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Welcome to OryCon 39’s online schedule! The program schedule is a labor of love and a work in progress. Please expect updates, changes, and unexpected delights with little warning!

9:00am PST

Registration Main Lobby

10:00am PST

Operations Office Room 244 Volunteers Signup Room 244 Hospitality Room 106 Teen Lounge Suite 102

11:00am PST

Info Desk Main Lobby

12:00pm PST

Short Stories that Promote Your Work Pendleton Women in Fantasy Hayden Dealers Room St Helens Ballroom Artifacts and Child Care scrip Main Lobby Fan Tables Various Open Gaming & Game Library Overton Room

1:00pm PST

Stitch and Share - Friday Lovejoy Adapting for Film Thrawn - 252 What I Wish I Would Have Known: Pitfalls for New Writers Pendleton The future of renewable energies Pettygrove Fan Lounge Vulcan - 202

2:00pm PST

Tristan J. Tarwater Reading Presidential - 216 Publishing Your Ebook Pendleton DC vs. Marvel Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Hats to Spats Lovejoy Getting Your First Professional Sale Thrawn - 252 Voice and Style Lion Kings Den - 266 For the Love of Cosplay!!! Jyn - 156b Care and Feeding of Space Based Fandom 216 Presidential The Paranormal as Metaphor White Stag Predictive Modeling Pettygrove Art Show Salon West

2:30pm PST

John M. Lovett Reading Presidential - 216

3:00pm PST

Victor Lyle Thorn Reading Presidential - 216 OryKids Meet & Greet Jantzen Practical Considerations for Costumers Lovejoy Endings: Cuddling with the Reader Pendleton Lolita Flowers and Frills Jyn - 156b Make Your Own Sonic! Screwdriver, Lipstick, Sunglasses? Rey -156a So You Want to Start a Fandom Chapter? 216 Presidential Checks & Balances: Magic in a Fantasy Setting Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Religion in Fantasy Thrawn - 252 Extra, Extra! Lion Kings Den - 266 Introduction to Filk and Etiquette in Song Circles Timberline Are Makers the future? Pettygrove Trash VS Treasure: What to keep, What to toss White Stag Hair Falls Workshop Spokane Suite - 256 Child Care Main Lobby - Artifacts table

3:30pm PST

Amy DuBoff Reading Presidential - 216

4:00pm PST

Gra Linnaea Reading Presidential - 216 Open Crafts Hour Jantzen Comics Created Our Modern Mythologies Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Sewing Basics Lovejoy TARDIS Hats, Fezzes, and Bow-Ties, Oh My, Make Your Own Doctor Who Accoutrements Rey -156a ORC Open Read and Critiques Session A Thrawn - 252 Enjoying Your First Con Pettygrove Economics of Fantasy Worlds Hayden GM School White Stag Stage Patter Workshop Timberline Military and Politics of Star Wars Lion Kings Den - 266 The Realities of Leaving Earth 216 Presidential Go To Mars? We Can't Make Orbit. Pendleton Jeff Sturgeon Paints Art Show Demo

5:00pm PST

Concert: North of the Black Sea Timberline Leah Cutter Reading Presidential - 216 Western anime Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Moving Beyond the Norm of The Model Model Art Show Foyer Storytelling Games/ Construction Toys Jantzen Cybersecurity for the Masses Pendleton Crossplay Lovejoy Writing other Genders: Is It Really That Hard? Spokane Suite - 256 Gallifreyan Lessons from the Time Lord Academy Rey -156a I Can't Cosplay Tha--OH YES YOU CAN! Jyn - 156b ORC Open Read and Critiques Session B Thrawn - 252 Masquerade Information Lion Kings Den - 266 Writing and Art for the RPG Industry White Stag How Near is Too Near? 216 Presidential Twisted History Hayden Biotechnology of Reproduction Pettygrove

5:30pm PST

Concert: Yi WaterSong Timberline Ken Lizzi Reading Presidential - 216

6:00pm PST

Wendy N. Wagner Reading Presidential - 216 Tricks of visual communication Art Show Foyer 101 uses for Pleather and/or T-shirts! Jantzen The Quest for the Ultimate Superhero Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Steampunk Prop-making 216 Presidential Wonder Woman Spokane Suite - 256 Annie Bellet's Methods of Success Lovejoy Show Vs. Tell Pendleton Supernatural: Saving Lives in REALITY, Scavenger Hunts, the Family Business Jyn - 156b Yarning for The Doctor & Jayne, I: Intro to Knitting & Crocheting for Space Travelers Rey -156a Children and Conventions White Stag Video Games as Story Teller Thrawn - 252 Nuclear Power Pettygrove The Cassini and Juno Missions to Saturn and Jupiter Lion Kings Den - 266 Distorting the past Hayden

