Mysticon 2016 - Q & A with George RR Martin, Part 1Sean CW Korsgaard2016-02-28 | George RR Martin answers questions big and small at Mysticon 2016.GI Joe Comics: Then & Now | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-10-11 | Yo, Joe!! Join us for a discussion with the man who's written the most GI Joe comics of all time, Larry Hama! Artists Andrew Lee Griffith and Antonio Fuso also join us as we explore how the comics world of GI Joe has changed over the years.
Speakers Antonio Fuso, Andrew Lee Griffith, Larry Hama, Dave WestWomen in Science Fiction, Then & Now | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-10-08 | Our panelists discuss how being a woman writing SF has changed through the years.
Speakers Jay Boyce, Kacey Lyn Ezell, Esther Friesner, Nancy Northcott, Joelle Presby, Wen SpencerBaen Publishing: 40 Years of Magic & Mayhem | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-10-03 | Baen has spent four decades as a powerhouse publisher of Sci-Fi, and we are delving into the magic they have been bringing to bookshelves everywhere.
Speakers Bill Fawcett Jody Lynn Nye Wen Spencer Toni Weisskopf Ben YalowAn Hour With Awesome Star Wars Authors | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-10-01 | They have helped create and shape some of your favorite characters and stories in Star Wars. Come talk Star Wars with a quick Q&A.
Speakers Delilah S. Dawson E.K. Johnston John Jackson Miller Michael A. Stackpole Bryan Young Timothy ZahnWriters of the Future: Prompts, Short Fiction, Message from Ray Bradbury | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-26 | Writers of the Future judges discuss the Contest, tips on story prompts, and short fiction! Then in the 2nd half, enjoy Q&A with the judges. Also see a recently discovered short video interview titled “Advice from a Master: Ray Bradbury” from the very first Writers of the Future event in 1985.
Speakers John Goodwin Orson Scott Card Hugh Howey Nancy Kress Jody Lynn Nye Robert J. SawyerWriters of the Future: Prompts, Short Fiction, Q & A | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-24 | Writers of the Future judges discuss the Contest, tips on story prompts, and short fiction! Then in the 2nd half, enjoy Q&A with the judges. Also see a recently discovered short video interview titled “Advice from a Master: Ray Bradbury” from the very first Writers of the Future event in 1985. Additional Panelists: John Goodwin(Moderator)
Speakers Orson Scott Card, Todd J McCaffrey, J.E. Schleicher, S. M. Stirling, Tom VandermolenNancy Kress - Literary Guest of Honor | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-19 | Join us as Darin M. Bush interviews DragonCon 2024 Literary Guest of Honor Nancy Kress about her life and career!
Literary Guest of Honor Nancy Kress is the author of 34 novels, four story collections, three books on writing fiction, and over 100 short stories. She has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Most recent work is Observer (2023), written with Dr. Robert Lanza.An Hour with Jim Butcher | DragonCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-17 | Audience Q&A with the author of the Dresden Files, the Cinder Spires, & Codex Alera series.
Additional Panelists: Carol Malcolm
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires. His resume includes skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of PC and console games, and LARPs whenever he can.2024 Dragon Awards Ceremony | DragonCon 2024 full ceremonySean CW Korsgaard2024-09-12 | Presentation of the 2024 Dragon Awards in 11 categories! Who will you choose as the fan favorites this year? Come & find out the results! Also presented are the Eugie Award, Julie Award, Reinhardt Award, and Mike Resnick Memorial Award.
The 2024 MC is Harvey Guillén.
