MileHiCon 47: Full Schedule

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Keep in mind that times, venues and even entire panels will be subject to change. Any schedule changes made after we go to print will appear here, so bookmark it!

3:00pm MDT

Books to Movies: What Happened to the Story?

Why ARE movies often so different from the books? How much can be attributed to the needs of a different medium, and how much to other forces at work in Hollywood?

Moderators

Lou J Berger

Lou J Berger writes mostly science fiction and fantasy, but is working on a literary novel set in 1978 North Carolina and centers around a young boy who lost his mother.He's a member of SFWA and has been professionally published in Galaxy's Edge Magazine, as well as in a variety of... Read More →

Participants

Connie Willis

Connie Willis’ latest published book is The Best of Connie Willis. Her next novel, Crosstalk, a romantic comedy about telepathy,will be out in 2016. She is the author of Blackout/All Clear, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Bellwether, Passage, Remake, Fire Watch, Impossible... Read More →

Edward Bryant

Edward Bryant has spent more than three decades as an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction, reviewer, teacher, screenwriter, editor, mentor and friend of MileHiCon. One of his most recent stories appears in the anthology Nightmares Unhinged. Watch for others is upcoming... Read More →

Karen Morrissey

CEO, Thursday Night Press

Karen A. Morrissey read her first science fiction in the third grade, leading her toward a career in software engineering and an avocation of editing and publishing. She published her first novel, Fisher King: Percival's Descent, in 2013.

Richard Friesen

Friday October 23, 2015 3:00pm - 3:50pm MDT
Mesa Verde C Ground Floor

Programming, Discussions, Movies, Writing

4:00pm MDT

Bond, James Bond in Book & Film

James Bond is an icon of print and film ... first published 62 years ago, and with a total of 25 movies released during in the last 53 years.

Participants

Ana MacDonnell

Life sucks, and I'm a lollypop

Lynelle Phillips

If you take me on a date it better be to a scifi, action, or asian martial arts movie. I love anything with sword fighting, cool cars, fun costumes, anything with space ships, and awesome good vs evil story lines. That's why James Bond, Star Wars, and Jet Li are on the top of my... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 4:00pm - 4:50pm MDT
Wind River A Ground Floor

Programming, Books, Movies

5:00pm MDT

Gained in Translation

We’ll look at works that didn’t start out in English but were translated/subtitled… books, comics, movies and more.

Moderators

M.H. Boroson

M. H. Boroson's historical fantasy novel THE GIRL WITH GHOST EYES will be published in November by Skyhorse Books and Talos Press. THE GIRL WITH GHOST EYES won first prize in the writing contests of both the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the Crested Butte Writers. Drawing on... Read More →

Participants

Aaron Michael Ritchey

Aaron Michael Ritchey is the author of forty-three novels under various pen names. He’s been an Amazon All-Star, and the first book in The Juniper Wars series was a Dragon Award Finalist. His first two big press books, The Cunning Man and The Jupiter Knife, co-written with DJ Butler... Read More →

Dee Beetem

Doris (the Younger) Beetem was one of the founding members of DASFA, along with her mom (the Elder) and her younger sister (Rose). She now lives in Houston, Texas, a retired librarian/technical writer with three cats. (Practically a meme in the fannish community!) She is a longtime... Read More →

Jane Bigelow

Jane Bigelow has published short stories this year in Gifts of Darkover and in Luxor: Gods, Grit and Glory. She has had a story accepted for Realms of Darkover, to be published in May of 2016. She is currently doing final (really) revisions for Children’s Knives, a sequel to her... Read More →

Stace Johnson

Owner, Lytspeed Creative

I'm a writer and musician from the Denver metro area, but I make my living in IT. So far, I've published more than 100 short pieces across non-fiction, fiction, and poetry, a number I was astonished to realize last year. When I'm not doing something involving a computer keyboard... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 5:00pm - 5:50pm MDT
Mesa Verde C Ground Floor

Programming, Books, Comics, Movies

9:00pm MDT

Top 10 Horror Movies

Psychological terror/thriller or gorefest? From Nosferatu to The Omen, The Haunting to The Shining, Night of the Living Dead to The Texas Chain-Saw Massacre … which films make our panelists’ lists, and why?

Moderators

Thomas A. Fowler

Marketing Director, Spine Press & Post

Thomas A. Fowler is the author of nerdy things. With several short stories published, he also helps authors market themselves as the Marketing Director at Spine Press + Post. He loves to entertain people through his YouTube videos and writing.