6:30pm PST

Endeavour Awards East Ballroom Tina Connolly Reading Presidential - 216

7:00pm PST

Blythe Ayne Reading Presidential - 216 Choosing Both Traditional and Self-Publishing Spokane Suite - 256 Creature Feature Dance Party Jantzen I am Groot Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Literary Techniques: Awesome or Snobby? Lion Kings Den - 266 Organizing a Successful Critique Group Thrawn - 252 Fanfic for Beginners: I Want to Write (or Beta)! Jyn - 156b Yarning for the Doctor & Jayne, II: Specialized Knitting & Crocheting Rey -156a Opening Ceremonies East Ballroom Limits of Inclusivity White Stag Explore the Dark Pettygrove Finding Diverse Voices & Characters in SF/F Pendleton Concert: Alexander James Adams Timberline The Real Middle Ages Hayden

7:30pm PST

K.M. Alexander Reading Presidential - 216

8:00pm PST

Ann Gimpel Reading Presidential - 216 Costumers Meet and Greet Hayden Cosplay, Garb, Masquerade Show & Tell. Jyn - 156b Doctor Who Fandom Celebration: Tiptoe Through the TARDIS Rey -156a Phyllis Irene Radford Book Launch Party! 202 - Vulcan This Has Nebula Written All Over It Pendleton Putting the Play Back into Role-playing White Stag Manga and their Anime adaptations. Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Concert: PDX Broadsides Timberline Rx for Fitness Lion Kings Den - 266

9:00pm PST

Barrowman Boot(y) Camp Rey -156a Megathruster Timberline Flirting 101 Lion Kings Den - 266 Fantasy as Political Allegory Pendleton Paranormal Romance: It's All About the Love, Baby! Pettygrove Keeping things organized White Stag

9:30pm PST

Doctor Who: Whovian Media Sharing Rey -156a The Colors of the Apocalypse : Bodypainting Basics Jyn - 156b

10:00pm PST

Fanfic Bedtime Stories! & Originals! Rey -156a Historical Figures in Fantasy Pendleton Polyamory Hayden Friday Night Karaoke! East Ballroom Friday OryCon Pagan Circle Jantzen Open Circle: Bardic Timberline

11:00pm PST

Putting the Oomph in your Smut, + readings (18+) Rey -156a Transgender Progress or Regress White Stag

12:00am PST

Midnight Erotica reading Presidential - 216

8:00am PST

Art Show Salon West Hospitality Room 106

9:00am PST

Stitch and Share - Saturday Lovejoy Basic Swordsmithing: What Goes Into a Blade Jyn - 156b Faery in Story Pendleton I Want to Get My Science On Pettygrove Free Play: Build Box Forts Jantzen Intro to Fandom Quilting Rey -156a Artifacts and Child Care scrip Main Lobby Info Desk Main Lobby Registration Main Lobby Fan Lounge Vulcan - 202 Open Gaming & Game Library Overton Room Teen Lounge Suite 102

10:00am PST

Stoney Compton Reading Presidential - 216 How important is anatomy? Art Show Foyer I Quit My Job to Be a Writer! WHAT HAVE I DONE? Pendleton Writing for Graphic Novels Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Costuming to Body Type Lovejoy Fascinator Workshop Spokane Suite - 256 Star Wars Costuming Hayden Adding Authenticity to Historical Fiction and Fantasy Jyn - 156b Fan Group Recruitment and Retention Lion Kings Den - 266 SFWA Regional Business Meeting Thrawn - 252 Superheroes! 216 Presidential Grrl Gamer Trends White Stag Autonomous robots and intelligence Pettygrove Blood Drive Parking Lot Dealers Room St Helens Ballroom Fan Tables Various Operations Office Room 244 Volunteers Signup Room 244 Child Care Main Lobby - Artifacts table

10:30am PST

Knights & Princesses! Stories, Music & Movement Jantzen Alma Alexander Reading Presidential - 216

