ArmadilloCon 41 - Panel Schedule

Austin's longest running literary fantasy and science fiction convention, ArmadilloCon (http://armadillocon.org/d41/), is celebrating it's 41st year next week! I'm thrilled to be participating this year in the programming and will be speaking on a variety of panels throughout the weekend. My schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
5pm - Journaling for Writers
Ballroom D
Track: Writing, Editing & Publishing
Type: Panel
Participants: Cassandra Rose Clarke (moderator), Britta Jensen, Katherine Sanger, Gabrielle Faust, Matt Cardin, Elizabeth Burton
What is your method? What do you get out of it? Do you mine your journals for writing prompts or other materials? How do you recommend those new to journaling get started?
10pm - Dystopias: Are They Done?
Conference Center
Track: Speculative Fiction Literature
Type: Panel
Participants: Christopher Brown (moderator), Mikal Trimm, Nancy Smith, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Gabrielle Faust
Are they done? If not, what is the attraction? Is the opportunity to reset a dangerously seductive one? What do we get out of visualizing the worst outcomes and the processes by which we get there?
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
3pm - Self-care for Writers and Artists
Southpark A
Track: Writing, Editing & Publishing
Type: Panel
Participants: Marguerite Reed (moderator), Urania Fung, Gabrielle Faust, Jessica Reisman, Don Webb
Advice and frank discussion of self care, mental health, pitfalls and solutions.
4pm - How to Build A Religion
Southpark A
Track: Writing, Editing & Publishing
Type: Panel
Participants: Matt Cardin (moderator), Gabrielle Faust, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Mark Finn, Jessica Reisman, Stina Leicht
Going beyond gods and demons and hells and magic spells. What are the possibilities in creating realistic belief systems?
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
12pm - Food in Fantasy
Ballroom E
Track: Speculative Fiction Literature
Type: Panel
Participants: Michelle Muenzler (moderator), C. J. Mills, Amber Royer, Gabrielle Faust, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Amanda Downum
It’s not just Hobbit bread and second breakfasts. Our panelists talk food, recipes, and inspirations for their favorite meals in the books they write and the books they read. There may be samples.
1pm - The Intersection of Science Fiction and Horror
Ballroom F
Track: Speculative Fiction Literature
Type: Panel
Participants: Amanda Downum (moderator), Gabrielle Faust, Thomas Wagner, Josh Rountree, Sanford Allen
Are these genres that work particularly well together or do they remain at odds? Which books and movies do this well?
Passes are available at http://armadillocon.org/d41/.
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