The 2024 Dragon Award nominees were:
Best Science Fiction Novel
Beyond the Ranges by John Ringo, James Aidee WINNER: Starter Villain by John Scalzi System Collapse by Martha Wells The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky WINNER: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
Death Lord Arcanist by Shami Stovall Hideki Smith, Demon Queller by A.J. Hartley, Hisako Osako, Kuma Hartley Homecoming in Black by J.M. Anjewierden WINNER: Midnight at the Houdini by Delilah S. Dawson So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Best Alternate History Novel
1638: The Sovereign States by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff WINNER: All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford Dirty Water by Tom Kratman Devil’s Battle by Taylor Anderson The Wages of Sin by Harry Turtledove
Best Horror Novel
WINNER: Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig Dead Storm Rising by Shane Gries Double Dose by F. Paul Wilson The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw The Hollow Dead by Darcy Coates The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Best Illustrative Book Cover
Beyond Enemies by Sam R. Kennedy WINNER: Of Jade and Dragons by Kelly Chong Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Aliya Chen Dragonesque by Justin Adams The Silverblood Promise by Jeff Brown
Best Comic Book / Graphic Novel
Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez Canary by Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian WINNER: Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Nightwing by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo Wonder Woman by Tom King, Daniel Sampere X-Men: Forever by Kieron Gillen, Luca Maresca
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet
3 Body Problem, Netflix Ahsoka, Disney+ WINNER: Fallout, Amazon Prime Video For All Mankind, Apple TV+ Good Omens, Amazon Prime Video House of the Dragon, HBO Loki, Disney+ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV+ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Paramount+
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
WINNER: Dune: Part Two by Denis Villeneuve Barbie by Greta Gerwig Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by George Miller The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Francis Lawrence Wonka by Paul King
Best Digital Game
WINNER: Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios
Best Tabletop Game
Cascadia: Landmarks, Flatout Games Dune: Imperium – Uprising, Dire Wolf Magic: The Gathering Wilds of Eldraine, Wizards of the Coast Disney Lorcana, Ravensburger Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs, Cephalofair Games WINNER: D&D The Deck of Many Things, Wizards of the CoastSo Tell Me about this Anthology! | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-10 | The Gen Con anthology is back! Join editor Toiya Kristen Finley and publisher Chris Bell to discuss the book and answer your questions - with the first still-warm copies for sale!
Featuring: Toiya Kristen Finley, Chris BellSelf-Editing: When, Why, and How | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-05 | Join our panel of experts as they discuss when should you self-edit a work, and how to do so effectively.
Featuring: Diana M. Pho, Howard Andrew Jones, Katherine Monasterio, Linda D. Addison, Sarah SharpWriting Geeky Non-Fiction | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-09-03 | Join our panel of experts as they discuss writing geeky non-fiction about genre topics.
Featuring: Ben Riggs, Annye Driscoll (Maker Fishmeal), Daniel 'Doc' Myers, Mikki Kendall, Sandra Tayler50 Years of D&D — Ravenloft | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-31 | Join Tracy and Laura Hickman (the creators of Ravenloft) and James Lowder (Ravenloft novelist) to discuss the scariest of the official D&D settings, Ravenloft, and how it first spawned.Fighting Writers talk about Writing Fight Scenes | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-29 | Join our panel of fighters, wait writers, - how about both - as they discuss writing realistic fight scenes and how to knock your audience out!
Featuring: J. B. Garner, Brian Duckwitz, Howard Andrew Jones, Jennifer Allaway, Richard Lee ByersIndustry Survival Guide: Layoffs, Dry Spells, and Flops | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-27 | Join our panel of experts as they discuss getting through a rough year with tons of layoffs, tons of commercial flops, and how to survive through the hard times.
Featuring: Alexander Bevier, Ben Riggs, Jennifer Brozek, Jordan Jones-Brewster, Marie Bilodeau50 Years of D&D — Fiction | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-24 | Join us for an all-star panel discussing D&D fiction throughout the years, featuring Rose Estes, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, James Lowder, and Matt Forbeck.How to Unban Books | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-22 | Practical advice on how to challenge book challenges, run for school and library boards, and otherwise defend books.
Featuring: Mikki Kendall, Cat Rambo, Dedren Snead, Kwame Mbalia, Richard Lee ByersThe Current State of Genre Short Fiction Markets | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-20 | Join our panel of expert short fiction writers, editors, and genre experts as they discuss the current state of short fiction markets.
Featuring: Jason Sanford, Jason Ray Carney, Karen Menzel, Lyndsie Manusos, Sheree Renée Thomas50 Years of D&D — Comics | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-17 | Join D&D comic-book writers Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, and Ben Riggs, along with editor James Lowder, to talk about how D&D made the leap from collaborative storytelling to sequential storytelling.Pulp Fiction for Contemporary Audiences | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-15 | Join our panel of writers as they discuss pulp fiction for a modern world: what does it look like, what could it look like, and what's out there to devour.
