ConGregate 4/DeepSouthCon 55

How do you open the door that leads to a professional creative career? What about changing careers when you've already climbed the corporate ladder? And for students, how do you know where to focus your study? From world builder to professional author, gamer to game developer, audiophile to pro composer, and storyteller to screenwriter-all have common threads that weave a career path. Our guests divulge their secret tips and tricks for creative entrepreneurs and share how they became successful, professional creators!

Panelists will cover basic, though imperative, approaches and concepts for what you need to know to accomplish any project in any medium with any goal. 

Although there exists no word in Scottish Gaelic for “dragon,” these and many other
magnificent creatures and symbols adorn hundreds of monoliths throughout Scotland.
Author Kim Iverson Headlee, who has been chasing these stones for nigh on two
decades, presents an introduction to this ancient and mysterious art form.

Cover Art can make or break your book. From how it looks online to what part of the story it captures, join our guests as they talk about the nature of cover art.

Michael Pederson interviews AGoH Alan Pollack about the stories behind some of his iconic artwork.