Comic Con
Writers & Creatives Track
Con-Quest has lots of panels and programming for many topics covering everything from anime, costuming, voice acting, and celebrity talks from our invited guests. Our creatives track is something special, though. Built specifically to help writers, artists, and game designers move forward in the industry, we have some of the top talent in creative publishing attending to share their knowledge with you!
Delivering our keynote for this (and participating in panels) is Craig Martelle, a co-founder of the 20Booksto50K online group and of Author Nation. He hosts the worlds largest independent author conference each year in Las Vegas and is bringing much of that same type of programming to our Midwest show, along with other guests including Damon Courtney (founder of Bookfunnel, the world's largest ebook distributor after Amazon,) and many other full-time authors from both the traditional and independent publishing worlds. The ticket for the Vegas conference is $600--come to Con-Quest and get all our programming for no cost beyond a standard weekend badge!
We have +30 hours of programing for creatives including these and mre:
Developing & Monetizing a Creative Business
Artistic Side Of the Written Word - Comics, Illustration, & More
Growing an Audience Without Burning Out
Branding for Creators
Crowdfunding for Every Creative
Patreon, Subscriptions & Fan Support
Draft to Final - Get Your Book Shelf-Ready!
Self-Publishing vs. Traditional . . . and BEYOND!
ETHICAL AI Usage Across the Arts
Outline Without Killing Your Creativity
Breaking Into Voice Acting
Gaming Through The Ages
SUDS - Your Story as a TTRPG
Storify the Spicy
Creator Roundtable: Storytelling Across Mediums
CRAIG MARTELLE - Indie Publishing Power Block Part 1: Building a Lucrative Career as an Author
BOOK FUNNEL'S DAMON COURTNEY - Indie Publishing Power Block Part 2
Worldbuilding for Games, Books, and Comics
The Business Side: Agents & Contracts
Audiobook Narration 101
Hooking Readers: First Lines. First Chapters.
Natural Sounding Dialogue - How to Write the Real
Scaling Your Concept for Books or TTRPGs
Joe – Horror Writing Workshop
Darby – Short Story Workshop & Opportunities
Media Tie-In Writing
Creator Showcase – The Writers
Publish Your RPG
Kelli Fitzpatrick (writing prof at Iowa State)
Pitching Your Epic