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Preliminary Program Grid for Joan Wendland This is the Preliminary program schedule. Joan Wendland may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention.

Friday 5:00 pm: Is My Story Actually a Game? (Ends at: 5:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Dustin Patrick Blottenberger, Mike McPhail, Joan Wendland (M), Brigitte Winter The opportunities that interactive fiction provides are unique. Some stories, when told with prose, feel fundamentally different to a reader than when told with an even more interactive medium. From video games to choose-your-own-adventure fiction to tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons, interactive fiction lets you tell stories you can’t tell anywhere else, There’s a tradeoff: telling your story this way also closes some of those dungeon doors as well. So how do you know if your story is actually a game?

Friday 6:00 pm: 1984, Is It Here? (Ends at: 6:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Martin Berman-Gorvine, Jennifer R. Povey, Mark Roth, Joan Wendland (M) Big Brother is watching, but it isn't always the government. How terms like doublethink, thoughtcrime, and newspeak fit our modern world. Do some of these actions fit the gatekeepers of fandom as well as our political tribalism?

Friday 9:00 pm: Crafting in Your World (Ends at: 9:55 pm) Washington Theater Participants:Scott H. Andrews (M), Jennifer Brinn, Bjorn Hasseler, Michael Swanwick, Joan Wendland Authors often talk about building their worlds and honing their craft. In a little switch, panelists will discuss how crafting works in their worlds as well as how important crafting is to the worlds they develop.

Saturday 12:00 pm: Audiobooks (Ends at: 12:55 pm) Monroe Participants:Jack Campbell (M), Matt Dinniman, Tom Doyle, Jim Freund, Joan Wendland The story might be the same, but the delivery is something else. A discussion of audiobooks and prepping for their release as well as why they work better for some people and times.

Saturday 4:00 pm: No, Make It a Series! (Ends at: 4:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Sarah Avery, Doc Coleman, Jim Freund (M), Joan Wendland A standalone novel is too limiting. Multiple books are needed to really tell a truly epic tale. Some stories seem to be complete in one novel, but then there is more to tell. A discussion of the series that are loved because they can't be contained in one book.

Saturday 5:00 pm: What Is This LitRPG Thing? (Ends at: 5:55 pm) Eisenhower Participants:John Ashmead (M), Matt Dinniman, Sarah Mitchell, Joan Wendland From games to fantasy worlds, a discussion of the various subsegments of LitRPG. How does it fit into general SF and Fantasy taxonomy?

Saturday 7:00 pm: Mass Signing and Awards Ceremony (Ends at: 8:55 pm) Atrium Participants:Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Sarah Avery, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Jennifer Brinn, Jack Campbell, Michael Capobianco, Neil Clarke, Doc Coleman, Randee Dawn, Matt Dinniman, Tom Doyle, Andy Duncan, Jim Freund, Paul Haggerty, Elektra Hammond, Bjorn Hasseler, Larry Hodges, Danian Jerry, Barbara Krasnoff, Bill Lawhorn (M), Mike McPhail, Meridel Newton, Joshua Benjamin Palmatier, Jennifer R. Povey, Alex Shvartsman, Ian Randal Strock, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jean Marie Ward, Joan Wendland The annual gathering of Capclave attendees with presentation of the Guest of Honor Gifts, the WSFA Small Press Award, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society's Amateur Writers Award.

Sunday 10:30 am: Author Reading: Joan Wendland (Ends at: 10:55 am) Adams Participants:Joan Wendland Joan Wendland reads from new and upcoming works.

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