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Large Auditorium
Small Auditorium
4:00 PM
Room 1
Room 2
Room 4
6:00 PM
Concert: Dimensional Riffs
7:00 PM
RavenCon Opening Ceremonies
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
Performance: Jester’s Ink
10:00 PM
Concert: Devo Spice
Birth of the United States Navy
Movie: The Lovecraft Chronicles, Vol 2
The Filmed Works of H.P. Lovecraft
11:00 PM
Costuming at RavenCon
IGY: Where’s My Flying Car, Dammit? Honorverse 101
Mauled Men, Drowned Dames and Crispy Critters: A Deadly Body Disposal Primer for Writers
Large Auditorium
Small Auditorium
10:00 AM
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Reading: Paula S. Jordan, Pamela K. Kinney
How To Carve Out Time For Writing
Swords Not Required
The Rebel Legion and the Star Wars Costuming Community
Reading: Samantha Bryant, Jennifer R. Povey
Planning Your Props
Reading: Jack Clemons, Tedd Roberts
Scavenger Hunt: Kick Off
Music Jam
11:00 AM
Noon
Tom Lehrer Singalong
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Room 2
Room 4 Reading: Jim Bernheimer, Jim McDonald
Fan Knit-In
Concert: Paradox Machine Unplugged
GOH Reading: Dr. Charles E. Gannon
Art Auction
Terran Republic: 2120 Technical Intel Brief
Rebel Legion Costuming
Reading: Philippa Ballantine, E.G. Gaddess
U The Magician
Writing and Publishing Non-fiction
TRMN 102: Being Active in the Royal Manticoran Navy
Reading: Declan Finn
Friday & Sunday
Room 5
Book Swap
Writer’s Workshop for Young Adults
Reading: Darin Kennedy, Mike Massa
Open Filking
Additional Programming,
Room G
Character Problems: What’s an Author to Do?
Devourer of Gods Open Filking
Room E
Reading: Liz Long, Gray Rinehart
M*A*S*H 1632: 30 Years’ War Surgeon
Room 1
Room C
Why I Write Short Stories
Midnight SUNDAY
Room 8 World Building: Science Fiction vs Fantasy vs Horror
Agile Writer: Storyboard Your Story (Part 1 of 2)
5:00 PM
Room 5
Room H
Room J
Kids’ Programming
Kids’ Programming
Room L
7:30-9:15 Popcorn and a Movie! Kubo and the Two Strings
Science Fiction as Epic
The Economics of Self-Publishing
Editors, Publishers, and Readers: What Rules to Break and Which Ones Don’t Apply
Cross-Genre Steampunk
Mythology as the Basis for Speculative Fiction
The Dystopia is Already Here, It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed
Gearing Up For War
BDSM 101: An Intro to the Scene
Harry Potter: The Next Generation
Where Do You Get All Those Wonderful Toys?
Room 8
Room C
Room G
Asexual Viewing: Beyond the Binary Gaze
Should JJ Abrams Be Beaten With Hammers and Other Geeky Rants
Writing Groups
Planning Your Book as a Series
Acts of Shameless Self-Promotion
The Adult In Young Adult
The Joys of Running a Small Press
Pre-Production for Films: Where It All Comes Together
Navigating the World of Short Story Submissions
Hard Science vs Science Fiction
Challenges and Joys of Collaboration
RavenCon in Review
Mad Scientists’ Revenge
GOH Signing: Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
Lightsaber Demo
ANIME
PITCHERS, HOTEL BAR
Friday 5:00 pm 6:45 pm 8:30 pm Sunday 10:00 am 12:45 pm
Friday 10:00 pm
Hyperdimension Neptunia 1-4 Senra Kagura: Ninja Flash 1-4 Ruroni Kenshin Part 1: Origins
TV14 TV17 TVMA
Baka and Test Initial D First Stage 1-5
TV14 TVPG
Dealers’ Room
Successfully Writing About Horrible Things
9:15-9:45 Bedtime Story: Fantastic Beasts Read Aloud, pt. 1
Why Maidens Misbehave
My Favorite Horror Room E
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be A Wheelchair
Room P
6:30-7:20 Steven Universe: Make Your Gemstone! pt. 1
Attack the Gazebo! Running a Great RPG Session
Late Night Dance Party with DJ Drae
Dealers’ Room
6:00-6:30 Gravity Falls: Con Journal, pt. 1
GOH Interview: Charles E. Gannon
GOH Signing: Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
Room P
Room H
Room J
Kids’ Programming
Kids’ Programming
Wake Up Story: Fantastic Beasts Read Aloud, pt. 4
12:30-1:30 RavenKids Exhibit!
