Master Class with Toni Weisskopf
Story/Theme/Structure —
How to Build a Strong Story
4-hour Master Class $81.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Friday, June 9th, 9am – 1pm
Master Class with Devon Dorrity
4-hour Master Class. $81.00 Class is limited to 20 students
Saturday, June 10th, 9am-1pm
Includes:clay, armature, and sculpture tool
Master Class with Amy White
8-hour Master Class. $160.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Part 1: Friday, June 9th, 9am-1pm
Part 2: Saturday, June 10th, 9am-1pm
Hollywood Screenwriting Master Class
Master Class with James and Rebekah Ganiere
8-hour Master Class $160.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Part 1: Thursday, June 8th, Noon-4pm
Part 2: Friday, June 9th, 2pm-6pm
Master Class with Philo Barnhart
4-hour Masterclass. $81.00(includes general addmission)
Class is limited to 25 students
Saturday, June 10, 2pm-6pm
Clothing Design for Characters
Master Class with Philo Barnhart
4-hour Masterclass. $81.00(includes general addmission)
Class is limited to 25 students
Thursday, June 8, 12pm-4pm
The Process of Making a Creation
Master Class with Heather Theurer
4-hour Master Class. $81.00
Class is limited to 16 students
Saturday, June 10th, 2 pm-6pm
Master Class with Larry Correia
4-hour Master Class. $81.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Saturday, June 10th, 9am-1pm
Master Class with Michael Collings
4-hour Master Class $81.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Saturday, June 10th, 2pm – 6pm
Master Class with Rob carlos
4-hour Master Class. $81.00
Class is limited to 18 students
Friday, June 9th, 9am-1pm
Digital Compositing –
Bringing Your Imagination to Life
Master Class with Vladimir Chopine
4-hour Master Class $120.00
Class is limited to 18 students
Friday, June 9th, 2pm -6pm
Master Class with David Farland
8-hour Master Class $160.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Part 1: Friday, June 9th, 2pm -6pm
Part 2: Saturday, June 10th, 2pm-6pm
Master Class with David Farland
4-hour Master Class $81.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Thursday, June 8th, 12pm – 4pm
Welcome to the FAQs for Fyrecon. Below you will find answers to some common questions and some fun information.
Terri Baranowski is a writer, speaker, editor, literary agent, and founder of Gateway Literary and Bluestocking Editorial. With over twenty years experience working with writers, she has prepared numerous manuscripts for publication and is currently specializing in hybrid contracts designed to meet the diverse needs of today’s author. Terri graduated with a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University where she was a writer and key player in the development of an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) involving various new media platforms to promote The Book of Jer3miah, a webisode series that received New York Times recognition. She also developed a television series for BYU-TV and assisted in the creation and editing of The Criterion, BYU’s first literary criticism journal. The author of several award-winning humorous essays, Terri has also served as guest feature columnist, and was instrumental in the formation of a few critique groups, all of which have given her the preposterous idea that she is a writer. Her current frustrations over the uncooperative characters in her firstaspired-literary- but-morphing- into chick lit novel, Chimera, are beginning to make her think otherwise. Terri resides in Vineyard, Utah with a couple of unruly Shih Tzu’s, a mile-high slush-pile, and anindomitable Polish spirit. www.gatewayliterary.com
Michelle Witte is a literary agent with Mansion Street Literary Management specializing in children’s fiction and nonfiction. As an agent, her tastes vary widely, and she represents authors across the spectrum of kids books, from illustrated board and picture books to middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction.Michelle is always on the lookout for fascinating stories that are well told, especially those with a distinct and distinctive voice. Her published work includes Happy Little Accidents: The Wit and Wisdom of Bob Ross and The Craptastic Guide to Pseudo-Swearing. She lives in Utah.
Lisa Mangum has worked in the publishing industry since 1997. She is currently the Managing Editor for Shadow Mountain Publishing and has worked with several New York Times best-selling authors, including Ally Condie, Brandon Mull, James Dashner, andJason F. Wright. While fiction is her first love, she also has experience working with nonfiction projects (memoir, educational, cookbooks, etc.) and some children’s picture books. Lisa is also the author of four national best-selling YA novels (The Hourglass Door trilogy and After Hello) as well as several short stories and novellas. She has also edited three anthologies about unicorns and dragons. She graduated with honors from the University of Utah, and currently lives in Taylorsville, Utah, with her husband, Tracy.
JOHNNY WORTHEN is an award-winning, best-selling author, voyager, and damn fine human being! He is the tie-dye wearing writer of the nationally acclaimed, #1 Kindle best-selling ELEANOR, THE UNSEEN. Among his other excellent and very read-worthy titles are the adult occult thriller BEATRYSEL, the award-winning mystery THE BRAND DEMAND, and the genre bending comedy-noir THE FINGER TRAP, winner of the Diamond Quill for best book of the year. And of course the continuation of THE UNSEEN Trilogy, with CELESTE and DAVID which also have won awards. Trained in stand-up comedy, modern literary criticism and cultural studies, Johnny is a frequent public speaker, teacher and blogger. He’s an instructor at the University of Utah and an acquisitions editor for Omnium Gatherum, a publisher of unique dark fantasy, weird fiction, and horror.
