Jim Wright (Stonekettle)
MisCon 39 Featured Professional
Jim Wright is a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and freelance writer. He lives in Florida where he watches American politics in a perpetual state of amused disgust. He's been called the Tool of Satan, but he prefers the title: Satan's Designated Driver. He is the mind behind Stonekettle Station. You can follow him on Twitter @stonekettle, or you can join the boisterous bunch he hosts on Facebook at Facebook/Stonekettle. Remember to bring brownies and mind the white cat, he bites. Hard.
Scheduled Panels and Presentations:
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=On a Panel
=Moderating
=GMing
(Tentative)
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Fri 3:00 - 3:50 PM, Informal Author Meet & Greet, Dragon Pavilion ()
Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, LJ Bonham, M. H. Bonham (Maggie), David Boop, Katie Cross, Jayel Draco, Diana Pharaoh Francis (Di), Manny Frishberg, James Glass, Lynsey Griswold, Valerie Guyant, Rhiannon Held, Rafael Hohmann (Raf), Andrea Howe, Esther Jones, Frog Jones, Sanan Kolva, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Jonathan Maberry, Tod McCoy, Danith McPherson, Theresa Miller, Gwendolyn Nix, Dakota Nyght, John Eric Schleicher (J.E.), Candi Lyn Siemens, D.L. Solum, Patrick Swenson: Fairwood Press, Mark Teppo, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells, Walter Wiese, Clare Wood, Jim Wright (Stonekettle)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 3:50 - Sat 4:00
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Sat 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Jim Wright Panel, Rocket Tent ()
Panelists: Jim Wright (Stonekettle)Details to come
- Break Sat 4:50 - Sun 11:00
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Sun 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Skepticism, Imagination, & Fuzzy Thinking, Dragon Pavilion ()
Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, Jim Wright (Stonekettle)Let's discuss skepticism in this modern age of propaganda, groupthink, and the end of the world. Is skepticism the best way to advance humanity? Is it the only way to resist propaganda? Does it kill creativity and imagination? How can we become more skeptical without losing creativity, dampening imaginations, and turning into cyborgs?
- Break Sun 11:50 - Mon 1:00
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Mon 1:00 - 1:50 PM, 1 Lie, 2 Truths, Rocket Tent ()
Moderator: Kyle Elliott (Big Kyle); Panelists: Kyle Elliott (Big Kyle), Jonathan Maberry, Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle)Come play a game with Stan!, Jeff, Dragon, and Kyle. They'll take turns making simple (probably outlandish) statements, and the audience will vote on whether they're lies or not.
