San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Sessions

Thursday 29 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Feedback - Thursday
30 minutes, 3:00 PM ADT - 3:30 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Randall Shepherd (Potential)

Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
How to Obtain an Agent
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Jaime Moyer (Participant)

Joshua Bilmes (Participant)

John Berlyne (Participant)

You've written something. You're pleased with it. You're finally ready to shop it out. You think it might get published. How do you search for an ...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
The WSFS Business Meeting: How Does It Work?
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Martin Easterbrook, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Moderator)

Mark L. Olson (Participant)

Kevin Standlee (Participant)

Every member of Lonestarcon 3 is a member of WSFS, the World Science Fiction Society, and is eligible to attend and vote at the Society's Business ...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
The Business Side of Writing
1 hour, 9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Janet Harriett (Moderator)

Mark Oshiro (Participant)

Joshua Bilmes (Participant)

Genese Davis (Participant)

Steven Diamond (Participant)

So you've written a novel. What's next? How do you get an agent, get published, market to readers, network, avoid scams... writing was only the be...
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Getting the Most Out of Writing Workshops
1 hour, 10:00 PM ADT - 11:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

James Patrick Kelly, IBM Corp (Moderator)

Patrice Sarath (Participant)

Adam Levine Castro, ACME Industries (Participant)

Walter Jon Williams (Participant)

Trinh Huynh, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Kij Johnson (Potential)

D.L. Young (Potential)

How do you choose which type of workshops are best for you? How do you make the most of the experience once you've decided to attend and your appl...

Friday 30 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Feedback - Friday
30 minutes, 11:30 AM ADT - 12:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Randall Shepherd (Participant)

Dr Jordyn Hartzell Sr, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things we can fix, we would like to know about them in time to fix t...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Graphic Novels You Should be Reading
1 hour, 12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Rick Klaw (Moderator)

Christopher Couch (Participant)

Adam Christobal, ACME Heavy Industries (Participant)

Chris Powell (Participant)

Need a new series to get hooked on? Maybe you just want to broaden your reading interests. Our panelists will help you find the perfect books. Ther...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
The Revolutionary 50s: How SF Changed
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Anthony Lewis (Moderator)

Gary K. Wolfe (Participant)

Alfred Bester, Philip Jose Farmer, Fred Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth, Ted Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith and others changed SF in some startling ways in the 19...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Fan Funds: Prelude to Fannish Dominance
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Naomi C Fisher (Moderator)

Jim Mowatt (Participant)

William Wright (Participant)

Diane Lacey (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
The Future of the Small Press
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Gary K. Wolfe (Moderator)

Michael Underwood (Participant)

Darlene Marshall (Participant)

Neil Clarke (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Music and Science Fiction
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Vincent Docherty (Moderator)

Sanford Allen (Participant)

Lauren Schiller (Participant)

H. G. Stratmann (Participant)

Rachel Swirsky (Potential)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Galleries, Conventions, Symposia, Oh My!
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Alex Beck (Moderator)

Naomi C Fisher (Participant)

Bridget Duffy (Participant)

Jane Frank (Potential)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Literary Estates
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Melinda M. Snodgrass (Moderator)

Melissa Conway (Participant)

Jessica Reisman (Participant)

Art Dula (Participant)

John Berlyne (Participant)

Do you have a will? No one likes to think about making a will. But one of the components of an estate is intellectual property. Literary and arti...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Future of Fandom
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Deb Geisler (Moderator)

Aurora Celeste (Participant)

Jesi Pershing (Participant)

Warren Buff, 3D Systems Inc. (Participant)

William Wright (Participant)

What would your ideal fannish world of the future be like? What would we need to change to create that better world for us and future generations o...
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Gender in Manga and Anime
1 hour, 8:00 PM ADT - 9:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Kelly Peterson (Moderator)

Madeline Ashby (Participant)

Lauren Schiller (Participant)

Django Wexler (Participant)

Amy Palmisano, The Book Project (Potential)

Manga and Anime, as inviting and open as they may seem, are at heart the products of Japan's culture. Despite its technological advancement, Japan ...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
It's Time to Crowdsource a Firefly Movie
1 hour, 9:00 PM ADT - 10:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Angela Standridge (Moderator)

Jeanne Mealy (Participant)

Joy Bragg-Staudt (Participant)

Deborah Stanish (Participant)

Crowdsourcing a cult movie like a Firefly sequel should be a given, right? So if Veronica Mars can raise 5 million, how much could be raised for F...

