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Friday, May 31 • 9:00am - 9:50am
Not Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero: Writing Profoundly Flawed Characters

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Readers often connect with characters who are basically good, but what about cheaters, liars, & cowards? The vain, the envious, & the unrepentant? These aren’t pop song anti-heroes. They’re real, gritty, and sometimes vile. How do we make the reader love them?
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Gordon B. White

Gordon B. White is a Shirley Jackson Award and Bram Stoker Award nominee, as well as  the author of the weird horror collection As Summer’s Mask Slips and Other Disruptions, as well as the novellas Rookfield and And In Her Smile, The World (with Rebecca J. Allred).  A graduate... Read More →

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Ridley Harker

Author, Ronchy Writing LLC
Ridley Harker (he/they) is the author of the queer body horror novel, Parasite (Ninestar Press, 2022). Their short story, "Kill Your Darlings" was featured in Listen: The Sound of Fear (Ninestar Press, 2022). Ridley's favorite horror genres include LGBTQIA+, gothic, body horror... Read More →
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Steve Rasnic Tem

A Colorado native, Steve Rasnic Tem is, according to Joe R. Lansdale, “a school of writing unto himself.” Steve is a past winner of the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards (incl. 2014’s Blood Kin for novel). His short fiction work is legendary, with over 450... Read More →
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Rae Wilde

Rae Wilde (she/her) is a queer woman and author of dark fiction who has also published under the name Rae Knowles. Her work includes The Stradivarius, Merciless Waters, and I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men. Rae is the author of numerous shorter works, published in magazines... Read More →
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Friday May 31, 2024 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sierra 5-6
  Writing and Publishing

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