CONjuration: From Fan to Pro

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Folks, come join me this weekend at CONjuration! I’ll be with The Story Plant, presenting a variety of “From Fan to Pro” sessions. Bring your original, creative idea and learn how to go from being a Fan to a Pro! Attend any session(s), workshop(s) or discussion(s) during CONjuration in the Story Plant room – at Sonesta Gwinnett Place hotel from November 15th-17th. Hope to see you there!

From Fan to Pro

9th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference

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It’s coming up fast! The 9th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference is September 21-22 in downtown Decatur, Georgia, at the Decatur Library. Go to the website for full info and registration. This is a fun and illuminating weekend, where you’ll meet fellow writers and learn some great tips from experienced authors, agents, and editors.

I was one of the founding board members of the Broadleaf Writers Association, and I just can’t help sticking around and helping out with each year’s conference. Please come, say hi, and hang out with wordsmiths like you!

DragonCon 2024

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I’ve received my tentative panel schedule for DragonCon 2024 (Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, GA). Come say hi!

Title: The Beauty in Horror: Exploring Dark Aesthetics
Description: Horror literature can weave a dark and seductive spell with its eerie imagery and haunting atmosphere. Delve deeper into the dark aesthetics on the page with our panel, illustrating the beauty found within the grotesque.
Panelists: Delilah S Dawson, L. Marie Wood, Clay Gilbert, Richard Kadrey, Cherie M. Priest, Bill Bridges(M) 
Time: Fri 11:30 am
Location: Peachtree 1-2 Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

Title: We Got Game!
Description: Gaming is a huge part of fandom and garners lots of attention–and dollars annually. If you feel like you can write a game, stop in on this panel and we’ll tell you how to go about it.
Panelists: Andrew E.C. Gaska, Bill Bridges, Elonka Dunin(M), T. Alexander Stangroom 
Time: Fri 04:00 pm
Location: Embassy EF Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)

Title: Scary Faeries
Description: Authors and experts delve into the dark folklore and mythology of the faerie realm, exploring how these malevolent beings have evolved to terrify audiences in modern media, from films to fiction.
Panelists: Kenneth Hite, Erika Lance, Bill Bridges, Alexander G. R. Gideon(M), Sarah J. Sover 
Time: Fri 05:30 pm
Location: Peachtree 1-2 Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

Title: Monstrously Funny: The Addams Family and The Munsters
Description: Embrace your creepy and kooky side for this tribute to the Addams Family and the Munsters. Celebrate the enduring appeal of these cult TV classics and their iconic characters. Just don’t forget to be altogether ooky.
Panelists: Shannon Clute, Bill Bridges(M), David Boop, Leanna Renee Hieber, James P. Nettles, Stuart Jaffe 
Time: Sun 10:00 am
Location: Peachtree 1-2 Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

Title: Evil Fan Panel
Description: Very few shows exist that thread the needle between the unexplained and religion. Come with us as we investigate the supernatural mysteries, legacy, and conspiracies of the Paramount+ series Evil.
Panelists: Bill Bridges, Marx Pyle(M), Brent Abell, Fr. Bryan Small, D.R. Perry, Thomas Parham 
Time: Sun 05:30 pm
Location: Peachtree 1-2 Westin (Length: 1 Hour)

Title: Science Fiction Horror
Description: Movies like Alien and Event Horizon are thought of as horror movies with science fiction trappings. What books or stories evoke the same feelings?
Panelists: Jeffrey Falcon Logue(M), Gray Rinehart, Bill Bridges, Anya Martin, Howard Andrew Jones 
Time: Mon 11:30 am
Location: Embassy AB Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)

Fading Suns Bundle of Holding deals!

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Through MONDAY, JULY 22 we present TWO offers featuring FADING SUNS Fourth Edition, the far-future passion-play SFRPG from Ulisses Spiele. “Fading Suns” has starships, blasters, powered armor, alien races, and weird science — but also heroic knights, noble lords, high priests, and headstrong merchants — quests, artifacts, and inscrutable mysteries. And there is horror: monsters and terrifying metaphysical truths. It’s a medieval passion play, where Humanity’s greatest civilization has fallen, bringing a Dark Age to the Known Worlds. The Universal Church of the Celestial Sun (modeled on the historical Byzantine Orthodox Church) pursues cosmic intrigues against the Noble Houses and the Reeves Guild. But even as the stars fade to cinders and the sinful await Final Judgment, a leader has arisen. Emperor Alexius has sworn to unite the worlds again under one banner — to ignite hope once more.

Start with the revived July 2022 FADING SUNS 4E BUNDLE, with all three Fourth Edition core rulebooks and early supplements.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2024FS4

And its companion offer, FADING SUNS 4 LOST WORLDS

Then venture beyond the Phoenix Empire frontier with the all-new companion offer, FADING SUNS 4 LOST WORLDS, a collection of recent supplements that explore the star systems cut off from the Known Worlds a millennium ago:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/FS4LostWorlds

Whether or not Emperor Alexius can save the darkening stars, it won’t be long before these two FADING SUNS offers flicker into nothingness together — specifically MONDAY, JULY 22.