Featuring: S.E. Lindberg, Gini Koch, Howard Andrew Jones, Jason Ray Carney, Richard Lee ByersGetting into Writing BattleTech and Shadowrun Fiction | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-13 | Join our panel of BattleTech and Shadowrun writers as they discuss getting into writing for these worlds, and also what works loom on the horizon!
Featuring: Bryan Young, Jennifer Brozek, Philip A. Lee, Katherine Monasterio, Michael A. Stackpole50 Years of D&D — Forgotten Realms | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-10 | Join Ed Greenwood (the creator of the Forgotten Realms) and Forgotten Realms novelists Jeff Grubb and James Lowder to discuss how some of D&D's most legendary stories came to be.Sword & Sorcery for Contemporary Audiences | GenCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-08-08 | Join our panel of writers as they discuss Sword & Sorcery for a modern world: what does it look like, what could it look like, and what's out there to devour.
Featuring: S.E. Lindberg, Dedren Snead, Howard Andrew Jones, Jason Ray Carney, Matthew John, Sean CW Korsgaard.50 Years of Wolverine | GalaxyCon Richmond 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-04-02 | Join legendary X-Men/Wolverine writer Chris Claremont and revolutionary writer/editor Ann Nocenti (Wolverine: Typhoid's Kiss) as they discuss their work on Marvel's most popular mutant!Johnny Yong Bosch Q&A | GalaxyCon Richmond 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-03-18 | Join veteran Black Power Ranger, Johnny Yong Bosch (One Piece, Sailor Moon, Bleach) as he talks about what it takes to be an on-screen hero... and a wise cat.Gina Carano Q&A | GalaxyCon Richmond 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-03-18 | Join former mixed martial artist Gina Carano as she shares stories from her transition from Strikeforce and EliteXC to starring in hits like The Mandalorian, Deadpool, and the Fast & Furious franchise.Magic in Space | MarsCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-02-20 | Magic in a scifi setting. Why does it work? What makes it work? Why do we love it?
Panelists: Chris Kennedy, Bill Blume, J.E. PittmanWhich is Better? The Book or the Movie? | MarsCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-02-13 | With science fiction and fantasy becoming mainstream, many of our classic and modern favorite novels are being turned into movies. Can the big (or sometimes the small) screen do as good a job as our imaginations? Should they even try?
Panelists: David Afsharirad, Jason Cordova, Richard Hailey, Amanda SpriggsMonster Hunting for Fun & Profit | MarsCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-01-30 | Kill monsters, get paid, or maybe build armor out of their bones! Join these authors as they chat about what goes into writing a good monster hunting story.
Panelists: Larry Correia, Chris Kennedy, Jason Cordova, David Afsharirad, H.P. HoloSci Fi Literary History & Its Impact | MarsCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-01-16 | Discuss science fiction from the 1930s through the 1970s and how those works are interesting to read, relevant to reading and writing in modern science fiction, and how to read them through the lens of modern sensibilities.
Panelists: David Afsharirad, Christopher Ruocchio, David Weber, Ben YalowFandom Gatekeepers | MarsCon 2024 full panelSean CW Korsgaard2024-01-13 | Division is poised to ruin Geek Culture as we know it. Gatekeeping is real and it happens to everyone. In this panel, Discuss what we as a tolerant, kind and open community can do about gatekeeping, and how we can effectively deal with the divide and welcome ALL kinds of fans to our community.
Panelists: Marisa Wolf, Larry Correia, Phoenix/Night, Mera Rose, Bash the Prop Slayer, Ben YalowHandling Book Releases - Gencon 2023Sean CW Korsgaard2023-08-05 | Join our panel of authors, each with Summer 2023 book releases, as they discuss the process of promoting and publicizing a recent work in the current environment, on and offline, from a writer's perspective. Panelists: S E Lindberg (moderator), Erik Scott de Bie, Erin M. Evans, Howard Andrew Jones, Patrick S. Tomlinson.Governor Northam’s Jamestown 400th Anniversary SpeechSean CW Korsgaard2019-07-30 | ...Libertycon 2017 - C.H.U.D. Lives!Sean CW Korsgaard2017-07-06 | Eric S. Brown moderates this panel on the glorious resurrection in the form of an anthology of the bad B movie horror classic C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers), and dives into what makes this cult classic such a classic.
