Here are the panels we offered at Context 21 in 2008.
FRI 6 PM Opening Ceremonies
Welcome to Context 21! A brief introduction to what is going on for Context this year.
FRI 6 PM Friday night Anime
Our usual Friday night Anime selection will start as soon as we can get it set up!
FRI 7 PM Modern Forensics
How forensic science relates to CSI.
FRI 7 PM Writing Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Not SciFi, not Fantasy, what is it when you deal with telepaths, kinetics, precogs, and so on? And how do you WRITE it?
FRI 7 PM Samuel T. Clemmons Reading
Our Storyteller, Samuel T. Clemmons, provides a reading of his recently published work.
FRI 7 PM A Strong Foundation: Storytelling Fundamentals for all RPGs
What a GM should have to tell his gaming story well.
FRI 7 PM Ohio Historical Society Presentation
A presentation by the Archeological Director of the Ohio Museum of Natural History.
FRI 7 PM Writers' Guide to Conventions
How to use Conventions to further your writing career.
FRI 7:30 PM SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
Filled Braunbeck
FRI 7:30 PM FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP
Filled Arnzen
FRI 8 PM Dead Body Guy Interview
Local celebrity, Chuck Lamb is known as the "Dead Body Guy" for his roles in film. Come visit and learn of his internet-fueled career!
FRI 8 PM Tanya Huff Birthday Party!
Our Author Guest of Honor is ONLY another day older! Help her celebrate!
FRI 8 PM Out Of Context
Balderdash for Genre fans!
FRI 8 PM General Author Autographs
FRI 8 PM The Science of Anthropology
Our Science GOH and midwest anthropologists and interested panelists discuss the state of Anthropology.
FRI 8 PM Brian Keene Reading
Our Horror GoH reads
FRI 9 PM The Future of "Hard" Science Fiction
People are good, but we want to hear about the spaceship!
FRI 9 PM Mortuary Science
The science of how your friendly mortician makes your loved ones look "better than life".
FRI 9 PM Marc Twain: Tea & Scones with Elizabeth I
Time Traveler Marc Twain (Samuel T. Clemmons) interviews Queen Elizabeth I (Kit Matulich). Refreshments will be served.
FRI 9 PM Writing Modern Vampires
Vampire presentations in literature has changed over the years. See how modern horror writers have changed the topic.
FRI 10 PM Who's The Villain?
Game Show presentation on how NOBODY wakes up in the morning and says "Today, I'll do villainous things!". Win prizes for identifying quotes.
FRI 10 PM The Rise of the Medium Press
Advances in Publishing have provided mid ground publishing access, between the huge houses and the University presses. Our visiting publishers and editors discuss this new market.
FRI 10 PM Southern Indiana Writers Read
FRI 10 PM The Future of Physics
Gordon Aubrecht uses any tool for his research and classes.
FRI 11 PM Friday Concert
A light acoustic introduction to our Musical Guests, Wild Mercy.
FRI 11 PM Apollo
An Independent Film production presented by Diana Botsford.
FRI 11 PM Writing Horror
A general discussion by attending panelists on the hows and whys of horror.
FRI 11 PM 75 Years of King Kong
In 1933, "King Kong" hit the theaters, and the movie industry has never been the same since. We will be showing the videos Saturday.
SAT 09 AM Millennicon Breakfast
Our fellow conventioneers, Millennicon in Cincinnati, host a breakfast for us all!
SAT 09 AM ONE ON ONE CRITIQUES WORKSHOPS
SAT 09 AM PLOT STRUCTURE WORKSHOP
SAT 10 AM Author GOH Autographs
SAT 09 AM Saturday Morning Cartoons
Get a chance to see those wonderful (or awful) cartoons from your youth again!
SAT 10 AM Writing Poetry or Lyrics
Poetry stirs people, but it also goes well to music!
SAT 10 AM The Role of the Gamemaster
Seven Things Every Good Gamemaster Would NEVER Do!
SAT 10 AM A Web Site in 24 Hours!
An experienced webmaster shows how you can set up your website quickly and easily.
SAT 10 AM Trivia Contest
Start the day with a trivia game! Guess what - prizes are books - duh!
SAT 10 AM Zombies from Voodoo to Movie Monster
This is a panel to discuss the all things related to our favorite undead everyman. We'll look at how this creature was created from its Haitian roots to how Hollywood took this monster and changed it to its current form and what to expect evolving.
SAT 11 AM Fran Friel Reading
SAT 11:30 AM Tanya Huff Reading
SAT 11:30 AM Interview With Brian Keene
SAT 11:30 AM Working With Police Dogs
How the police use the K-9 corps in airport security
SAT 11:30 AM How To Build a Dystopia
How civilization can go wrong, and how you can use such in your writing.
SAT 11:30 AM Improv with Tristan
Tristan MacAvery, our Anime Friend, is an exceptional improvisational artist. Come and Enjoy -participation MAY be mandatory!
SAT 11:30 AM Great Movie Soundtracks
A discussion of the great music from our favorite movies.
SAT 1 PM The Proliferation of Drugs - And Drug Ads!
What are they really telling you in those ads? And Why?
SAT 1 PM Getting Published 101
Learn how to get your Science Fiction manuscript before an interested audience
SAT 1 PM Horror Makeup
Our Costumer Experts Give a demonstration of why they are GOOD!
SAT 1 PM CHARACTER THROUGH DIALOG WORKSHOP
SAT 1 PM Mary Turzillo Reading
Mary Turzillo, A well-known writer and poet from northern Ohio, reads.