Participants

Joshua Viola

Owner, Hex Publishers

Joshua Viola is an author, artist, and video game developer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Smurfs). In addition to creating a transmedia creative franchise around The Bane of Yoto, honored with more than a dozen literary awards, he is the author of Blackstar, a novel based on the work... Read More →

Mike D'Ambrosio

Author/Screenwriter, The Fantastic Worlds of Michael D'Ambrosio

Sci-fi/fantasy/horror novels by Michael D'Ambrosio (11 in all)Adapting novels to screenplays and novelizing screenplaysGetting publishedMarketing and PromotionWhatever you like

Nicole Godfrey

Nicole Godfrey is a writer who calls the beautiful city of Colorado Springs home, along with her furry children. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has lived in Florida and Tennessee. Her writing career started with poetry at a young age, leading to her first publication at the... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 9:00pm - 9:50pm MDT
Centennial 12th Floor

Programming, Horror, Movies

11:00am MDT

Oversaturated with Superhero Movies / Raising the Bar

There are more superhero movies than ever, while at the same time shows like Daredevil on Netflix are changing the idea of what can be done with superheroes. Is oversaturation even a concern if there are good films/shows in the mix?

Moderators

Gary Jonas

Author

Author of the Jonathan Shade series and more.

Participants

Betsy Dornbusch

author

Betsy Dornbusch writes epic fantasy. Her short fiction has appeared in over a dozen magazines and anthologies, and she's the author of three novellas and five novels. Her first fantasy novel came out in 2012 and her latest trilogy, BOOKS OF THE SEVEN EYES, wraps up with ENEMY in 2017... Read More →

Carrie Vaughn

Carrie Vaughn is the bestselling author of a series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio advice show. The most recent and final in the series, Kitty Saves the World, came out August 2015. Low Midnight, a novel in the Kitty universe focused on Cormac Bennett... Read More →

Charles Eugene Anderson

Charles Eugene Anderson is a former coach, athletic director, and teacher. Now he's a writer, podcaster, and publisher. His latest flash fiction appears in the 'Objects in the Rear View Mirror' anthology. His latest series, 'Auxiliary Hero Corps' has been described as superhero noir... Read More →

Jeanne C. Stein / SJ Harper

Jeanne C. Stein is the bestselling author of the urban fantasy series, The Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles and, most recently, the Fallen Siren Series, written as S.J. Harper. She has many short story credits to her name including Love Story in the NYT bestselling anthology, Dead But... Read More →

Sunday October 25, 2015 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Mesa Verde A Ground Floor

Programming, Movies

12:00pm MDT

Big Screen, Little Screen: Retreads and Reboots

Remember Space 1999? Warehouse 13? And of course, Firefly? What SF shows and movies need to be resurrected? Which deserved to be buried and forgotten

Moderators

L.F. (Laurey) Patten

Author/Editor, Stone Dagger Publications

L. F. Patten has often characterized her multitude of interests as A.D.D of the Right Brain. Degreed in Medieval History and archaeology, her checkered career has included teaching, work at a planetarium, a rock shop and an off- (off-off- off-) Broadway theater. A certified herbalist... Read More →

Participants

Doug Hawk

Doug Hawk—now etired from a public relations career—writes horror and adventure novels that are published online. Much of his fiction focuses on the fictional Colorado towns of Crystal Wells, Coronado and Shavano.

Evelyn Lederman

Author, Self

Evelyn Lederman is a retired insurance executive who looked forward to spending as much time reading as she always wanted. Then the voices started....she writes about parallel dimensions and people with telepathic powers. She is an Amazon Best Selling Author.

Eytan Kollin

Eytan Kollin was born in a mid-sized American city back when flower power and Star Trek were new ideas. He had a typical American existence of going to a public school where he pretended to learn from people who pretended to teach. In between, he did the typical growing up things... Read More →

Jeffrey Twohig

Jeffrey Twohig has moderated and presented panels on storytelling and world-building at San Diego Comic Con. He is a lifelong comic book fan and has also presented on self publishing, marketing, and comic book/comic convention culture. He also publishes on-demand books and comics... Read More →

Sunday October 25, 2015 12:00pm - 12:50pm MDT
Wind River B Ground Floor

Programming, Fandom, Movies

2:00pm MDT

The Martian

A look at the book, the movie and what real life might be like on Mars.

Participants

Jim Barnard

Sunday October 25, 2015 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Mesa Verde C Ground Floor

Programming, Books, Movies