Panelists include Eric S. Brown, David Drake, Michael H. Hanson, and Martin Powell.Ravencon 2017 - Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Q & A, Part 1Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon sit down to talk about books, bird rescue, and how they came to own the second strangest house in Oklahoma.Ravencon 2017 - Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Q & A, Part 5Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon sit down to talk about books, bird rescue, and how they came to own the second strangest house in Oklahoma.Ravencon 2017 - Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Q & A, Part 3Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon sit down to talk about books, bird rescue, and how they came to own the second strangest house in Oklahoma.Ravencon 2017 - Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Q & A, Part 2Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon sit down to talk about books, bird rescue, and how they came to own the second strangest house in Oklahoma.Ravencon 2017 - Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Q & A, Part 4Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon sit down to talk about books, bird rescue, and how they came to own the second strangest house in Oklahoma.Ravencon 2017 - How to Change History, Part 5Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | We love alternate histories. Some change history just for the fun of it. What events really could have pivoted history from where it went to where it might have gone? Bring your ideas and let’s run them up the flagpole.
Panelists include Lou Antonelli, Bill Mulligan, Steve White and myself as the moderator.Ravencon 2017 - How to Change History, Part 1Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | We love alternate histories. Some change history just for the fun of it. What events really could have pivoted history from where it went to where it might have gone? Bring your ideas and let’s run them up the flagpole.
Panelists include Lou Antonelli, Bill Mulligan, Steve White and myself as the moderator.Ravencon 2017 - How to Change History, Part 2Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | We love alternate histories. Some change history just for the fun of it. What events really could have pivoted history from where it went to where it might have gone? Bring your ideas and let’s run them up the flagpole.
Panelists include Lou Antonelli, Bill Mulligan, Steve White and myself as the moderator.Ravencon 2017 - How to Change History, Part 3Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | We love alternate histories. Some change history just for the fun of it. What events really could have pivoted history from where it went to where it might have gone? Bring your ideas and let’s run them up the flagpole.
Panelists include Lou Antonelli, Bill Mulligan, Steve White and myself as the moderator.Ravencon 2017 - How to Change History, Part 4Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | We love alternate histories. Some change history just for the fun of it. What events really could have pivoted history from where it went to where it might have gone? Bring your ideas and let’s run them up the flagpole.
Panelists include Lou Antonelli, Bill Mulligan, Steve White and myself as the moderator.Ravencon 2017 - Turnabout is Fair Play: Chuck Gannon Q & A, Part 4Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Charles E. Gannon, author of the award winning Caine Riordan series, sits down for a Q & A at Ravencon 2017, and in a turn of events, grills moderator and convention head Michael Pederson about what its like to run a convention.
Part 4 of 5.Ravencon 2017 - Turnabout is Fair Play: Chuck Gannon Q & A, Part 1Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Charles E. Gannon, author of the award winning Caine Riordan series, sits down for a Q & A at Ravencon 2017, and in a turn of events, grills moderator and convention head Michael Pederson about what its like to run a convention.
Part 1 of 5.Ravencon 2017 - Turnabout is Fair Play: Chuck Gannon Q & A, Part 5Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Charles E. Gannon, author of the award winning Caine Riordan series, sits down for a Q & A at Ravencon 2017, and in a turn of events, grills moderator and convention head Michael Pederson about what its like to run a convention.
Part 5 of 5.Ravencon 2017 - Turnabout is Fair Play: Chuck Gannon Q & A, Part 2Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Charles E. Gannon, author of the award winning Caine Riordan series, sits down for a Q & A at Ravencon 2017, and in a turn of events, grills moderator and convention head Michael Pederson about what its like to run a convention.
Part 2 of 5.Ravencon 2017 - Turnabout is Fair Play: Chuck Gannon Q & A, Part 3Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Charles E. Gannon, author of the award winning Caine Riordan series, sits down for a Q & A at Ravencon 2017, and in a turn of events, grills moderator and convention head Michael Pederson about what its like to run a convention.
Part 3 of 5.Mysticon 2017 - David Weber Q & A, Part 2Sean CW Korsgaard2017-05-08 | Award-winning science fiction author and creator of the Honorverse David Weber sits down for a Q & A session at Mysticon 2017.