11:00am PST

Susan R. Matthews Reading Presidential - 216 Art Show Docent Tour with Sarah Clemens Art Show Open Sketch Art Show Foyer Sketchbook Critique Art Show Demo Concert for Kids! Jantzen Starting a Webcomic Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Cosfluff 101: Plus-Sized Costuming Lion Kings Den - 266 Costuming Without Breaking the Bank Lovejoy Interactive Writing Workshop Thrawn - 252 The Not-So-Basic Basics for New Writers Pendleton Live Cosplay Figure Drawing Rey -156a NIWA Meet & Greet Jyn - 156b Tesla Coil Demonstrations East Ballroom Group Home for Abandoned Lyrics Timberline Ghost in the Machine or Grandpa? Spokane Suite - 256 Spaceships, Colonists, and Castaways 216 Presidential Going to Mars to colonize it Pettygrove Research for alternate history. White Stag

11:30am PST

Marshall Maresca Reading Presidential - 216

12:00pm PST

Diana Francis Reading Presidential - 216 Musical Chairs Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Working analogue in the digital age Art Show Foyer Publishing Ethics 216 Presidential Cardboard Construction: Make Armor or Model Castles. Jantzen Historical Costuming Lovejoy Beyond Escapism: Self-Care for Geeks Rey -156a Political Economy for World Builders Jyn - 156b Care and Feeding of an Author Thrawn - 252 Cosplay is not consent Lion Kings Den - 266 Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Themes in SF Hayden Gender and Gaming White Stag Concert: Marian Call Timberline Building the Future Pettygrove Science Fiction as a Tool for Social Change Pendleton Dead Cosmetics Workshop: with Kim Damio Spokane Suite - 256

12:30pm PST

Andrew S. Fuller Reading Presidential - 216

1:00pm PST

Otaku Meetup & Pocky Tasting! Rey -156a Sarina Dorie Reading Presidential - 216 So happy together Art Show Foyer Autograph Session 2 Autographs Off With Their Heads! Then Put on Another? Make a Mutant Pet. Jantzen Beading 101 Lion Kings Den - 266 Convention and Hall Costuming Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Costuming in the Honorverse 216 Presidential Set the Style: Accessories Lovejoy Feedback Workshop Pendleton How to Give a Dynamite Reading Thrawn - 252 The Bechdel Test vs. the Mako Mori Test Jyn - 156b Conversation with our Costuming GoH Hayden Tesla Coil Demonstrations East Ballroom Game Design 101 White Stag The Making of a Song Parody Timberline Rockets and space drives Pettygrove

1:30pm PST

Anime & Manga Reviews: Must or Bust? Rey -156a Jennifer Brozek Reading Presidential - 216

2:00pm PST

Developing Artists Sketch Book Critique Art Show Demo Take Another Little Piece of my Art Now Baby Art Show Foyer The Art of Sarah Clemens Hayden Autograph Session 3 Autographs Design and Play Your own Game Jantzen Web Comics You Should Be Reading Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Costuming for Those Who Don't Sew Lovejoy Advanced Character Creation Pendleton Minor Characters Spokane Suite - 256 American gods: Perspectives & Personal Pantheons Rey -156a Embracing Body Positivity via Cosplay, Crossplay, and Fanfic Jyn - 156b ORC Open Read and Critiques Session C Thrawn - 252 Defining Steampunk Lion Kings Den - 266 Recruitment and Retention 216 Presidential How Games are Changing the World White Stag Sea and Star Chantey 101 Timberline Science, SF, and Religion Pettygrove

2:30pm PST

Dave Smeds Reading Presidential - 216

3:00pm PST

A. M. Brosius Reading Presidential - 216 Art Show Docent Tour with Lee Moyer Art Show Craft as Art Art Show Foyer Autograph Session 4 Autographs Meet a Cosplayer! Q & A and More Jantzen How to market your comic Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Anatomy of a DIY Vacuum Former Spokane Suite - 256 Black Cinderella and the new Jim Crow: Media representation in post-racial America Jyn - 156b Surviving Cons with Disabilities Rey -156a ORC Open Read and Critiques Session D Thrawn - 252 Worldcon: Dublin 2019! Lion Kings Den - 266 Audiobook Technique Presentation White Stag Conversation with our Editor GoH! Hayden Star Trek: Discovery Lovejoy Learn the songs "everyone knows" Timberline The Softer Side of SF 216 Presidential What society will really look like an a post-AI age Pettygrove Unmanning the Front Pendleton Make your own book in one hour Teen Lounge

