Fyrecon Schedule Friday, June 22, 2018
Building D2 Room 318
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Aerospace Medicine: The Human Body in Space
Derick William Dalton
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Building Blocks of World Building
Jill Bowers
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
No Useless Princesses Here!
Julie Barnson
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Your Electronic Con Package
DawnRay Ammon and Jenna Eatough
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Ghost Stories Are Important, and You Should Tell Them!
Julie Barnson
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Marketing Appeal of Book Cover Design
Chersti Nieveen
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Making Money Writing Short Fiction
M.K. Hutchins
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Managing Research and the Internet
David Powers King, Eric Swedin, Jill Bowers, M.K. Hutchins, and Scott E. Tarbet
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D2 Room 320
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Creating a Game from Start to Finish: Part 1 - Concept to Prototyping
Alan Bahr, Shawn Carmen
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
What Color Are Her Eyes?
Karen Hoover
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Creating a Game from Start to Finish: Part 2 - Playtesting to Funding
Alan Bahr, Will Munn
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Creating a Game from Start to Finish: Part 3 - Production, Delivery, and Ongoing Support
Alan Bahr, Martin Greening
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The ABCs of a Good Critique
Lyn Worthen
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cutting Your Teeth: How to get started as a gaming writer
Craig Nybo (m), Drew Gerken, Will Munn
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Personality Theories
Daxon Levine
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D2 Room 303
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Into to Sculpture
Devon Dorrity
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Intro Into Watercolors
Alyson Peterson
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Draw It With Me: From Life Models
Brian C. Hailes, The Utah Mermaids
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Building D2 Room 306
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Practical Jobs in the Arts
Preston Stone and Dennis Dorrity
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Time Travel Books: The Good the Bad the Ugly
Lynn Kurland, Kevin H Evans, and Scott E. Tarbet
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
What is Science?
Eric Swedin
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Commissioned Art: Pitfalls and Benefits
Carter Reid, Jemma Young, and Sean Nathan Ricks
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Body Art Basics
Renae Kingsley
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Comics to Read
Graham Bradley and Jess Smart Smiley
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Building D2 Room 114
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Greek Myths You Should Know and Probably Don't
Julie Barnson
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Making the Most Out of Your Sketchbook
Jess Smart Smiley
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Fashion Ends Quickly, But Style is Forever
Nichole Giles
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Being Fiscal May NOT be Sexy, But...: The Business Side of Freelancing
Doug Wagner
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Digital Character Creation 02 - Prepping for Color
Dennis Dorrity
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Using History in Your Novel
Eric Swedin
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Audiobook Recording for Beginners
Bryce Beattie
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
When a Hero Isn't What You Need
Jalete Clegg
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
How to Handle Plagiarism
David Farland, Jason King, and M. Scott Boone
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D2 Room 117
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Five Ways to Make Your Characters More Loveable and Believable
Christie Craig
10:00 am - 11:00 am
How to Plot a Novel in an Hour
Robert J. Defendi and Dan Willis
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Build Your Own Werewolf
Julie Frost
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The ADHD Writer's Guide to Productivity
Dan Willis
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Death to the Parents!
Jalete Clegg
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Misdirection - Twisting Magic, Bending Minds
Michael Darling
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Collaborations: Keeping It Together While Working Together
David Powers King
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Level Up! Your Writing Career (Part 2)
Terri Baranowski
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Scenes that Steal the Scene
Callie Stoker
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Going Beyond the "Cliché"
Chersti Nieveen
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D3 Room 341
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
How to Build a Virtual Reality Application in Unity
Jay Barnson & Tony Morrill
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Making Dragon and Phoenix Eggs
C. Michelle Jefferies
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Writing Action Sequences Live Demo
Sean Nathan Ricks, Shane Smith, Julie Frost
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Depth Charge
Dan Willis
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Building D3 Room 302
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Comic Creator: Writing Pictures
Blake Casselman, Brian C. Hailes, and Doug Wagner
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Dave Dorman: Live Demo with Q&A
Dave Dorman
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Writing Addiction: Breaking the Stigma
David Powers King
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Brown Eyes or Blue? How to Create and Use a Series Bible
C. Michelle Jefferies
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Stump a Copyeditor
Jennie Stevens
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
How Movies Make You a Better Writer
Bryan Young
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Building D3 Room 304
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator
Have you ever wanted to be part of the bridge on a starship?