10:30-11:20 Comic Book Creation Workshop, pt. 2 11:30-12:15 Gravity Falls: Con Journal, pt. 2
Drinking: The Cause of and Solution to Con Horror and Humor, with the Misbehavin’ Maidens
ART SHOW Friday 8:00 pm
Larry Dixon Tells You Everything You Want to Know…
Room L Get Your Creative Juices Flowing: What Inspires You to Art?
Signing: Michael A. Ventrella
Supergirl
Signing: R.S. Belcher
Journalism and Fandom
Signing: G.B. MacRae
More Than Stats: Creating Characters for RPGs
Signing: Joshua Werner
Paranormal Romance
CON SUITE Friday 9:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am
Coffee Roasting 101, pt. 1 Coffee Roasting 101, pt. 2
Saturday
Large Auditorium
Small Auditorium
Room 1
Room 2
Geek Debates
Rise With the Machines: Saturday Morning Robotics Demo
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Fantasy Art: Worlds, TRMN 101: Getting Dragons, and Mythical Started in the Royal Creatures of Artist Manticoran Navy Ed Beard Jr
Performance: Jesters Ink
Noon
Concert: Misbehavin’ Maidens
1:00 PM
U the Magician Dr. Frankenstein’s Laboratory
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
Charming Underclothes presents The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
7:00 PM The RavenCon Masquerade
9:30-10:20 Concert: Paradox Machine
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
Midnight
10:30-11:20 Concert: Misbehavin’ Maidens
Room C
Room E
Room G
Reading: Jason Gilbert, Laurel Anne Hill
Using Tropes to Tell Stories
Medieval Fighting Demonstration
Ranking the Doctors
Choosing a Writing Workshop
Reading: Kacey Ezell,
How To Change History
Editing 101 How to Revise
Writing Tools: Analog v. Digital
Living In the Aftermath of a Zombie Apocalypse
Super Girls and Women in TV and Movies
Building Worlds for Fiction
“Is This Thing On?”—The Basics of Podcasting
Editing and Crafting the Short Story
GOH Signing: Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
Geek Radio Daily
Writer With A Day Job
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
The Other Side of Military SF
The Ethics Behind the Story: Moral Dilemmas in SF and Fantasy
Crowdfunding Your Way to “There”
The Expanse: A Deep Dive Introduction to the Best SF on Television
GOH Interview: Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
I Love Board Games!
