TENTATIVE Dragon Con (Official) Schedule: Time: Thu 08:30 pm Title: What the %#?! is Dark Fantasy? Description: Authors discuss the slippery genre that has been dubbed "dark fantasy." Location: Peachtree 1-2 (Length: 1 Hour) w/ Jonathan Maberry, R.R. Virdi, Tony Sarrecchia, Garon Whited, Jessica Ann York Time: Fri 11:30 am Title: Lost in Space: No Place like Alpha Centauri Description: The final season of Netflix's Lost in Space series came out, and had some huge plot twists and turns, weird science and weird alien history. Some of which made sense, and some which didn't. However, through those roller coaster 8 episodes, the family and more is re-united, and faces off some very angry robots, even more than in Season 2! Did the final season have you excited or did you just want Judy to toss her book off those insane cliffs on their broken planet? with Susan Griffith, James Palmer, Kevin Eldridge, Lindy Rae Keelan Location: M301-M301 (Length: 1 Hour) Time: Fri 02:00 pm Title: Signing Description: Come see Author-Editor David Boop at The Missing Volume for a special signing! Location: Vendor Hall Floor 1 The Missing Volume booth 1300 (Length: 1 Hour) Time: Fri 07:00 pm Title: The People Who Live in Your Book Description: Characters rise off the page and become people--if they're well-crafted. Discover ways to make this happen in your fiction. Location: Embassy EF (Length: 1 Hour) with Timothy Zahn, Anthony Francis, Dakota Krout, Melissa F. Olson Time: Sat 12:00 pm Title: Signing Description: Come see David Boop at The Missing Volume for a special signing! Location: Vendor Hall Floor 1 - The Missing Volume - Booth 1300 (Length: 1 Hour) Time: Sat 2:30 pm Title: Baen Books Road Show Description: Baen reveals new slate of books. Prizes! Location: (Length: 1 Hour) Time: Sat 4:00 pm Title: Russian Doll: Re-writing History Description: with Sue Kisenwether, Philip Greco, Lindy Keelan, Zan Bowden Location: (Length: 1 Hour) Time: Sat 05:30 pm Title: Ghost Towns, Haunted Trails: The Weird West Description: Authors on using the American West as a backdrop for tales of the strange, the supernatural, and the uncanny. Location: Peachtree 1-2 (Length: 1 Hour) with Jonathan Maberry, D.J. Butler, Travis Heermann, Gail Z. Martin, Tamsin Silver Time: Sun 11:30 am Title: How to Develop a Believable Religion in your Fiction Description: Nearly every book mentions religion/spirituality in some way. In some books, it's an integral part of the plot. How do you make this work for you? Location: Embassy EF (Length: 1 Hour) with Bill Fawcett, Esther Friesner, Cherie M. Priest, Fr. Bryan Small, Valerie Willis Time: Sun 02:30 pm Title: Horror? Soft Horror? Things that make you jump out of your skin?! Description: Readers of Horror vary in their tastes greatly. Some love a psychological tale while others look for the most blood-thirsty novels available. Where do you, as a writer, fit into this popular genre? Location: Embassy EF (Length: 1 Hour) with Darrell Grizzle, Nancy Knight, Erika Lance, Gail Z Martin, James Tuck Time: Sun 04:00 pm Title: Weird Wild Coincidences Description: What if Abraham Lincoln had received a telegram from a ninja? What of the tale of Violet Jessup, Miss Unsinkable? These coincidences, and many more, are the striking match of inspiration for authors of historical fiction. Come watch their brains ignite as we give them an idea and they spin a tale. Location: Macon (Length: 1 Hour) W/ Darin M. Bush, A.J. Hartley, Kevin Ikenberry, D.B. Jackson, Steve Ruskin, Tamsin Silver Time: Mon 01:00 pm Title: David Boop booth Appearance (with Gini Koch) Description: Come see David Boop at The Missing Volume for a special signing! Location: Vendor Hall Floor 1 - The Missing Volume - Booth 1300 (Length: 1 Hour)