3:30pm PST

Joyce Reynolds-Ward Reading Presidential - 216

4:00pm PST

David Levine Reading Presidential - 216 Anime: Where to start Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Inspiration, Homage, or Theft? Art Show Foyer Autograph Session 5 Autographs OryKids Face Painting, Parade & More! Jantzen Backstory: Too Much, Too Little, Just Right Pendleton Nanowrimo: What is It, and Why or Why Not? Spokane Suite - 256 Reckoning with a Legacy of Abuse By our Media-Producers Jyn - 156b ORC Open Read and Critiques Session E Thrawn - 252 Conversation with our Writing GoH Hayden Storytelling Karaoke White Stag LGBTQI mixer 216 Presidential Ye Intro To Faire Lovejoy Cannibalism! Lion Kings Den - 266 Filker Memorial Timberline Science and Spirituality Pettygrove

4:30pm PST

Catherine McGuire Reading Presidential - 216

5:00pm PST

Extra curricular activities Art Show Foyer Agents of Change Pendleton Strategy Games Jantzen NaNoWriMo Write In! Spokane Suite - 256 Structurally Speaking Lovejoy Chivalry for Writers Jyn - 156b Harry Potter / Fantastic Beasts Fandom: Accio Prequels, Sequels, & Fan Creations! Rey -156a Creating Convention Policies Lion Kings Den - 266 From Fan Fic to Pro Thrawn - 252 East Meets West Hayden Freaking Me Out, Not Grossing Me Out Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Teaching that Great New Game White Stag Escape With Us! 216 Presidential Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading Presidential - 216 Un-Extinction Pettygrove

5:30pm PST

Masquerade Rehearsal East Ballroom

6:00pm PST

Concert: Riona Aibhann Timberline The Artist`s Studio Art Show Foyer LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) for Kids Jantzen Slug Throwers and Stun Guns Pendleton Bowie, Prince, et al., Sing-Along with Fallen Musical Idols Rey -156a David Boop re-envisions the Old West Spokane Suite - 256 Crossover Fandom Lion Kings Den - 266 Urban Fantasy Made Real Lovejoy Anime trivia! Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Star Wars New Canon White Stag KIC 8462852 also known as Tabby Pettygrove The Scab Lands of Earth and Mars 216 Presidential Light Exercises for Writers Thrawn - 252

6:30pm PST

Concert: Cecilia Eng Timberline Brenda Cooper Reading Presidential - 216

7:00pm PST

Monster Party! Stories, Music and Movement Jantzen Graphic Novels and Comics as Literature Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Kitten Kaboodle: Share Cat Joys & Make Cat Toys! Rey -156a Self-Publish Your Novel Right Now! Jyn - 156b Dark Fantasy Lion Kings Den - 266 Fantasy with Non-European settings Pendleton Healers, Shamans & Clerics, Oh My! Lovejoy Game System Upgrades White Stag So You Want to Produce a CD Thrawn - 252 Concert: Frank Hayes Timberline To Build a Starship 216 Presidential Starting from Scratch Pettygrove

7:30pm PST

Craig English Reading Presidential - 216 Masquerade East Ballroom

8:00pm PST

Patrick Swenson Reading Presidential - 216 In A Dark Time: PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and the Act of Creating Art Pendleton LGBTQ Teens in Crisis Lovejoy Sci Fi Ask Me Another! (Quiz Show) 216 Presidential Crime and Fantasy Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Ghost in the Vegan Bar Lion Kings Den - 266 Tabletop: Recent Favorites White Stag Concert: Starlight Timberline Backyard Astronomy Pettygrove Can You Survive an Age of Automatons? Rey -156a

9:00pm PST

Flirting 102 Lion Kings Den - 266 Finding Horror in the Everyday Pendleton Writing Believable Sex Scenes Lovejoy Theme Circle: Star Wars Timberline LARP - Mind's Eye Theatre White Stag

10:00pm PST

Gendering A.I. Rey -156a Smut, Gore, and More Lovejoy Whose Line Is It Anyway? Lion Kings Den - 266 Solovox! East Ballroom Saturday Oregon Pagan Workshop Jantzen Open Circle: Chaos Timberline

11:00pm PST

Stand Up For Geeks! Rey -156a Quickies! - Short Erotic Readings Lovejoy

12:00am PST

Spectral Investigations Lion Kings Den - 266 Midnight Horror Readings Presidential - 216 Saturday Night Dance East Ballroom

