Hugo and Nebula winning author Greg Bear will be joining us on Saturday, Feb. 12 to talk about his upcoming book, [*The Unfinished Land*](https://www.gregbear.com/books/unfinishedland.php) *The Unfinished Land* will be released the Tuesday after Foolscap, Feb. 16th, 2021

This event is on Discord. A mostly-cooperative group storytelling-and-society-building game by Steve Jackson and David Brin. Players are men and women who hunt, gather, and build a society while keeping the kids alive.

Look your best on a Zoom call or panel — not with fancy backgrounds but with body language that will help you communicate clearly and appropriately – and entertainingly - to everyone who is watching. Novelist, puppeteer, and writing instructor Mary Robinette Kowal will demonstrate and take questions.

A lively exploration of the history of fandom with all its foibles and quirks. And panelists Astrid Bear, Sairah McMinn, Mel White, and Tom Whitmore are just the group to lead this expedition!

Howard Rheingold, one of the pioneers of virtual community, shows off his virtual office, and talks about his artwork, digital and otherwise. Come talk with a Burning Man regular, a teacher about cooperation studies, and a wonderful raconteur!

Sidereal Confluence is an unusual game. Set in an original science fictional world, it challenges players to shape a multi-species alliance to reflect their species’ priorities. It’s a trading game with simultaneous turns, open information, binding deals and nine distinct, asymmetric factions. It isn’t a cooperative game, but the most effective strategies involve working together, making it remarkably friendly. Designer TauCeti Deichmann will show the game and chat about the process of engineering the game’s systems, and how the game design and the setting’s fiction shaped and improved each other.

Betty Bigelow, master SF costumer, talks about costuming, how to do it and why. Come learn some basics from someone who really knows how to build a functional costume! Betty is known for her Klingon costumes, and has won awards at multiple SF conventions, including Worldcons. She's also the artistic director of the Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle.

Serialized fiction is enjoying a revival online in podcasts and websites. Mark Ferrari (Twice: The Serial) and Curtis Chen (Ninth Step Station) are at forefront of this trend. They’ll talk about the challenges of writing and publishing serials and take some questions.

Wondering if Patreon is a good way to find underwriters for your artistic career? Authors Laura Anne Gilman and Chaz Brenchley share their experiences using Patreon and building a patron communities to support their work. Find out what worked and what didn’t, and how they produce a steady flow of satisfying content for their supporters.

The things in the art supply store labeled "calligraphy ink" are...somewhat limited, and in this panel we will explore some other options. Starting with the basics of watercolor & acrylics (including mixing colors and using mica powders), we'll move on to using "special effects" media (glow, etc.) and to applying the unique properties of fountain pen inks to non-fountain-pen uses.
Elizabeth Adams (she/her) is an artist, jeweler, and occasional "amateur chemist" who enjoys finding off-label uses for things and just might have missed a calling in Materials Engineering.