RavenCon 2025 Schedule

I will be at RavenCon once again (last year was my first year), in Richmond, VA. I’ll be on Programming, and I’m conducting one of my workshops on Friday evening. My official graphic schedule is below (feel free to copy and post anywhere that you’d like). Below that, I also have a more detailed schedule that shows the topics of all the sessions I’ll be on.

I’ll also be selling and signing books in the Dealer’s Room at the Tannhauser Press table with publisher Martin Wilsey.

Here’s my detailed schedule…

Time	Time	Session
Fri	5:00 – 7:00 PM	Occupational Hazard Workshop In this workshop on character development, participants will start by defining an SF or Fantasy occupation…and then exploring the type of person who might take on that job. Participants will also focus on key areas such as character goals, high-level story arcs, challenges, obstacles, and limitations.
Sat	1:00 – 2:00 PM	Shake It Up! Mixing Genres What makes a good cross-genre novel? When does it work and when does it fail? Should you follow whatever the current trend in the market is? What’s been overdone and where is there still fresh space to explore?
Sat	6:00 – 7:00 PM	Rebunking Cryptids Many species of animal—even sizeable terrestrial mammals—are discovered every year, and yet despite the discovery of new species like the olinguito, and rediscovery of relic species like the coelocanth, giant squid, and chevrotain, cryptozoologists are consigned to the pseudoscientific ghetto by establishment scholars. Why this bias, and what makes cryptozoological species like the sasquatch or mokole-mkembe inherently unbelievable to conventional zoologists?
Sun	1:00 – 2:00 PM	Sympathy for the Devil [MODERATOR] Sometimes the bad guy’s motivation just makes sense. What villains did you agree or sympathize with? What makes you root for the bad guy?