ROFCON 2020
Schedule of Events
All times Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Subject to change.

official ROFCON 2020 Program Book

official ROFCON 2020 Program Book
TRACK 1 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 8
6:00 PM CDT — OPENING CEREMONIES
6:30 PM CDT — TOM SMITH CONCERT
7:30 PM CDT — VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET
Friday, October 9
12:00 PM CDT — Foreign Adventures—Boyes (M), Flint, Cooper, Barber, Hunt
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Artists and Musicians After the Ring of Fire—Carrico, Crawford (M), Waters, Cooper
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — “Dr. Gribbleflotz—Flint (M), Offord, Boatright
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — Writing for the Grantville Gazette—Boyes (M), Hasseler, Huston, Carrico, Wild
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Artwork in the Ring of Fire Series—Flint (M), Givens, Vance
7:00 PM
7:30 PM CDT — TOM SMITH CONCERT
8:30 PM CDT — INTERACTION BETWEEN GUESTS AND LIVE AUDIENCE
Saturday, October 10
12:00 PM CDT — Naval Aspects of the 1632 Universe—Flint (M), Weber, Gannon
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Women in the New Timeline—Nye (M), DeMarce, Silk, Keener, Morris
2:30 PM
3:00 PM CDT — New World Slavery in the Ring of Fire Series—Flint, Gannon, Waters, Hunt, Hasseler (M)
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — Religion in the 1632 Universe—Boyes (M), DeMarce, Barber, Silk, Cooper, Hasseler
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — The Amazing Stone Family—Flint (M), Lackey, DeMarce, Dennis
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT — What’s Happening in North America—Flint, Hunt, Lockwood, Deakins, Hasseler
8:30 PM CDT —
9:00 PM CDT — INTERACTION BETWEEN GUESTS AND LIVE AUDIENCE
Sunday, October 11
12:00 PM CDT — What’s Happening with Ring of Fire Press?—Flint (M), Boyes, Ward, Huff
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — The 1632 Series Cover Illustrations—Tom Kidd
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — The Other Fiction of Eric Flint—Flint (M), Weisskopf
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — INTERACTION BETWEEN GUESTS AND LIVE AUDIENCE
5:30 PM CDT — CLOSING CEREMONIES
6:00 PM CDT — Snerking the Plots—Flint (M), Gannon, Waters, Nye
TRACK 2 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 8
6:00 PM CDT —
6:30 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT —
Friday, October 9
12:00 PM CDT — Romance in alternate history: Compton (M), Keener, Huston, Wild
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Originality in SF and Fantasy: Spoor (M), Queen, Jordan, Barsoukov, Dyan-Shapiro ORGANIZER: BJORN
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Using Mythology in Stories: Vandenberg (M), Butler, Mackie, Harmon, Jordan [ORGANIZER: ALEXI]
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — ArcManor Press: Shahid Mahmud and Lezli Robyn, Flint (M)
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Where is Publishing Going?: Vandenberg (M), Weisskopf, Mahmud, Anderson, Flint
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT —
8:30 PM CDT —
Saturday, October 10
12:00 PM CDT — Writing animal characters: Ward (M), Brin, Lackey, Litherland, Nye
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Pandemics, Then, Now and to Come: Disease in Fiction: Flint (M), Brin, DeMarce, Holland, Wild
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Society Under Stress: Why War is a Great Setting for Stories: Fawcett (M): Gries, Sands, Stirling, Compton
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — Alternate History in Movies and TV: Flint (M), Snodgrass, Barkley, Semmel, Stirling
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Working in the Caineverse: Flint (M), Gannon, Barber, Kennedy
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT — The Gordian Division Series: David Weber and Jacob Holo
8:30 PM CDT —
9:00 PM CDT —
Sunday, October 11
12:00 PM CDT — The Colony High Series: Flint (M), Brin, Ruskin, Boyes
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Fun and Frolic in Films and TV: Barkley (M), Gerrold, Semmel, Snodgrass
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — The Demon Rift Series: Flint, Huff, Goodlett
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT —
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT —
TRACK 3 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 8
Friday, October 9
Saturday, October 10
12:00 PM CDT — Marketing: The Seven Deadly Sins: Vandenberg (M), Boyes, Ward
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Marketing: Teaching authors how to promote their work. Vandenberg (M), Silver, Ruskin, Broaddus, Cori
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Writing Characters You Don’t Like: Flint (M), Rambo, Freer, Maberry, Kress, Edwards
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — Working with Editors: Boyes (M), Minz, Lerner, Ruocchio, Snodgrass
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Steve Jackson, Bill Fawcett (M)
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT — Gaming and Storytelling: Fawcett (M), Litherland, Harmon, Jackson, Heinz
8:30 PM CDT —
9:00 PM CDT —
Sunday, October 11
12:00 PM CDT — The Challenge of Writing Non-Traditional Fantasy: Butler (M), Spoor, Broaddus, Dodge, Edwards
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — The Challenge of Writing Historical Fiction/Alternate History: Flint (M), Holland, Drake, Sands, Silver