8:00am PST

Art Show Salon West Hospitality Room 106

9:00am PST

Stitch and Share - Sunday Lovejoy Costume in Harness: An Historical Approach to Costume Armor. Jyn - 156b Free Play: Build Mazes Jantzen Registration Main Lobby Open Gaming & Game Library Overton Room Artifacts and Child Care scrip Main Lobby Fan Lounge Vulcan - 202 Teen Lounge Suite 102 Info Desk Main Lobby

10:00am PST

Erica L. Satifka Reading Presidential - 216 Showing up for the work Art Show Foyer Pseudonyms, Genre and Branding Pendleton Reprints Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Mermaid Meet and Greet Cove Spokane Suite - 256 Star Trek Costuming Lovejoy Intro to Sewing Repair/DIY Repair Kit Rey -156a Absent Friends Lion Kings Den - 266 Overturning the Cart White Stag Why Fantasy Matters Hayden Women Role Models in Science Fiction 216 Presidential Asteroids or Mars? Pettygrove Operations Office Room 244 Volunteers Signup Room 244 Child Care Main Lobby - Artifacts table Fan Tables Various

10:30am PST

Rockets and Robots! Stories, Music & Movement Jantzen John Pitts Reading Presidential - 216

11:00am PST

Art Show Docent Tour with Vandy Hall Art Show Stereoscopic and 3D Images Art Show Foyer Autograph Session 6 Autographs The Full-Time Writer's Safety Net Hayden Dexterity Games Jantzen Can Movies Capture the Joy of Comics? Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Group Costuming Lovejoy Mermaid costuming Spokane Suite - 256 Diversity in Fiction: Do's and Don'ts Lion Kings Den - 266 Pamper Your Muse Thrawn - 252 Purple prose Pendleton Advanced Crochet: Make Gifts for Premies Rey -156a Local Food Sustainability & Community-Building Jyn - 156b Honorverse Trivia! With prizes! 216 Presidential Campcon Anthologies Readings Presidential - 216 The Suburban Survivalist Pettygrove Superheroes and Fairy Tale Princesses White Stag Dealers Room St Helens Ballroom

11:30am PST

Concert: Eleanor Stokes Timberline

12:00pm PST

Going to a Game Con White Stag Irene Radford reading Presidential - 216 Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, and The Markets Who Love Them Spokane Suite - 256 Mer-folk for the Little Ones Jantzen Superheroes in Times of Crisis Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Detail Oriented Lovejoy How to Write a Series Pendleton Cosplay for People of All Abilities Jyn - 156b Art Auction East Ballroom YA Recommendations Lion Kings Den - 266 Daredevil! 12 Monkeys! iZombie! Hayden Concert: Possible Side Effects Timberline Et Tu Brute 216 Presidential Hacking Biology Pettygrove Fandom Foodmaking! Rey -156a ORC Open Read and Critiques Session F Thrawn - 252 OryCon 40 Preregistration Main Lobby

12:30pm PST

Jennifer Willis Reading Presidential - 216

1:00pm PST

Dale Ivan Smith Reading Presidential - 216 Potions and Gadgets: Science with Dr. CodeWorx Jantzen Trades versus Weeklies Economics Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Costume Critique with Experienced Judges Lion Kings Den - 266 Pattern Modification Lovejoy Loving Your Villain Spokane Suite - 256 Me Talk Pretty: Dialogue Pendleton Prose to Persona: Bringing Book Characters to Life Via Cosplay Jyn - 156b Portraying War in Fantasy Hayden What players want out of a game White Stag Two-shots! Timberline Power Armor and Rail Guns Pettygrove

1:30pm PST

Fonda Lee Reading Presidential - 216

2:00pm PST

Randy Henderson Reading Presidential - 216 Paradox Space: the Dangers of Open Ended Stories Wenatchee - 166 Parlor Costume Exchange Lovejoy Innovating and Planning Inclusive Events Jyn - 156b Surrealist & Fandom Gaming! Rey -156a Write Your Book! Publish Your Book! Market Your Book! Pendleton Other Upcoming Conventions Lion Kings Den - 266 Transforming the Feminine Hayden Band Scramble Timberline We Can't Talk to Flipper, so How Can We Talk to Aliens? 216 Presidential Last August's Eclipse Pettygrove Kids' Maker Lab - Household Junk to Sci-Fi Treasure? Jantzen

2:30pm PST

Jennifer Rosenberg Reading Presidential - 216

3:00pm PST

Stephanie Weippert Reading Presidential - 216 Geeks Against Misogyny, Entitlement, & Racism Jyn - 156b Roses and Roadkill White Stag Jam In The Key of C Timberline