Panelist History


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Conjuration Con
2025
Georgia
“Bigfoot: Myth, Mystery, or Missing Link?”
“Magic the Middle”
“Conjuring Worlds: Magic Systems that Actually Make Sense”

Georgia Indie Book Faire
2025
Marietta, GA
“Don’t Follow in Our Footsteps: Author Wisdom”
“Support Your Local Librarian”

ConPossible
2025
Atlanta, GA
“Authors Inspired by the Old School”
“Even Punk Requires Research”

Conjuration Con
2024
Atlanta, GA
“Who Remembered Roger Rabbit”
“Our Favorite Cryptids!”
“Hazbin Hotel Sing-a-long (18+)”
“Communication and Divination: Working with Pendulums”
“Snape and Lupin in Canon: Character Deep-Dives”
“Creating Magic Sigils for Spellcasting”
“Artist and Author, Collaborating on Book Cover Art”
“Of Dreams and Nightmares: A Sandman Fan Panel”
“A Happy Day in Hell: Hazbin Hotel Fan Panel”
“Talking with Monsters: Writing Young Adult Horror”

Multiverse Con
2024
Peachtree City, GA
“DiviniTea: Tarot, Tea Leaf Readings, and Talking Board”
“Budgeting for Your Author Career”
“Girls Rule! Women Authors on Writing Women Characters in Horror”
“Generative AI for the Rest of Us”

9th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference
2024
Decatur, GA
“Write Time, Write Place: The Importance of Setting”
“Wait, I Thought This was a Mystery: What Genre is it, Anyway?”
“Getting Your Story Out There: Sorting Through Your Options”

Conjuration Con
2023
Atlanta, GA
“What They Don’t Tell You About Getting Your First Publishing Deal”
“AI and the Impact on Creatives”
“On the Outskirts: Rural Fantasy in an Urban World”
“Crafting Critters Who Connect With Readers”
“Establishing Positive Mental Health Practices for the Creative”
“Cryptids of the Southeast”

Multiverse Con
2023
Atlanta, GA
“Creating 3D Characters”
“MEETup: Talkin’ Tarot”

ConCarolinas
2023
Charlotte, NC
“Body Shape as the Last Frontier”
“Cryptobiology”
“The Logic in Magic”
“Writing Short Stories”

Multiverse Con
2022
Atlanta, GA
“It Came From Fandom…”
“Supernatural Horror”
“DiviniTea: Tea and Tarot”
“Bringing the Scary: Crafting Monsters”
“Afternoon Storytime”

7th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference
2022
Virtual
“The Different Paths to Publication: Independent and Traditional Publishing”
“You Wrote a Book, Now What? How to Market and Promote Your Work and Manage Your Career”
“First-base and Beyond: How to Spiceup the Love Life of Your Characters”
“Beyond the Bookstore Shelves: How to Use Genre to Shape Your Stories”

JordanCon
2022
Atlanta, GA
“The Psychology of Good Fantasy”
“Different Paths: Traditional, Hybrid, and Self”
“A Story in Three Parts: Middle”
“Myths and Monsters: Modern Classics”

Conjuration
2021
Atlanta, GA
“Mental Health in Fantasy Fiction”
“Learning to Love Our Villains”
“Static vs. Dynamic Characters”
“Cosplay and Social Media”

Multiverse Con
2021
Atlanta, GA
“Writing believable YA Horror”
“Xtopia: How does it shape us?”
“Characterization: The Oft-Neglected Support Character”

Monsterama Con
2021
Atlanta, GA
“Why do we love to be scared? Horror films to haunted houses”
“Spooky Animation: Cartoons that started our love of horror”, Moderator/Panelist
“For Writers: Research is Fun!”
“From the Wicker Man to Midsommar: Witchcraft in horror films”, Moderator

Multiverse Con
2020
Virtual
“Advanced Craft: Characterization: Crafting a Villain”

Next Chapter Con
2020
Virtual
“Freedom in Writing”

Conjuration Con
2019
Atlanta, GA
“Short Stories Are Not Thin Novels”

Alabama Book Festival
2019
Montgomery, AL
“YA Science Fiction & Fantasy”

Conjuration Con
2023
Atlanta, GA
“Hocus Pocus 30th Anniversary”

Magic City Con
2019
Birmingham, AL
“Villain Corner, Q&A”

KamiCon
2018
Birmingham, AL
“That Butler, The Musical Phenomenon”

DragonCon
2017
Atlanta, GA
“That Butler, The Musical Phenomenon”

MomoCon
2017
Atlanta, GA
“That Butler, The Musical”

Anime Weekend Atlanta
2016
Atlanta, GA
“The Not-So-Crack Theories of Black Butler”

DragonCon
2016
Atlanta, GA
“The Not-So-Crack Theories of Black Butler”
“Black Butler: The Two Ciels Theory”