{"id":2771,"date":"2019-06-12T10:06:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2019-06-11T22:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T02:20:56","slug":"origins-game-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/origins-game-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Origins Game Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ll be participating in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Origins Game Fair (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.originsgamefair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Origins Game Fair<\/a> this week as part of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Origins Library (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.originsgamefair.com\/origins-library\" target=\"_blank\">Origins Library<\/a>. The Library programming and author tables have moved to a new location. Previously, our signing tables were way in the back of the huge vendor hall, and our programming was tucked away in a room upstairs. This year, both will be in a spotlight area across from the main entrance of Hall A. This is the area where badge registration was last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Year&#8217;s Featured Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mercedes Lackey<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Larry Dixon<\/strong><\/td><td>Christopher Bell<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer Brozek<\/td><td>Tobias Buckell<\/td><td>Tracy Chowdhury<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Helfers<\/td><td>Carlos Hernandes<\/td><td>Addie King<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>R. L. King<\/td><td>Daniel (Doc) Myers<\/td><td>Cat Rambo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amanda Robinson<\/td><td>Aaron Rosenberg<\/td><td>Lucy Snyder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mike Underwood<\/td><td>Greg Wilson<\/td><td>Sarah Hans<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Programming Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>10am &#8211; 11am |&nbsp;<strong>Short Stories<\/strong>: How do you plot something that\u2019s only 5k? How do you know it\u2019s going to come out that long? Tips and tricks to crafting a good short story. |&nbsp;<em>Lucy Snyder (M), Carlos Hernandez, Cat Rambo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4pm &#8211; 5pm | <strong>Next-level Worldbuilding for Prose or Gaming<\/strong>: Talking about power dynamics in worldbuilding, layering of history, cohesive\/coherent worldbuilding that feels like it all connects, etc. |\u00a0<em>Lucy Snyder, Michael R. Underwood (M),\u00a0Doc Myers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>11am &#8211; 12pm\u00a0|\u00a0<strong>Crowdfunding<\/strong>: How do you get people engaged enough to pledge money for your project? And what do you do next? |\u00a0<em>Lucy Snyder, Gregory A. Wilson, Christopher Bell (M)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>11am &#8211; 12pm | <strong>Collaboration<\/strong>: Logistics of collaborative writing, the creative benefits, challenges, etc. |<em>\u00a0Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Lucy Snyder, Carlos Hernandez (M), Tracy Chowdhury<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:30pm &#8211; 7pm | <strong>Reading<\/strong>: Lucy reads from her recent fiction. |<em>\u00a0Lucy Snyder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>10am &#8211; 11am | <strong>Ask the editors anything<\/strong>: Questions you were too afraid to ask when your story was on the line |&nbsp;<em>Jennifer Brozek, Lucy Snyder, John Helfers (M)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I&#8217;ll be participating in the Origins Game Fair this week as part of the Origins Library. 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