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — The Challenge of Writing Hard SF: Kress (M), Lerner, Spoor, Boatright
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT —
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT —
TRACK 4 SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 8
Friday, October 9
12:00 PM CDT — Ryk and Kathleen Spoor
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Christopher Ruocchio
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Maurice Broaddus
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — Edward M. Lerner
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Jody Lynn Nye, Fawcett (M)
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT —
8:30 PM CDT —
Saturday, October 10
12:00 PM CDT — Steven Barnes
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Cecelia Holland
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Jonathan Maberry
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT — S.M. Stirling
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT — Cat Rambo
7:00 PM CDT —
7:30 PM CDT — DJ Butler
8:30 PM CDT —
9:00 PM CDT —
Sunday, October 11
12:00 PM CDT — David Gerrold
1:00 PM CDT —
1:30 PM CDT — Nancy Kress
2:30 PM CDT —
3:00 PM CDT — Melinda Snodgrass
4:00 PM CDT —
4:30 PM CDT —
5:30 PM CDT —
6:00 PM CDT —
DAY | TIMECDT | TRACK 1:Ring of Fire series | TRACK 2:General Topics | TRACK 3:Writing and Gaming | TRACK 4:Guest Authors |
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Thurdsday, | 6:00 PM CDT | OPENING CEREMONIES | |||
6:30 PM CDT | TOM SMITH CONCERT | ||||
7:30 PM CDT | VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET | ||||
Friday, | 12:00 PM CDT | Foreign adventures: Boyes (M), Flint, Cooper, Barber, Hunt | Romance in alternate history: Compton (M), Keener, Huston, Wild | Ryk and Kathleen Spoor | |
1:00 PM CDT | |||||
1:30 PM CDT | Artists and Musicians after the Ring of Fire: Carrico, Crawford (M), Waters, Cooper | Originality in SF and Fantasy: Spoor (M), Queen, Jordan, Barsoukov, Dyan-Shapiro | Christopher Ruocchio | ||
2:30 PM CDT | |||||
3:00 PM CDT | Dr. Gribbleflotz: Flint (M), Offord, Boatright | Using Mythology in Stories: Vandenberg (M), Butler, Mackie, Harmon, Jordan | Maurice Broaddus | ||
4:00 PM CDT | |||||
4:30 PM CDT | Writing for the Grantville Gazette: Boyes (M), Hasseler, Huston, Carrico, Wild | ArcManor Press: Shahid Mahmud and Lezli Robyn, Flint (M) | Edward M. Lerner | ||
5:30 PM CDT | |||||
6:00 PM CDT | Artwork in the Ring of Fire series: Flint (M), Givens, Vance | Where is Publishing Going?: Vandenberg (M), Weisskopf, Mahmud, Anderson, Flint | Gaming and Storytelling: Fawcett (M), Litherland, Harmon, Jackson, Heinz | Jody Lynn Nye, Fawcett (M) | |
7:00 PM CDT | |||||
7:30 PM CDT | TOM SMITH CONCERT | ||||
8:30 PM CDT | VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET | ||||
Saturday, | 12:00 PM CDT | Naval Aspects of the 1632 Universe: Flint (M), Weber, Gannon | Writing animal characters: Ward (M), Brin, Lackey, Litherland, Nye | Marketing: The Seven Deadly Sins: Vandenberg (M), Boyes, Ward | Steven Barnes |
1:00 PM CDT | |||||
1:30 PM CDT | Women in the New Timeline: Nye (M), DeMarce, Silk, Keener, Morris | Pandemics, Then, Now and to Come: Disease in Fiction: Flint (M), Brin, DeMarce, Holland, Wild | Marketing: Teaching authors how to promote their work. Vandenberg (M), Silver, Ruskin, Broaddus, Cori | Cecelia Holland | |
2:30 PM CDT | |||||
3:00 PM CDT | New World Slavery in the Ring of Fire Series: Hasseler (M), Flint, Gannon, Waters, Hunt | Society Under Stress: Why War is a Great Setting for Stories: Fawcett (M): Gries, Sands, Stirling, Compton | Writing Characters You Don't Like: Flint (M), Rambo, Freer, Maberry, Kress, Edwards | Jonathan Maberry | |
4:00 PM CDT | |||||
4:30 PM CDT | Religion in the 1632 Universe: Boyes (M), DeMarce, Barber, Silk, Cooper, Hasseler | Alternate History in Movies and TV: Flint (M), Snodgrass, Barkley, Semmel, Stirling | Working with Editors: Boyes (M), Minz, Lerner, Ruocchio, Snodgrass | S.M. Stirling | |
5:30 PM CDT | |||||
6:00 PM CDT | The Amazing Stone Family: Flint (M), Lackey, DeMarce, Dennis | Working in the Caineverse: Flint (M), Gannon, Barber, Kennedy | The Other Fiction of Eric Flint: Flint, Weisskopf | Cat Rambo | |
7:00 PM CDT | |||||
7:30 PM CDT | What's Happening in North America: Flint, Hunt, Lockwood, Deakins, Hasseler | The Gordian Division Series: David Weber and Jacob Holo | DJ Butler | ||
8:30 PM CDT | |||||
9:00 PM CDT | VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET | ||||
Sunday, | 12:00 PM CDT | What's happening with Ring of Fire Press? Flint, Boyes, Ward, Huff | The Colony High Series: Flint (M), Brin, Ruskin, Boyes | The Challenge of Writing Non-Traditional Fantasy: Butler (M), Spoor, Broaddus, Dodge, Edwards | David Gerrold |
1:00 PM CDT | |||||
1:30 PM CDT | The 1632 Series Cover Illustrations: Tom Kidd, Flint (M) | Fun and Frolic in Films and TV: Barkley (M), Gerrold, Semmel, Snodgrass | The Challenge of Writing Historical Fiction/Alternate History: Flint (M), Holland, Drake, Sands, Silver | Nancy Kress | |
2:30 PM CDT | |||||
3:00 PM CDT | The Demon Rift Series: Flint, Huff, Goodlett | The Challenge of Writing Hard SF: Kress (M), Lerner, Spoor, Boatright | Melinda Snodgrass | ||
4:00 PM CDT | |||||
4:30 PM CDT | CLOSING CEREMONIES | ||||
5:00 PM CDT | VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET | ||||
6:00 PM CDT | Snerking the plots: Flint (M), Gannon, Waters, Nye |