Friendship Is ConFusion

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Friday5:00 PM5:50 PMSo This Is Your First ConFusionSt. ClairWelcome to your first Confusion! To keep your actual confusion to a minimum, let us tell you what we're about and what we have to offer you this weekend!Cylithria Dubois, Amy Zrnich, Anna CareyCONFUSION
Friday6:00 PM6:50 PMDragon's DenSt. ClairThe Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Board wants to hear how you will help Friendship is ConFusion and future ConFusions keep making fans and friends! Small grants available for particularly promising ideas!Allison Anderson, Anna Carey, John Davis, Brian Decker, Cylithria Duboius, Eric Guy, David KlechaCONFUSION
Friday7:00 PM7:50 PMSelf-Publishing for Fun & ProfitSt. ClairSelf-publishing has undergone massive changes in the past ten years. Authors and audiences have more opportunities to create and find the stories they want, niche genres and subgenres are finding new life, and voices that have been ignored by traditional publishing are taking successful advantage of the direct-to-consumer approach. Where might self-publishing go in the next ten years?Michael R. Underwood, Courtney Schafer, Elise Kova, Dira LewisLITERATURE
Saturday10:00 AM10:50 AMSo This Is Your First ConFusionSt. ClairWelcome to your first ConFusion! To keep your actual confusion to a minimum, let us tell you what we're about and what we have to offer you this weekend!Cylithria Dubois, Jessi (Zerwas) Drummer, Anna CareyCONFUSION
Saturday1:00 PM1:50 PMFan GOH InductionSt. ClairThe Fan Guest of Honour Introduction and Induction is a traditional ConFusion event, wherein any attending Fan GoHs of years past welcome the new Fan GoH to the club.Mark OshiroCONFUSION
Saturday2:00 PM2:50 PMMark Oshiro ReadingSt. ClairOur Fan Guest of Honor reads from his current work.Mark OshiroCONFUSION
Saturday4:00 PM4:50 PMAutograph Session (4 PM)St. ClairCome meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.)Matthew Alan Thyer, Dyrk Ashton, Angela Carina Barry, Mishell Baker, Brandon Black, Elly Blake, Gail Carriger, Suzanne Church, Michael Cieslak, Lesley Conner, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka, Kate Elliott, Amal El-Mohtar, Janet Harriett, Christian Klaver, Mur Lafferty, Jeffrey Alan Love, Mark Oshiro, Dustin Patrick, Cherie Priest, Adam Rakunas, Jason Sanford, Martin L. Shoemaker, Michael R. Underwood, Brigitte WinterCONFUSION
Saturday5:00 PM5:50 PMAutograph Session (5 PM)St. ClairCome meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.)Sarah Dobie Bauer, Tobias Buckell, James S.A. Corey, J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Max Gladstone, Joe Hill, Jim C. Hines, Emmy Jackson, Elise Kova, Merrie Haskell, Mallory O'Meara, Andrea Phillips, Diana Rowland, John Scalzi, Kristine Smith, Ferrett Steinmetz, James L. Sutter, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Mary G. Thompson, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gregory WilsonCONFUSION
Saturday6:00 PM6:50 PMThe Science and Art of SwordfightingSt. ClairAegis Consulting experts invite writers and enthusiasts to ask them pretty much anything they want about fighting and Western European martial arts. They will do our best to answer thoroughly and factually!Sal Sanfratello, Karilyn Warsinski, Morgan Stutler, Jen Nagle, Todd NagleSCIENCE
Saturday8:00 PM8:50 PMFriendship and Flirting in FandomSt. ClairIf you find navigating or initiating social interactions of the platonic or romantic kind draining, challenging, or downright baffling, you're not alone in SF&F fandom by a long shot. While making great connections comes more naturally for some than others, anyone can learn tricks to help read social cues, overcome anxiety, and leave a great impression on people you meet - be it someone you're a fan of or a fellow fan.Mishell Baker (M), Mark Oshiro, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka,FANDOM
Sunday11:00 AM11:50 AMMaking MonstersSt. ClairCome hear our panelists talk about the ins and outs of creating monsters in media and literature.  What goes into crafting a compelling monster? What is the monster's role in stories?  What's scarier: to see the monster, or just the idea it? Nichole E. Castle (M), Mallory O'Meara, Lesley Conner, Michael Cieslak, Angela Carina Barry, Jeffrey Alan LoveMEDIA
Sunday12:00 PM12:50 PMHere's What They Did to My Baby!St. ClairNo one really knows how the game is played. The art of the trade. How the sausage gets made. We just assume that it happens. And by it, we mean publishing a book. Authors tell the tale of the publishing process from their perspective. Copyedits! Title changes! Other mad alchemy!Patrick S. Tomlinson (M), Suzanne Church, Jim C. Hines, Marshall Ryan MarescaLITERATURE
Sunday1:00 PM2:50 PMPenguicon Planning MeetingSt. ClairJoin the organizers of tech/sf con Penguicon as they ramp up for their April event with their Con Committee meeting, open to all!Penguicon ConComFANDOM