Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

D.L. Solum

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

D.L. Solum - I’m the author of the upcoming series: Persephone - A Tale of Darker Seattle.

I currently live in Seattle but will always be from Butte, Montana. I’m a lifelong collector of odd friends and odder hobbies, including - armoured medieval combat, fishing, hunting and computer games.

I run the South Seattle Fiction Writers Online group and am intermediate-level competent with the Scrivener program.

This latest obsession with writing Epic-Urban Fantasy is made possible via the encouragement and tolerance of my life-partner, Kate.

Web site: https://dlsolum.com

Scheduled Panels and Games:

Key: =On a Panel =Moderating =GMing

(Tentative)

• Fri 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Informal Author Meet & Greet, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, M. H. Bonham (Maggie), Jessica Brawner, C.E. Chester, Stoney Compton, Katie Cross, Jayel Draco, Manny Frishberg, James Glass, Lynsey Griswold (Lynsey G), Rhiannon Held, GS Jennsen, Esther Jones, Frog Jones, Sanan Kolva, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Joseph Malik, Tod McCoy, Danith McPherson, Theresa Miller, Gwendolyn Nix, Ann Marie Scott (AM), Steven L Sears, Candi Lyn Siemens, D.L. Solum, Patrick Swenson: Fairwood Press, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells, Danica Winters, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Matthew Yetter

  Join us for an informal meet & greet/hangout with a bunch of MisCon's writers and editors. This isn't a formal panel with panelists up on the stage discussing a topic. Instead, everyone will grab chairs in the pavilion, and the moderator will get things going. Then we'll open things up so small group hangouts can happen until the end of the hour. This is your chance to informally meet a bunch of the people you'll see on panels all weekend.

• Break Fri 1:50 - Sat 1:00
• Sat 1:00 - 2:50 PM, Broadsword Basics, The Hollow
  Panelists: D.L. Solum

  This panel will teach you the very basics of how to swing a broadsword effectively. Footwork, range, breathing, and finally, good form and power. Participants should wear comfortable shoes and are encouraged to bring their own training swords. Some training weapons will be available

• Break Sat 2:50 - Sat 4:00
• Sat 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Climate as Character, Great Hall 3
  Panelists: Stoney Compton, Manny Frishberg, D.L. Solum, Hunter Kay Wallace

  Is your setting working as hard as your characters? A world’s climate and ecology can do far more than establish a mood—it can be a major antagonist or an ally. Let's explore how extreme environments, local flora, and fauna shape stories, create conflict, and breathe life into speculative fiction.

• Sat 5:00 - 5:50 PM, Author Readings: Solum, Glass, Monster Tent
  Panelists: James Glass, D.L. Solum

  Join our authors as they read from their latest works! (25 minutes a piece).