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Technically Correct: Getting the technical aspects of fiction right
Saturday August 17, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Kananaskis 2
Making worlds realistic can be difficult. What medical conditions may induce short-term memory loss? How do courts of law really treat hearsay evidence? What is the real technique for picking a lock? This becomes even more difficult in SFF writing: how do we write space travel, futuristic medicine or fantastical architecture in a realistic way? Learn how to write accessibly but credibly about your research and special interests.
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avatar for Heather Clitheroe

Heather Clitheroe

Heather (she/they) is from Calgary, Alberta. Her science fiction and fantasy stories have appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, and more. Heather teaches creative writing at the University of Calgary, and leads writing workshops with the Calgary Public Library. She's also... Read More →
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avatar for Tom Brookes

Tom Brookes

Tom is a Calgary-based speculative fiction writer focusing upon finding hope in our tech dystopia. His debut novel Persistence of Vision (Dixi Books: London, UK) was published in 2023. His current speculative fiction novel was accepted into the AWCS's six-month Author Development... Read More →
avatar for Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, British Fantasy, and Crawford awards. She is an Assistant Editor at the short... Read More →
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Emily Yu

Emily Yu (she/they) is a second-generation Chinese Canadian with many pets and far too many hobbies. She is an Editor and Illustrator for Heartlines Spec magazine, and her work has been published in Ricepaper magazine, Hearth Stories, Luna Station Quarterly, Landed: Transformative... Read More →
Saturday August 17, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Kananaskis 2
  Panel Discussion, Craft

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