John Scalzi – Guest of Honor Writer
Olivia Sailor – Lead Organizer Writers Symposium
Byron Leavitt – Diemension Games Writer
CSE Cooney - Author
Gilles Plantin - Monolith Creative Director & Jeszika Le Vye - Artist
Chris A Jackson - Author
Aaron Rosenberg - Author
Michael Stackpole – Sci Fi & Conan Writer
Jim Zub – Conan Comics Writer
Sean CW Korsgaard - Battleborn!
- 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:
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
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
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
Gen Con will be held July 30th through Sunday, Aug 3rd!
The Writer Symposium has 137 events. Check out their listings!
They will be in the Downtown Marriott again.
Honored to be on seven panels!
Link to S.E. Lindberg's Panels ; individual links to each are below
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
Thursday, 4:00 PM EDT for 1 hr Marriott: Boston
Writers who have 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
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
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
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
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
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
