Hey gang, just got my Heliosphere convention schedule this last week, so I wanted to toss it in here in case anyone’s coming. We’re bringing several writers and creative types down to New Jersey from NYC:

FRIDAY

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm  – Salon C
Exploring the Uses and Ethics of ChatGPT and Other AI Models

• Elektra Hammond (Moderator)
• Lancelot Schaubert
• Chris Kreuter
• Renee Ritchie 
• Liz Crefin

6:30 pm – 7:45 pm  – Miracle Ballroom
How do you introduce new characters into existing story arcs? (I am the Moderator)

• Chuck Gannon
• Sharon Lee
• Lancelot Schaubert (Moderator) 
• Emily Munro 
• Walter Hunt

SATURDAY

11:30am – 12:45pm  – Salon C
Writing Believable Injuries for Fictional Characters (I am the Moderator)

• James Prego
• Mike McPhail 
• Amy Grech
• Keith R.A. DeCandido
• Lancelot Schaubert (Moderator)

5:30 pm – 6:45 pm  – Miracle Ballroom
Story Inspiration from Breaking Science (I am the Moderator)

• Lancelot Schaubert (Moderator)
• Danielle Ackley-McPhail
• James Prego
• Sarena Strauss

8:00 pm – 9:15 pm  – Salon C
Signing (This is a group autograph session available to everyone)

I will be selling books at both the reading and the signing and, generally, will just have them on me.

SUNDAY

10:00am – 11:15am  – Salon D
Weirdest New Words I Learned in 2023

• Sarena Strauss (Moderator)
• Jenifer Rosenberg
• Christopher Burke
• Lancelot Schaubert

11:30 am-12:45 pm – Miracle Ballroom
Secrets to putting a lasting foundation under your universe (M)

• Lancelot Schaubert (Moderator)
• Steve Miller
• Chuck Gannon
• Emily Munro
• Aaron Rosenberg

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm  – Library
Reading (This time is shared with Bjorn Hasseler and Lori Perkins)

I will be selling books at both the reading and the signing and, generally, will just have them on me.