Penny Freeman is the editor-in-chief of Xchyler Publishing, an imprint of Hamilton Springs Press. Under her editorial direction over the past five years, authors have garnered numerous awards, including Chicago’s Best (Alyson Grauer, 2016 runner up), National Indie Excellence Ward (JD Spero, 2014 finalist), the Adirondak Center for Writing Children’s Literature (JD Spero, 2014 winner), The Whitney Award (Anika Arrington, 2014 finalist), Cygnus Award, Chanticleer Book Reviews (J.M. Salyards, 2014 first place), and the League of Utah Writers (Candace J. Thomas, 2013 Diamond award). Xchyler Publishing specializes in speculative fiction, including high fantasy, urban fantasy, dystopian, science fiction, technothrillers, paranormal, and Steampunk. We pride ourselves in producing intelligent, engaging literature that entertains without resorting to the salacious, brutal, or profane.New this year, Hamilton Springs Press will accept manuscripts of other genres, as well as titles for our new faith-based imprint.
Fantastic Composition Master Class
4-hour Master Class. $81.00
Class is limited to 18 students
Friday, June 9th, 9am-1pm
All art benefits from a good sense of composition. The way an image is organized can become clarifying or confusing to the viewer – the effect you’re trying to achieve is up to you. Fantasy artist Rob Carlos will give you a set of compositional tools that you can use to get your idea across.
a) Simplify or complicate?: How many different elements to you want to use to create your image. Tone, hue, texture, detail – everything adds another level to take into account.
b) Direct the eye: How to create a sense of motion, suggesting to a viewer how to read the story behind the image.
c) Relaxed vs. Tense: Different choices in design can cause a sense of being balanced or off-balance. How can you use that to your advantage when telling your story?
d) Final touches: How do you know if your composition is working? Do you have trouble knowing if an image is ‘finished’? Leonardo DaVinci says Art is never finished, only abandoned. We will discuss how to know when to abandon it!
The Business of Writing
4-hour Master Class $81.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Thursday, June 8th, 12pm – 4pm
a) Writing–Where Your Money Comes from: Advances, royalties, foreign sales, movie rights, gaming rights, and so on.
b) Managing cash flow–Advances, payment schedules, dealing with the ups and downs.
c) Negotiating deals–what to avoid in contracts, what you can ask your publisher to do, what to pay for other people to do, signing with an agent.
d) Dealing with the Tax Man
e) Dealing with cash overflow–What do I do with all of that money? Investing in yourself, and for retirement.
How to Plot a Writing Career
8-hour Master Class $160.00
Class is limited to 20 students
Part 1: Friday, June 9th, 2pm -6pm
Part 2: Saturday, June 10th, 2pm-6pm
Many new authors learn how to write a book but never learn how to develop and manage a career. Thus, they shoot themselves in the foot before they ever start.
a) Your goal is NOT to write a book, it is to develop a career as a “Superlead” writer. What’s the difference between the two?
b) Defining yourself as an author. Creating a vision for who you will become, what to sell.
c) Entering the market–Launching yourself to bestsellerdom. In this class we will cover such things as how to “build your list.” This includes such things as building a website, creating an image, using Facebook and social media, doing book signings, etc.
d) Platforming. With each book that you write, your previous sales act as a platform. In this class we will talk about platform building, platform jumping, co-opting other writers’ fans, and so on.
e) Plotting a career. What kinds of novels to write, creating a bestselling series, when to release novels, when to sell books, how to throw an auction, etc.
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The cost for Master Classes is based on the length of the class, the instructor, and the instructor’s time and travel. We want to bring in the best to teach these in-depth classes and that comes at a cost. Master Class registration includes general admission.
Some of these instructors teach their own weekend and weeklong sessions, and Master Classes provide you the opportunity to sample these classes at a fraction of the cost.
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Dragons and Phoenixes are creatures of fire. Their legends die and are reborn across cultures and time–fires that never end. We refer to our artists as Phoenixes and our writers as Dragons. Both groups create new myths.
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As phoenixes are legends reborn from the ashes of life and fire, we believe that artists, especially those in science fiction and fantasy, constantly recreate themselves through their art. Their creative works ignite the creative fire in others, propelling us on to new horizons.
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Traditionally, dragons are the keepers of knowledge and wealth. At Fyrecon we believe that writers, especially those of science fiction and fantasy, are the same. They keep and record the wealth of stories we have not lived yet. Their words hold the keys to new ideas and the realities yet to be.
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The first step is to let us know you want to be involved. Please Contact us. From there we contact you to see where our needs and your skills work together.
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