean Claire Hummel Clock Work Beetle Curiosities Cori Dietsch David Ketcherside Diana Daniels Douglas Herring Durlyn Eden Hopkins Eric Stewart Evening Angel Evergirl Art Falstaff Gempunk Jewelry Jackie Duram Nilsson Jane Olsen Jeff Sturgon Jeliza Jim Humble Jo Brown John R. Gray III JT K. Amarak Waters Karen C. Thompson Kevin Radthorne Kinuko Y. Craft Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk Mad Bee Mara Campbell Margaret Organ-Kean Mark Roland Mayda’ Taney Megan McBurney Michael Stonecastle Michele Hansen Nicholas Alexander NightshadeRose Studio Nina O. Tabares Northwest College of Art Opal Campbell Patricia McCracken Patty Watson DEALERS Paul Groendes Peter Pan Philip Peterson Rena Bassilvergoran Rob Alexander Rob Carlos Fantasy Art Russell D. Campbell Ruth Peterson Sandra Santara Sarah Clemens Seattle Illustrator’s Collective Shaughnessy Stacey Hardin Stephen Lestat Susan Stejskal Alexander TaBry Illustrations Tamera A. Mickelson Tammy Tripp Teresa Miller Theresa Mather Tiffany Toland Tina Klein-Lebbink Todd Lockwood Tyee High School Valerie Kinman Angelwear Apex Publications Art of Wings B Brown and Associates Book Universe Cargo Cult Books and Notions Celtic Moonlighting Cordochorea Creations Dragondyne Publishing Dragonmaker Everett Comics Eye-Deas Fantasy Cat Art Firefly Cargo Bay Firefox Leather and Furs Gaean Allusions Pottery Games Plus Gypsy Troll Honeck Sculpture Lastwear Offworld Designs Pegasus Publishing Prose and Steel Quicksilver Fastasies Realm of Regalia Rischa Leinweber Designs Royal Magick and The Silverwind Rob and June Edwards Rogers Rocketships Runecraft Creations Seams Like Magik Sign of the Unicorn Sinister Metalworks Springtime Creations Steelcraft The Badgers Den The Gilded Quill The Magickal Aardvark, LTD Tormented Artifacts Velvet Mechanism William and Amy Gembala Xcentricities Corsets Ye Olde Dragons Hoard LOBBY TABLES 501st Legion Alpha Base Beyond Reality Costumers Guild Blue Falcon Editing ChiCon (Worldcon 2012) emp/sfm Jedi Assembly Project London Seattle Based Charities Seattle Browncoats Sonnet Realm Films Standard Action Production Steamcon Tai-Pan Literary Society Westercon 64 (San Jose 2011) Westercon 65 (Seattle 2012) ZomBCon ARTISTS’ ALLEY PARTICIPANTS John P. Alexander lexlothor.deviantart.com Roberta Gregory www.robertagregory.com Mad Bee www.madolin.deviantart.com Christopher Baldwin www.spacetrawler.com Joseph Hill www.piratesofpugetsound.com Chris Sumption www.chrissumption.com Cori Dietsch www.coridietsch.com David Ketcherside www.purposelessplay.com Tombstone www.tombstonejig.com Evergirl Art www.evergirlart.com Angela Krupp midnightmarionette.etsy.com Wayfarer’s Moon www.wayfarersmoon.com 88 A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 89 NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 1 NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 1 THURSDAY SATURDAY 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:30 pm 5:55 pm 7:30 pm 9:45 pm 11:20 pm Cosmos The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells The Green Hornet Alien Nation (Pilot) INK (NR) Hot Tub Time Machine (R) Zombieland (R) FRIDAY 12:50 am 6:15 am 7:45 am 9:05 am 11:05 am 1:00 pm 3:30 pm 3:55 pm 5:25 pm 5:45 pm 6:10 pm 8:10 pm 9:40 pm 11:40 pm 90 The Watchmen (R) Planet 51 (PG) Battle for Terra (PG) Avatar (PG) Wonder Woman (Pilet) Metropolis The Green Hornet The Infinite World of H.G. Wells Futurama The Green Hornet Iron Man 2 (PG) Gentlemen Broncos (PG-13) Kick Ass (R) The Road (R) A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 1:30 am The Book of Eli (R) 3:30 am Mutant Chronicles (R) 5:10 am Starhunter 5:55 am Space Chimps (PG) 7:15 am How to Train Your Dragon (PG) 8:55 am Space Chimps 2 (PG) 10:10 am Where the Wild Things Are (PG) 11:50 am Beauty and the Beast (Pilot) 12:40 pm The Green Hornet 1:05 pm Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror 2:25 pm The Green Hornet 2:50 pm The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells 4:20 pm The Last Airbender (PG) 6:00 pm The Green Hornet 7:00 pm Masquerade Live 9:30 pm Nowescon Pool Party (Archer, Family Guy, Futurama, Titan Maximum, Ugly Americans) SUNDAY 7:10 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 10:45 am 12:20 pm 1:00 pm 1:50 pm Despicable Me Masquerade Tape Max Herdroom War of the Worlds Earth Find Conflict Wonder Woman Alien Nation NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 91 NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 2 NORWESCON 2011 VIDEO SCHEDULE CHANNEL 2 THURSDAY SATURDAY 3:00 pm 4:30 pm 6:10 pm 6:50 pm 7:35 pm 8:20 pm 10:30 pm The Day the Earth Stood Still Star Trek: The Menagerie The Outer Limits: A Stitch in Time Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Body Babylon 5: Messages From Earth/Point of No Return/Severed Dreams Alien Nation: Millennium FRIDAY 12:00 am 1:30 am 2:55 am 5:10 am 6:40 am 7:30 am 9:20 am 11:00 am 1:20 pm 2:00 pm 3:15 pm 5:40 pm 7:35 pm 9:30 pm 11:10 pm 92 Dark Shadows (Pilot) Doctor Who A Clockwork Orange The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines UFO: Identified Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition) Forbidden Planet Farscape: Liars, Guns and Money The X-Files: Wetwired Heroes: Chapter One—Genesis (Director’s Cut) Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus (Extended Episode)/Resurrection Ship Raiders of the Lost Ark The Boy Who Could Fly Dragonheart Superman Returns A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 | NORW E SC ON 3 4 1:40 am 3:35 am 6:05 am 8:30 am 10:10 am 11:40 am 12:30 pm 1:55 pm 5:40 pm 6:25 pm 6:50 pm 10:00 pm Pan’s Labyrinth Independence Day (Special Edition) A.I. Artificial Intelligence Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion Farscape: Infinite Possibilities Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling Battlestar Galactica: Exodus The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) The X-Files: Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life Norwescon Masquerade Aliens (Special Edition) SUNDAY 12:30 am 3:05 am 4:50 am 7:50 am 9:45 am 11:45am 1:55 pm Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Extended Special Edition) Children of Men Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Time Bandits (Original European Version) Logan’s Run The Andromeda Strain The Girl Who Leapt Through Time NORW E SC ON 3 4 | A PR I L 21-24, 2 011 93 WHERE THINGS ARE DOUBLETREE MAPS Main Floor Grand 1 Grand 2 Grand 3 NW Ballrooms Art Show General Programming and Special Events General Programming and Special Events Dealers’ Room Second Floor Evergreen 1-4 Cascade 1 & 2 Cascade 3 Cascade 4-10 & 13 Cascade 11 & 12 General Programming and Special Events Green Room and Stage Management Readings/Evening General Programming General Programming Scheduled Gaming Bathrooms Convention Services Stairs * “R” to Salon and Maxi’s Elevators* Art Show Grand Ballrooms To Second Floor Registration Courtyard Tower - Floor 14 Maxi’s Ballroom Salon Mt. 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