Self-Publishing 2017
Reading: Carolyn O’Neal, Joshua Werner Reading: Jeanne Adams, Joan Wendland Reading:
The Art of Ball-Jointed Dolls
Bishop O’Connell Reading: R.S. Belcher, D. Alexander Ward
Reading: Wayland Smith
Concert: Devo Spice
The Future of Robotics
Conventions and Cosplay with Disabilities
Reading: Bud Sparhawk, Robert E Waters Reading: Thomas A. Mays, Board Game Swap, Mark Wandrey Presented by
Geek Debates
Performance: Wicked Hips
Book Launch: Midnight Forest
Harry “Jack” Heckel,
Costuming in Large Groups
Drawing from the Imagination
Room 5
How to Make Sure Your Submission Gets Rejected Christopher L. Smith
Poe and the Murder of Mary Rogers
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
Room 8
Movie: Doctor Who: Lucky 13
Concert: Dimensional Riffs
6:00 PM
1632 in the Trenches: Meet a Landsknecht
Theogony Books and Beyond: 20 Books in 2017
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Meet The Rebel Legion
Room 4
Pre-Judging for the Masquerade
Reading: Charity Ayres, G.B. MacRae
Anime Mid-Atlantic
Reading: Christine McDonnell,
Nancy Northcott Agile Writer: Storyboard Your Story (Part 2)
RavenCon Charity Auction
Reading: Jason Ray Carney, John G. Hartness
Scavenger Hunt: Conclusion
Reading: Toi Thomas,
Late Night Music Circle
Concert: Synthetic Nightmare
Additional Programming, Saturday
12:30-1:20 Minecraft Creeper Heads
Buying Cover Art
“As You Know, Bob…”—The Fine Art of Exposition
Creating the 1632 Universe
Best of YouTube
Creativity and Mental Health
Female Friendship in Fiction
Changing the Medium
The Art of Critique
Popcorn and a Movie April and the Extraordinary World
Working in Shared Worlds and With Other People's Intellectual Property
“Have at You!”— Writing a Great Fight Scene
Bedtime Story: Fantastic Beasts Read Aloud, pt 3
Truth In History
How to Read Aloud
Fantasy In the (Modern) City
Lightsaber Demo
Lightsaber Demo
Ask a (Mad) Scientist
DJ Drae Presents: Halloween Bash
Ramna 1/2: Nihao My Concubine NR, Adult themes Hetalia: The World Twinkle TVMA Sailor Moon S 1-6 TV14 Soul Eater 1-6 TV14 Wanna Be the Strongest in the World 1-6 MA Ruroni Kenshin Pt. 2: Kyoto Inferno MA
9:30-10:20 Comic Book Creation Workshop, pt. 2 10:30-11:20 Adventure Time Sing Along
Cleaning Up Your Prose
ANIME 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:15 pm 3:00 pm 5:45 pm 8:30 pm
Wake Up Story: Fantastic Beasts Read Aloud, pt 2
Mechanics of Magic in Fantasy & SF
Social Media Entertainers Collide
Reading: Lou Antonelli
Room J Kids’ Programming
One Man’s Villain Is Another Realistic Dialogue Man’s Hero
4:30-5:50 Baen Books Traveling Roadshow
Writing Believable Military Science Fiction
Michael A. Ventrella
Movie: Plan 9
GOH Reading: Mercedes Lackey
Medieval Arts Demonstration
Room H Kids’ Programming
Room L
Room P
Dealers’ Room
Daily Life in Fantasy Settings
Small Press Spotlight: HCS Publishing
Signing: Joan Wendland
Cult Movies: A Feature Presentation
Falstaff Books: The Misfit Toys of Fiction
GOH Signing: Dr. Charles E. Gannon
Writing Your NaNoWriMo Time Travel in Literature
Small Press Publishing: Balancing the Hype with the Headaches
Signing: Charity Ayres
Junior Costuming: Make a Surcoat!
Copyright: What You Need to Know
Getting Started as a Voice Actor
Signing: Steve White
Murder Mystery Tea
Weird Westerns
Source Point Press: The Rise of Indie Horror and Sci-Fi
Signing: Lou Antonelli
Ask a Scientist
Follow that Clue! The Making of a Great Mystery
Voices of Tomorrow
Signing: Jennifer R. Povey
Steven Universe: Make Your Gemstone! pt. 2
Fast, then Slow! Pacing in Comics and Graphic Novels
Cutting the Cable Cord Are We Alone In The Universe? Imposter Syndrome Why Are We Still Trekking? BDSM 102: Some More About the Scene
Authors Reading Their Favorite Authors
Basic Ropework for Fun and Excitement
Misty and Larry’s Bedtime Stories: A Midnight Reading
ART SHOW
ROOM D 2:00 pm 4:00 pm
Wine & Cheese Tasting Wine & Cheese Tasting
PITCHERS, HOTEL BAR 9:00 pm
Signing: Bud Sparhawk
DJ & Karaoke
Noon & 8:00 pm Larry Dixon Tells You Everything You Want to Know…
