If you're an author who is not a gun owner, how important is it to make a shootout scene believable to readers who do own guns? Is it possible to write a scene involving guns that makes the reader want to throw your book across the room? The panelists advise how to make the use of guns in your writing more believable, and suggest where you can find more assistance.
Alan Beatts has operated Borderlands Books in San Francisco since 1997. He has served on the boards of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, the Locus Foundation and the World Horror Convention. Prior to bookselling, he was involved in law enforcement and, subsequently... Read More →
Douglas E. Berry is a gentleman of (medically-induced) leisure. He has been playing RPGs since 1977, and writing for them since the late 90s. His titles include At Close Quarters (BITS) and GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces (Steve Jackson Games), along with contributor credits in several... Read More →
Steven Mix has worked with the autism community for a non profit organization and he was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. After suffering a traumatic brain injury in the military, he became obsessed with zombies and horror and now works to bring his darkness into the world in a fun... Read More →
Tory is a long time costumer, science fiction and fantasy fan, computer and tech geek, viking re-enactor, and space fan(atic). She has numerous other hobbies as well. She lives with Kay Tracy, six cats and two chickens.
Arianne "Tex" Thompson is home-grown Texas success story. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in literature, she channeled her passion for exciting, innovative, and inclusive fiction into the Children of the Drought – an internationally-published epic... Read More →
Saturday May 23, 2015 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
San TomasTop of Escalator, then Left