SAT 1 PM Don't Be A Bobblehead: Stupid Things To Avoid In Your Fiction
A presentation by Timons Esaias, an experienced writer and teacher.
SAT 1 PM Genre Labels
Do they impede creativity? Or are they a useful tool to market your work?
SAT 1 PM SpyFi video
Saturday morning is ending. Time for "Man From U.N.C.L.E.", Wild, Wild, West", and all the great spifi of the 60s.
SAT 2 PM CREATING THE COMIC BOOK SERIES WORKSHOP
SAT 2 PM Gary Frank Reading
SAT 2:30 PM Ask The Editor
An interview and opportunity to ask your burning questions on why one piece is published, another is not.
SAT 2:30 PM Broad Universe
A presentation about the international writing group supporting women who write Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction.
SAT 2:30 PM Learn To Play Texas Hold-em
Learn to play the card game getting all the publicity!
SAT 2:30 PM Classic King Kong
Around 2:30, we will show the original "King Kong".
SAT 2:30 PM Where's the Dread?
Have horror stories become so commonplace that they are watered down? Why isn't horror scaring us anymore? Our writers discuss putting the scare back in!
SAT 2:30 PM The Real Amazons Video
This is the PBS special from the discoveries of Jeannine Davis-Kimball about the REAL Amazons.
SAT 2:30 PM Geoffrey Landis Reading
Geoffrey Landis, A well-known award-winning author from northern Ohio reads.
SAT 2:30 PM Self-Publishing: Yes or No?
Discussion of the taboo subject of publishing your own work
SAT 4 PM The Real Amazons
Jeannine Davis-Kimball presents the famous work which led to the PBS Special in Archeology
SAT 4 PM Writing Genre Poetry
The Art of writing Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction poetry.
SAT 4 PM Can the Horror Market Sustain Itself?
Does the genre have a future?
SAT 4 PM Phoebe Wray Reading
SAT 4 PM Working With Small Press Publishers
May be a help for SciFi and Horror Writers.
SAT 5 PM Peter Jackson's "King Kong" 5th
This is another version of the King Kong theme, from much more recently.
SAT 4:30 PM Mike Resnick Reading
SAT 4:30 PM Effective Blogging
A well-known blogger and author discusses how to catch peoples' interest and sustain it!
SAT 5:30 PM NASA Slide Show
Geoffrey Landis, a NASA scientist, shows recent progress in NASA.
SAT 7 PM Inteview With Tanya Huff
Our Author Guest of Honor is interviewed to open the evening.
SAT 8 PM Movie Surprises
We hope to offer some surprises for our video fans.
SAT 8 PM Costume Contest
SAT 8 PM The Science of Comics
Let's explore what superpowers would REALLY need! Mutant Superpowers? Heavy Gravity Flying? Hmmm!
SAT 8 PM Book Promotion 101
How to get your book read (and purchased!)
SAT 8 PM Writers Groups: How They Help
Many authors get their starts, and many continue, in writers groups. Here is why.
SAT 9 PM Has Sex Ruined Genre Fiction?
A Discussion panel on this trend.
SAT 9 PM Open Poetry With Cathy Callaghan
Bring your speculative poetry - you WILL find friends!
SAT 9 PM Regional Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction
This is putting your story in your own back yard! What to watch for, how not to (or to) offend your neighbors!
SAT 10 PM Weird Science
This is deliberately a late night panel.
SAT 10 PM Wild Mercy Concert Toledo
Wild Mercy, our musical guests, bring wonderful music and fun!
SAT 11 PM Saturday night Open Filk
After the Wild Mercy Concert, please join in presenting your own music!
SUN 09 AM Dr. Who Video
The Classic Sunday morning British SciFi.
SUN 10 AM Strong Women Characters
Women are no longer damsels in distress - writers are creating much more powerful female characters - what is the evolution here?
SUN 10 AM The Forgotten Prozines
In 1952, there were 56 prozines being published. Where are they now? Why aren't they here?
SUN 10 AM ONE ON ONE WORKSHOP
SUN 10 AM Christianity and Horror
How do Christian archetypes influence horror stories?
SUN 10 AM Self-Editing
How to ensure you don't look bad.
SUN 10 AM The Mummies of China
This is from the PBS video, from the discoveries of Jeannine Davis-Kimball.
SUN 10 AM WORLD BUILDING WORKSHOP
SUN 11 AM INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE & GAME DESIGN
SUN 11:30 AM Horror And Real Life
How far should horror go as a medium to imitate real life?
SUN 11:30 AM The Mummies of China
Jeannine Davis-Kimball reviews the research that led to the PBS video.
SUN 11:30 AM Survival Skills For Writers
How to tiptoe through the minefields of writing AND publishing.
SUN 11:30 AM Anime As Art
A look at the past, present, and future of Anime Art
SUN 11:30 AM Linda Robertson
SUN 11:30 AM Celestial Prime – Online Writing and You!
SUN 1 PM 4th Assessment Report-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
SUN 1 PM Are Agents Necessary?
A discussion on a potentially valuable resource for writers.
SUN 1 PM Are Awards Necessary?
Do authors need self-actualization? Or do the publishing houses need them?
SUN 2 PM WRITING OPENINGS WORKSHOP
SUN 2 PM Lucy Snyder, Gary Braunbeck Readings
SUN 2:30 PM Histones & Nucleosomes: Little Teeny Spools For Your DNA
Robin Nakkula presents recent research.
SUN 3:30 PM Closing Ceremonies
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