I’m headed to Seattle for my birthday weekend as an attending professional at Norwescon! Come find me at a panel or reading and say hi.

Thursday, 4/2

Sell Your Work, Not Yourself

3:00pm - 4:00pm @ Cascade 7 & 8

Panelists present a guide to self-marketing for independent publishers of games or fiction, ranging from crowdfunding as a marketing tool to influencer marketing, digital advertising, audience building, and more.

Friday, 4/3

Reading: Brigitte Winter

1:00pm - 1:30pm @ Cascade 3

Listen to a preview of my debut novel, The Normal Monster Club, which will debut from Generous Press in 2027. The Normal Monster Club is a cozy sapphic horror romance set in a cryptid-obsessed small town where two exes, a paranormal podcaster and a stubborn skeptic, must reunite to save a missing child as part of an investigation into an unsolved mystery from their childhood.

Signing: Brigitte Winter

4:00pm - 5:00pm @ Dealer’s Room

Saturday, 4/4

Making Space at the Table.

11:00am - 12:00pm @ Cascade 12

Join our panelists in a discussion about representation in TTRPGs from an intersectional perspective. How can you make your games more inclusive and welcoming to people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and abilities?

Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading

7:00pm - 8:00pm @ Cascade 7 & 8

Join Broad Universe for a fun, fast-paced group reading to showcase the work of women and nonbinary authors who will read a short snippet from a recent work. Discover new writers, enjoy chocolate, and enter a drawing for a book, all while you support women and nonbinary people working in speculative fiction. Broad Universe is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to expand the awareness of and promote women and other underrepresented gender identities in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Sunday, 4/5

Indie Games vs. Trad RPGs

1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Cascade 7 & 8

Tabletop role-playing games have traditionally been shared storytelling with crunchy game mechanics and chance assisting in spinning the tale at your table. But on the flipside of that are gaming systems that encourage players to improvise and depend less on the numbers and the dice. Panelists will look at both game styles, name some example games, and discuss what might work best for different types of players.