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Feedback - Saturday
30 minutes, 9:00 AM ADT - 9:30 AM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Randall Shepherd (Participant)

Let us know how we're doing so far. Bring your questions and concerns to a meeting with the Chairman. If there are things w...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Author by Day, Poet by Night
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Nancy Hightower (Moderator)

Paul Herman (Participant)

Juan Perez (Participant)

L. E. Modesitt (Participant)

Jo Walton (Potential)

A number of authors are also poets in the fields of fantasy and science fiction. Our panelists discuss current and past masters of the craft and th...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Food in Science Fiction and/or Fantasy
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Liz Argall (Participant)

John Pitts (Participant)

Fran Wilde (Participant)

From soylent green, to vat-grown protein, to descriptions of lavish meals in Game of Thrones, food is depicted in many forms in science fiction and...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Like a Metaphor: Ongoing Relations between Poetry and Science
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Nancy Hightower (Moderator)

Jaime Moyer (Participant)

Catherynne M. Valente (Participant)

Rie Sheridan Rose (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Should SF/F be Covert Commentary on Current Social Issues
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Bradford Lyau (Moderator)

Chris N. Brown (Participant)

Liz Gorinsky (Participant)

Rudy Ch. Garcia (Participant)

The science fiction genre has long provided a useful vehicle for discussing controversial contemporary issues and has frequently offered insightful...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Anime versus SF/F Conventions
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Will Frank (Moderator)

Adam Bergeron Sr, The Book Project (Participant)

Meg Totusek (Participant)

Amy Palmisano, The Book Project (Potential)

Lauren Schiller (Potential)

A look at the differences in the culture between Anime and SF/F conventions. Why do some people think one or the other is scary? Are either really...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Picturing the South
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Christopher Couch (Moderator)

Miguel Angel Fernandez (Participant)

Chris N. Brown (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Changing Economics of Book Production and Distribution
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Tod McCoy (Moderator)

Steven Silver (Participant)

Jonathan Oliver (Participant)

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Feedback - Sunday
30 minutes, 11:30 AM ADT - 12:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Randall Shepherd (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Keeping Flirtation within Boundaries
1 hour, 12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Workshop

You can't rely on body language alone. If you're worried about being inappropriate, we'll give you some tips on how to avoid social gaffes. The wor...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Body Shaping and Support
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Paige E. Ewing (Moderator)

Sandy Pettinger (Participant)

Pierre Pettinger Jr (Participant)

Susan de Guardiola (Potential)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
HEY! KIDS COMICS! The Return of Kid-Friendly Books
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Moderator)

Paul Benjamin (Participant)

Chris Powell (Participant)

Comics spent so many years being dark and spooky, they forgot that it's the kids who grow up and become new fans. There's a wealth of all ages frie...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
The Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Westerns of Robert E. Howard
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Dennis McHaney (Moderator)

Jeffrey Shanks (Participant)

Mark Finn (Participant)

Dave Hardy (Participant)

At the end of his life, Robert E. Howard was making good money writing humorous, and also very dark, westerns. In fact, westerns abound all through...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Introduction to Eurocons
1 hour, 4:00 PM ADT - 5:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Alice Lawson (Moderator)

Amanda Downum (Participant)

Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf (Participant)

Gareth Kavanagh (Participant)

James Shields (Participant)

Jim Mowatt (Potential)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Reading: John Scalzi
1 hour, 5:00 PM ADT - 6:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Reading

John Scalzi (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Illustrated Story Telling
1 hour, 6:00 PM ADT - 7:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Demonstration

Teddy Harvia (Participant)

David Brin (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Where have the Ghost Stories Gone?
1 hour, 7:00 PM ADT - 8:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

David Nickle (Moderator)

Ellen Datlow (Participant)

David G. Hartwell (Participant)

Peggy Hailey (Participant)

Ghost stories used to be a major part of literature, from Victorian times though the first half the Twentieth Century. Charles Dickens, M.R. James,...

Monday 2 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Feedback - Monday
30 minutes, 11:30 AM ADT - 12:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Randall Shepherd (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Comic Book Movies: From the Page to the Screen
1 hour, 12:00 PM ADT - 1:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Mark Finn (Moderator)

Jayme Lynn Blaschke (Participant)

Lawrence Person (Participant)

Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Paige E. Ewing (Participant)

There have been more comic book movies in the past decade than in the entire 20th century combined. How do they hold up? What are the best and the ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Dreamtime: Oz Fandom Then and Now
1 hour, 1:00 PM ADT - 2:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Alan Stewart, New York Times (Moderator)

William Wright (Participant)

Damien Broderick (Participant)

Jerry Kaufman (Participant)

Liz Argall (Potential)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Dyeing and Dye Techniques
1 hour, 2:00 PM ADT - 3:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Mary Miller (Moderator)

Chris O'Halloran (Participant)

Carole Parker (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
"An Age Undreamed Of...": World Building with Robert E. Howard
1 hour, 3:00 PM ADT - 4:00 PM ADT

San Antonio Convention Center - 102A

Discussion Panels

Fred 5 Octobre Leroulley, Gren (Moderator)

Jean-Claude Leroulley, CNRS (Moderator)

Christophe Seguin (Participant)

Mark Finn (Participant)

Jeffrey Shanks (Moderator)

Dave Hardy (Participant)

Critics have argued that Howard threw Conan's Hyborean Age together with "careless haste." In fact, Howard was a meticulous world-builder. And not ...