Creative Play and Podcast Network

TusCon 50 Panel Getting to Know your Characters Recorded live at TusCon Saturday – 11/11/23 Panel Room 1 8:00 pm 9:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/getting-to-know-your-characters/ Who is your hero really? Does he vibe at all with the person you think he’s going to hook up with in the 3rd act? And why is he opposing your villain? And speaking of your villain… Catherine Wells, Jay S...

TusCon 50 Panel Building creative business tools you can use Recorded live at TusCon 50 11/11/23 Saturday – Panel Room 1 7:00 pm 8:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/building-creative-business-tools-you-can-us/ There are a lot of moving parts to moving product. How do you get your stuff out there in a way that works for you and your fans? Panelists Bob Nelson, Brenda Huettner, David...

TusCon 50 Panel Rhoynish Turtle Conservation Society: The Works and Worlds of Neil Gaiman Recorded live 11/11/2023 Saturday – Panel Room 1 2:00 pm 3:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/rhoynish-turtle-conservation-society-the-works-and-worlds-of-neil-gaiman/ Step in between worlds with us as we discuss the extensive body of work created by Neil Gaiman. We’ll wax poetic over our favori...

TusCon 50 Panel TusCon teamups, what have your favorite attendees been working on together? Recorded live 11/11/2023 Saturday – Ballroom 1:00 pm 2:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/tuscon-teamups-what-have-your-favorite-attendees-been-working-on-together/ What happens when you lock a bunch of creatives in a hotel for 3 days?  They get to know each other, they get ideas, they even de...

Viruses, Fungi and Zombies – Historical and Fictional plagues and how they change civilization  Recorded live 11/11/23 Saturday – Panel Room 1 12:00 pm 1:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/viruses-fungi-and-zombies-historical-and-fictional-plagues-and-how-they-change-civilization/ Noseeums, both real and imagined, have dramatically rewritten our culture.  Come talk about some of the...

Recorded live Saturday – Panel Room 1 11:00 am-12:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/keeping-it-real-how-to-make-fantasy-worlds-feel-realistic/ Just because it’s a world of total make believe doesn’t mean it shouldn’t make sense and have internal logic. So how do you have elves and magic wands and chosen ones and still make it feel like a trip to the mall? Bob Nelson, Bruce Davis, Er...

Recorded 11/11/2023 Saturday – Ballroom 9:00 am - 10:00 am https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/researching-your-writing/ What is the air speed of a laden swallow? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck? How did these things suddenly become important to my fantasy space novel? Join our guests as they talk about what to research, how to research and why research.  And maybe some really weird s...

This is a Truely Golden age! In this panel room was some bad static and a electronic hiss, sadly the Wifi and Cell signal was so poor there was no Streaming happening as well. Recorded 11/11/2023 Saturday – Panel Room 1 10:00 am - 11:00 am https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/rhoynish-1/ The last few years have seen a wealth of new Star Trek content from the series’ past, future, and beyond....

TusCon 50 Panel Not in my Business Sector, our love hate relationship with AI Recorded live at TusCon 50 Friday – Panel Room 2 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Remember when we were all excited about the possibilities of AI?  It could do all those great things we always want done.  Then, all of a sudden, they figured out how to make it do your job.  Now we hate it. So now what? Carolyn Kay, David Lee Summers, Ros...

Recorded 11/10/2023 Friday – Panel Room 1 8:00 pm https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/in-a-world-of-hybrid-vigor-do-genres-actually-have-meaning/ Once upon a time there was “romance” (stories with happy endings), “tragedy” (not so happy), and “comedy” (funny).  Now we have 2000 sub-genres most of which are hyphenated blends of each other.  Are genres serving any purpose anymore? Has the cat...

Recorded 11/10/2023 https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/completionism-anxiety-why-do-we-watch-movie-we-know-will-suck/ Your humble narrator was buying his ticket Indiana Jones 5: We All Know This Franchise is Washed, and he wondered why. And he had his suspicions, but he wanted to discuss this with you, his free shrink. David Brin, Joe Palmer, Wolf Forrest David Brin   Joe Palmer https://tu...

Recorded 11/10/2023 Live at TusCon 50 https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/would-a-phaser-by-any-other-name-still-go-zap-naming-made-up-items-in-sf-f-h/ We know that all SF problems can be solved by reversing the polarity on the doohickey, except you messed with the doohickey last episode. Can the whatchamacallit be reversed? How about the thingamabob? How do you keep this rabbit hole from c...

TusCon 50 Panel “Monsters” as Heroes Recorded 11/10/2023 https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/monsters-as-heroes/ So we all know the Creature from the Black Lagoon is the hero of the movie. But it doesn’t start there. And it doesn’t end there. How do you make the “monster” the good guy? Can all “monsters” be the good guy? Are all “monsters” already the good guy and you’re just not watching t...

TusCon 50 Panel The expanding definition of Fantasy Recorded 11/10/2023 https://tusconscificon.com/timetable/event/the-expanding-definition-of-fantasy/ Once urban fantasy put elves and vampires in our world the doors were gone. Fantasy could be anything. How do we have this wide open world of fantasy but still make sure it stays fantasy? Or should we even bother? Frankie Robertson, J.L. Doty, KJ K...

As creators, we want our finished works to be masterful. But what happens when they're not? And what if we enjoy the works of others that aren't masterpieces, either—what does that say about us? Come learn with a panel of professional Tucson-based comics and fiction writers why making (and enjoying) bad art is okay (or even good!), and come share some of your favorite examples in media. Panelist:...

The history of disabilities and how it influences modern day society is quite interesting. From freak shows, mental institutions, court jesters, and crazy inventions. Come join us for a history lesson at the start of the journey to modern ableism. I hope you enjoy this informative panel hosted by Marlene Kammueller (A.S.G.A.R.D.) and Sterling Silverman (Lady Wheelsworth) Asgard and Lady Wheelswort...

Tucson Comic Con 2023 Growing up Gygax - Presented by Amazing Discoveries Luke Gygax, the son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, is a big name in the tabletop RPG scene in his own right. Learn from Luke what it was like to grow up as the son of a legendary game co-creator and the current happenings of his publishing company Gaxxworx. Presented by Amazing Discoveries. Recorded live at...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Favorite RPG of all time? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future. Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) Star Wars Edge of the Empire   Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebook page  Fo...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Obscure RPG you've Played? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future. Check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368000/Legends-of-Kralis--Quick-Start-Extended-Version?affiliate_id=49631 Check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/134533/The-Secrets-of-Cat...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Most memorable Encounter? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future. Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebook page  For more info on  #RPGaDay , visit:  https://www.autocratik.com   http...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Scariest Game you've played? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future.   Also check out 10 Candles here: Ten Candles [Softcover] — Cavalry Games   Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebo...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Game you'd like a new edition of...? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future.       Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebook page  For more info on  #RPGaDay , visit:  https://www.auto...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Favorite Character sheet? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future. oggdude's link https://myswrpg.com/oggdudes-character-generator-and-gm-tools/ This ones a big link! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1331880903/dnd-dyslexia-character-sheet-pdf?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=go...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Unplayed RPG you own? Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future.   Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebook page  For more info on  #RPGaDay , visit:  https://www.autocratik.com   https:...

Our RPGaDAY2023 Question today, RPGaDay2023 Complex/Simple RPG you play?                         Remember these are fun prompts to let you look back on games of years past and things you want to play in the future.     Please join in with us as we play around with RPGaDay this August, and please follow along at Autocratik.com and the  #RPGaDay Facebook page  For more info on  #RPGaDay , visit:  ht...