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Building D3 Room 306
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Developing Story Ideas for Comic
Jemma Young
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Fun with Fantasy Art: Digital Painting Fundamentals
Preston Stone
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Dragon Anomaly
Kaitlund Zupanic
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
How to Think in the Third Dimension
Rowan North
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Scripts to Storyboards
Jemma Young and Chad Hardin
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Drawing Zombies
Carter Reid
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Writing a One-Page Comic Book Pitch
Doug Wagner
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D3 Room 307
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Aliens among us: Weird and wonderful things insects do, a few examples from insect behavior and biology
Michele Jones
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Here Comes The Boom
Graham Bradley
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Blood Basics for Beginning Writers
Candace J Thomas
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Caving
Swede Larson
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Building a Set for Your Performers
Erin Spencer
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Atmospheric Chemistry – Taming the Dinosaurs and Their Pasture
Delbert Eatough
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Patent 101: The Engine That Drives Innovation
M. Scott Boone
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Building D3 Room 339
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Running a Mermaid Business: Insurance, Costumes, Competition! Oh My!
Erin Spencer
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Internet and the Law: The Game Show!
M. Scott Boone
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Spinning Wheel
Beth Buck
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Textiles and Technology
Judie Eatough
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Everyday Magic: How Commonplace Magic Affects a Culture
Jana S. Brown
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Making the Most of a Trope without Creating a Cliche
Ryan Decaria
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Viewpoint 101
Nathan Shumate
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Johnny Worthen
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Structure Bootcamp
C. Michelle Jefferies
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D3 Room 340
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Resin Casting
Carter Reid
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Perspective
Rob Carlos
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
How to Stuff your Dragon; How to make unique stuffed animals using 3D software
Hannah Swedin
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Advanced Line Editing for Authors
JoSelle Vanderhooft
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Inking Comic Drawings
Michael Lovin
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Penciling
Chad Hardin
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Building D2 Room 110
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Charles E. Gannon: Keynote to Teens
Charles E. Gannon
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Writing a Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Romance
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Christie Craig, JoSelle Vanderhooft, and Johnny Worthen
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
What's in a Name
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
More than the Mistress of All Evil
Charles E. Gannon, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Dan Willis, David Farland, and Johnny Worthen
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Putting Romance in Your Fantasies
Lynn Kurland
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Killer Elevator
Terri Baranowski and Michelle Witte
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D2 Room 111
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Charles E. Gannon: Keynote to Teens
Charles E. Gannon
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Frequently Asked Questions for Writers and Illustrators
Anastasia Bolinder, Dave Dorman, Holli Anderson, and Mike Lovin
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Accidental Heroes: Writing Characters that Aren't Perfect
David Powers King , Karen C. Evans, Kevin H Evans, M.K. Hutchins, and Robert J. Defendi
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Portrayal of Death and Dying: Discussing the Philosophy of the Memento Mori
Daxon Levine, Graham Bradley, Jodi L Milner, Johnny Worthen, and R. Jon Rock
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Medical Accuracy in Fiction
Candace J Thomas, Chuck Workman, Jodi L Milner, and R. Jon Rock
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: Burn Your Path in Art
Brian C. Hailes, Hannah Swedin, Heather Graves, Kaitlund Zupanic, and Preston Stone
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Theme vs Setting: Writing for Board Games, Video Games, & RPGs
Drew Gerken, Will Munn, Shawn Carmen
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Digital Programs for Design
Preston Stone, Jemma Young, and Dennis Dorrity
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Fan Art: Which Side of the Line are You On?
Anastasia Bolinder, Dave Dorman, Hannah Swedin, Heather Graves, and Nathan Shumate
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Building D2 Room 301
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Comic Jam
Jess Smart Smiley
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Zero to Pong
Joseph Brower
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Negotiating the World of Screenwriting
David Howard
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Gaming
Paragon City
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Atrium
Reg. Opens at 8am
8:00 am - 9:00 am
VR Demo from GlobalSim, Inc.
Jay Barnson, John M. Olsen, & Tony Morrill
11:30 am - 2:00 pm