2012 Souvenir Program Book (PDF) - Convergence

Guests of Honor
and Featured Performers
We want to make sure that you have every possible chance to meet and enjoy our Guests of Honor while they are here at CONvergence. Below is a listing of the
panels and appearances scheduled for our 2012 Guests. For a more detailed description of these panels, refer to the listing starting on page 63.
There will be signing sessions by our Guests of Honor and other attending professionals at our Autograph Table located across the hall from the Bloomington Room.
More may be scheduled than are listed here—please check the schedule posted there for the latest listing of signings.
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Sophie Aldred
Actress: Ace(Doctor Who), Bob the Builder and Dennis & Gnasher,
and Co-Wrote: The Inside Story of the End of An Era
Friday, 11:00am Sophie Aldred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Stage
Friday, 12:30pm Sophie Aldred Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Friday, 3:30pm Oobleck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie’s Quantum Sandbox
Friday, 5:00pm Voice Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Saturday, 12:30pm One on One with Sophie Aldred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Saturday, 3:30pm Media for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edina
Saturday, 10:00pm Just a Minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bloomington
Sunday, 3:30pm Sophie Aldred Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Bonnie Burton
Author: The Star Wars Craft Book, Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars, You Can Draw: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone
Wars: Planets in Peril, and Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean To Each Other and How We Can Change
Thursday, 10:00pm Girls Gone Smackdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Stage
Friday, 2:00pm Bonnie Burton & Firesign Theatre Signing . . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Friday, 3:30pm Where Were All the Geek Girls When I Was Growing Up? . . . . Atrium 4
Friday, 7:00pm This Model Life: or Genius to Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Saturday, 2:00pm Sherlock: Series Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edina
Saturday, 3:30pm The Womanthology Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Saturday, 5:00pm Obsessed (with Joseph Scrimshaw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Saturday, 8:30pm Drinking with Geeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Saturday, 10:00pm Women in Horror: Are They All Victims? . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. One on One with Bonnie Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Jennifer Clarke Wilkes
Game Editor: Credits includes Magic the Gathering, Vampire: The Masquerade,
and Dungeons & Dragons (2nd, 3rd, & 4th ed).
Thursday, 4:00pm Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Thursday, 9:00pm Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Friday, 9:30am Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Friday, 12:30pm Financial Considerations in Game Design . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 3
Friday, 3:00pm Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Friday, 7:00pm One on One with Jennifer Clarke Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 3
Friday, 8:30pm The Future of Dungeons & Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Saturday, 9:30am Dungeons & Dragon Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Saturday, 11:00am Magic: The Gathering – Through the Looking Glass . . . . . . Atrium 3
Saturday, 9:30pm Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Saturday, 12:30pm @#%@ Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Saturday, 3:30pm Playing with the Boys’ Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 3
Sunday, 9:00am Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Sunday, 12:30pm Your Princess is in Another Castle: Stereotypes in Gaming . . . Atrium 3
Sunday, 2:30pm Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, Table A
Lyda Morehouse
Author: LINK Angel, Garnet Lacey, and Vampire Princess of Saint Paul series
Thursday, 5:00pm Changing Roles of Women in Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Thursday, 8:30pm Post-Apocalyptic Tea Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Friday, 11:00am Teaching Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Friday, 2:00pm How Dark Can You Go with Young Adult Fiction? . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 3:30pm Where Were All the Geek Girls When I Was Growing Up? . . . . Atrium 4
Lyda Morehouse (continued)
Friday, 8:30pm Is the Short Story Still Viable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 10:00pm Secret Fandoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Saturday, 9:30am Martial Arts for the Working Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Saturday, 11:00am The Avengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Saturday, 12:30pm Is Urban Fantasy Just Romance for Geeks? . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 2:00pm PowerPoint Karaoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 6
Saturday, 3:30pm New Roles for Female Characters in YA Fantasy Novels . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 5:00pm Wonder Woman Made Me Gay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Saturday, 8:30pm One on One with Lyda Morehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201
Sunday, 11:00am Women in Marvel Super Hero Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plaza 1
Sunday, 2:00pm What Makes a Female Character Strong? . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Sharyn November
Author: Firebirds Rising
Thursday, 8:30pm The Difference in Writing for Young Adults vs. Adults . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 2:00pm How Dark Can You Go with Young Adult Fiction? . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 5:00pm Writing for an Aging Demographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 12:30pm @#%@ Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Saturday, 3:30pm New Roles for Female Characters in YA Fantasy Novels . . . . . Atrium 7
Sunday, 12:30pm One on One with Sharyn November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201
Sunday, 3:30pm The Worlds of Lloyd Alexander: Fantasy Geographies . . . . . . Atrium 3
Tamora Pierce
Author: Alanna: the First Adventure, The Realms of the Gods,
Circle of Magic, Trickster’s Choice, and Lady Knight.
Thursday, 5:00pm How Do You Design Environments and Locations? . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 11:00am Tamora Pierce’s Magic Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 2:00pm How Dark Can You Go with Young Adult Fiction? . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 5:00pm Writing for an Aging Demographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Friday, 7:00pm Keeping the Book Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 11:00am Women Whose Books You Should Be Reading . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 2:00pm The Importance of Strong Heroines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Saturday, 3:30pm Tamora Pierce Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Saturday, 5:00pm One on One with Tamora Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Sunday, 11:00am Naming Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 7
Sunday, 2:00pm What Makes a Female Character Strong? . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Ruth Thompson
Artist: Tarnished Images
Friday, 12:30pm Overcoming ‘Artist’s Block’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Friday, 3:30pm The Business of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Friday, 5:00pm Deconstruction of Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie’s Quantum Sandbox
Saturday, 11:00am Where Does Your Inspiration Come From? . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 4
Saturday, 12:30pm Life Drawing with Ruth Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Court, Northwest
Saturday, 9:00pm A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rt Auction Atrium 4
Sunday, 12:30pm Iron Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 6
Sunday, 3:30pm One on One with Ruth Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 2
Judith Walcutt
Writer, Director, and CEO of Otherworld Media
Friday, 9:30am Otherworlds Story Slam: A Writing Workshop for Young Writers . Atrium 4
Friday, 11:00am Should We Go into and Live in Space? . . . . . . . . . . . . Bloomington
Friday, 12:30pm War of the Worlds Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 6
Friday, 2:00pm Judith Walcutt and Firesign Theatre Signing . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Saturday, 3:30pm Media for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edina
Sunday, 12:30pm One on One with Judith Walcutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 8
Firesign Theatre (David Ossman and Philip Proctor)
Thursday, 6:00pm Mark Time Radio Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Stage
Friday, 11:00am The Bergman Memorial Brouhaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 6
Friday, 2:00pm Firesign Theatre Signing and Judith Walcutt . . . . . . . . . . Autograph Table
Friday, 11:30pm Beyond the Grave: An Evening with the Late Peter Bergman . . Atrium 8
Saturday, 12:30pm All Things Firesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atrium 6
Sunday, 12:30pm One on One with Judith Walcutt and Firesign Theatre . . . . . Atrium 8
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