Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Gwendolyn Nix

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

Gwendolyn N. Nix is the author of the Celestial Scripts trilogy, Sharks of the Wasteland, I Have Asked To Be Where No Storms Come, and the forthcoming Bone Knuckles and the Rose Scavenger. She is an editor with Aconyte Books and lives in Montana. Find her musing at gwendolynnix.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 2:00
• Sat 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Building a Story on the Fly, Dungeon
  Moderator: Sanan Kolva; Panelists: Sanan Kolva, Cheyenna Krone, Gwendolyn Nix, Steven L Sears

  Your page is blank. Even worse, your map is blank: no lands, no plants, no buildings, no industry, and not a single inhabitant in your world, let alone a culture. So how do you create a story? The panelists will ask questions, the audience will lend a hand giving answers and sharing ideas. Andy will make it all visual, and together we will give shape to a world. No blocking, no wimping, but laughter is encouraged as we show that the blank space is not empty: it's full of potential

• Break Sat 2:50 - Sun 10:00
• Sun 10:00 - 10:50 AM, I’ve Started a Novel but Now My World is Broken, Great Hall 1
  Panelists: Manny Frishberg, Tod McCoy, Gwendolyn Nix, Dean Wells

  Ever start a novel then realize your world makes no sense? In this panel, pros will discuss how to create believable worlds and the questions to ask yourself before you start writing.