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Judi McCoy
Paranormal
Romance author Judi
McCoy kicked off the seminars on Wednesday morning
with the traditional preconvention Workshop for Beginners.
Susan McBride
A
Mystery Workshop led by Susan
McBride included the topic "Digging Up Bones:
History, Mystery & the Paranormal". The panel featured
Cara Black
, Dana
Cameron,
Charlaine Harris,
Carole Nelson
Douglas , and Lois
Greiman.
Cara
Black |
Dana
Cameron |
Charlaine Harris |
Carole
Nelson Douglas |
Lois
Greiman |
Scheduled
for the evening was science fiction author Susan Kearney's Bellydance
Class featuring Madrina!
This was followed by the Ellora's Cave Fantasy Party.
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine
Harris kicked off the Thursday workshops with a day
long Vampire panel which included:
L.A. Banks, MaryJanice
Davidson, Christine
Feehan, Heather
Graham, Barbara
Hambly,
Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim
Harrison, Rosemary
Laurey, Jeanne
Stein, and J.
C. Wilder.
L. A. Banks |
MaryJanice Davidson |
Christine Feehan |
Heather Graham |
Barbara Hambly |
Laurell K. Hamilton |
Kim
Harrison |
Rosemary
Laurey |
Jeanne
Stein |
J.
C. Wilder |
Topics included: "The Lighter Side of Vampires" in which
authors discussed combining vampires and humor, "Vampires
with Which Hats" about creating vampire/human alliances,
"Building a Believable World", and ending with an hour
with Laurell K. Hamilton.
Thursday
night brought Heather Graham's traditional Vampire Ball.
This year's theme was "Vampires of the Caribbean".
Cheyenne McCray
Cheyenne
McCray led the Paranormal Workshop on Friday with panelists:
Kelley Armstrong,
Pam Binder,
Annette Blair,
Cindy Cruciger,
MaryJanice
Davidson, Kate
Douglas, Laurell
K. Hamilton,
Lori
Handeland, Susan
Kearney, Kim
Harrison, Angela
Knight, Deidre
Knight, Marjorie
M. Liu,
Jeanie London,
Eden Robins,
Maggie Shayne,
and J. C. Wilder.
Kelley Armstrong |
Pam
Binder |
Annette Blair |
Cindy
Cruciger |
MaryJanice Davidson |
Kate
Douglas |
Laurell K. Hamilton |
Lori
Handeland |
Susan
Kearney |
Kim
Harrison
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Angela
Knight |
Deidre Knight |
Marjorie
M. Liu |
Jeanie
London |
Eden
Robins |
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Maggie
Shayne |
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J.
C. Wilder
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Topics
included: " The Allure of the Paranormal",
"Witches,
Werewolves and the Wicked", "Time Travel and Taking a
Walk on the "Other Side"", and "Paranormal Romance
& Erotica".
Linnea Sinclair
Friday
afternoon also included a Science Fiction Panel led by Linnea
Sinclair with panelists: authors Barbara
Hambly, Susan
Kearney, and Rowena
Cherry, Anne
Groell - Bantam Dell Editor,
and Kristin Nelson - Nelson Literary Agency, LLC.
Barbara Hambly |
Susan
Kearney |
Rowena
Cherry |
Anne
Groell |
Kristin
Nelson |
Topic's
included: "The
Magic of Crafting Award-Winning Fantasy", "Writing Kick-Butt
SF in a Shared World Setting", "Characterization That
Challenges the Imagination", "Real Women Write (and
Read) Speculative Fiction", "Magic or Mud? Dos and Don'ts
for your SF/Fantasy Opening Chapter".
Friday
Evening featured the Faery Court Ball.
Organizers - Eden Robins and Cheyenne McCray
Faery
Court photo
Top Row L-R:
Arianna Hart, Mackenzie McKade, Brit Blaise
2nd Row: Rowena Cherry, Jaci Burton, Isabella Clayton, Sahara
Kelly, Cheyenne McCray
3rd Row: Melissa Schroeder, Sylvia Day, Tyler Blackwood, Ann Jacobs
Bottom Row: Amanda McIntyre, Kathy Love, Denise Agnew
photos courtesy of ~ Cheyenne
McCray
Angela
Knight and Kate Douglas Tawny
Taylor and J. C Wilder
photos courtesy of ~ Kate
Douglas
(Taylor/Wilder
photo taken by Dakota
Cassidy)
Mr.
Romance, Rodney Chatman groves at the Ball
photos courtesy of Amber
Green
Saturday
was reserved for the traditional Giant Book Fair
Rowena
Cherry and cover model Mark Johnson ~
courtesy of BookIsle
and Artisan's Galley
Mr.
Romance Pageant (Rodney Chatman - 2006 winner)
Courtesy
of ~ Linnea Sinclair
and
Dorchester's "Racy" Rock 'n Roll Ball.
A
great Paranormal time was had by all!
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