Gen Con 2025 - SELindberg Writers Symposium Panel Review

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Gen Con 2025 - SELindberg Writers Symposium Panels Review

Remembering Howard Andrew Jones 

Thursday, 11:00 AM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 4

Join us as we honor and celebrate the life, work, and memory of Howard Andrew Jones, one of our own.

Featuring: Bryan Young, C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, Chris A. Jackson, Erik Scott de Bie, Erin M. Evans, Gregory A. Wilson, Katherine Monasterio, Matt Forbeck, Sean CW Korsgaard, Seth Lindberg

- We announced the Howard Andrew Jones Memorial Travel Grants (for enabling BIPOC and first-time panelists/authors to attend); thanks to the 2025 Writer's Symposium organizing committee

- Also, some homeage pictures of the Skull's Zigguratt (Goodman Game's Vendor booth) and of the piano outside the Writer's Symposium green room (this haunts me, but I love it. Miss you Howard)

See previous Memorial Obiturarys, Memorial Panels:

• Howard Andrew Jones Memorial Post -1  [piano]
• Howard Andrew Jones Memorial -2
• Two Howards Fathering Sword and Sorcery – Swords Together! [Obit]
• Windy City Pulp and Paper 2025 - Howard Andrew Jones panel and Connecting with the Community

From Battles to Fisticuffs

Saturday, 4:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 1

Bar fights, professional fights, ambushes, duels, full-scale battles - how do we do them justice? How do we craft a physical confrontation in our scenes?

Featuring: J.B. Garner, James A. Hunter, Richard Lee Byers, Seth Lindberg, Stephen Kozeniewski

Community Building

Thursday, 4:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Boston

Writers who have a community thrive better in their creative work. Come listen to our panelists talk about the communities they participate in, best practices, and how to get started. 

Featuring: DaVaun Sanders, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Rob Cameron, Seth Lindberg

Monster as Protagonist

Friday, 4:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 2

Sometimes, it's the monster's turn to be the star of the show. How do you write for when your protagonist is a bloodsucking fiend, an evil genius, or a shambling corpse?

Featuring: Daniel Kraus, Erin Roberts, Khaldoun Khelil, Seth Lindberg, Shveta Thakrar

Sword & Sorcery

Friday, 10:00 AM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 4

From Robert E. Howard to Howard Andrew Jones, explore the highs, lows, and two-fisted pulpy action of this fantasy subgenre.

Featuring: Bryan Young, Michael A. Stackpole, Richard Lee Byers, Sean CW Korsgaard, Seth Lindberg

 

Magic Systems 101 

Friday, 5:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 2

Join us as we discuss how to develop a magic system for your game or story and how to ensure you don't break your own rules.

Featuring: Aaron Rosenberg, Daniel Myers, Danni Williams, James A. Hunter, Seth Lindberg

Nilah Magruder Spotlight 

Saturday, 1:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Marriott Ballroom 4

Join our Writers Symposium featured guest in conversation for a special one-on-one Q&A session

Nilah Magruder and Seth Lindberg