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Saturday Writers, October 9

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

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Join me on October 9th in my home town of St. Peters for an evening of discussion, reading, and no rules boxing. Just follow this link.

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Archon 42

Monday, September 17th, 2018

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Hey, the Archon panels I’m on have been announced!

Fueling Motivation in an Industry Thriving on Rejection

12 Oct 2018, Friday 15:00 – 16:00

Autograph Session with Rich Horton, R.L. Naquin, and Brian Katcher

13 Oct 2018, Saturday 13:00 – 14:00, Signing Table (Gateway Center)

What To Do About H.P. Lovecraft?

13 Oct 2018, Saturday 14:00 – 15:00, St. Clair A & B (DoubleTree – Collinsville)

Negative Comparisons

13 Oct 2018, Saturday 19:00 – 20:00, Marquette A (Gateway Center)

Someone will always be a better writer or more successful. How to keep negative thoughts like this at bay and keep your writing enjoyable to do.

Writing About Race, Gender, and Sexuality in a Sensitive Manner

14 Oct 2018, Sunday 10:00 – 11:00, Salon 6 (Gateway Center)

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

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Just a reminder that I’ll be at Archon St. Louis again, October 12-14. Stop by and say hi!

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Deacon Locke now available in German

Saturday, February 10th, 2018

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That’s ‘Me, Jean, and the night of my life.’

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Marginally Podcast interview with me.

Monday, January 29th, 2018

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List to the podcast here!

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New York Comic Con

Sunday, September 10th, 2017

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Archon 41

Monday, September 4th, 2017

For those of you attending Archon 41 in Collinsville, I’ll be on several panels. Check ’em out!

What If?: Superpowers

Friday 19:00 – 19:50, Salon 4 (Gateway Center)

Come prepared to answer the following question: if you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?

With Paul Hahn, Dev Hanke, and Matthew Edward Munro Wagenblas

Autographs with Sarah Jude and Brian Katcher

Saturday 12:00 – 12:30, Signing Table (Gateway Center)

The Mystery of H.P. Lovecraft

Saturday 15:00 – 15:50, Marquette B (Gateway Center)

Why do so many fans read and enjoy H. P. Lovecraft while others find faults in his writing?

I’m moderating this one!

With Benjamin C. Kinney, John Jacobs, and Shawntelle Madison

Sex and Controversy in Young Adult Literature

Saturday 18:00 – 18:50, Marquette B (Gateway Center)

A discussion of how YA uses sex and controversy to meet the needs of teens. What are the limits? Should there be limits?

With Cole Gibson, Rachel Neumeier, David VonAllmen, and Tom Carpenter

Editing: Behind the Scenes

Sunday 13:00 – 13:50, Marquette A (Gateway Center)

A chance for new authors to understand what happens to stories after they’re submitted.

With Benjamin C. Kinney, Adrian Matthews, Rich Horton

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Agented!

Monday, July 24th, 2017

I am so incredibly excited and humbled to announce that I now have a literary agent. Mandy Hubbard, of Emerald City Literary Agency, has taken me on as a client! I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to be working with such a talented agent (and writer!).

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Publishers Weekly review of DEACON LOCKE

Thursday, May 18th, 2017

Title aside, Katcher’s multifaceted novel is about more than a school dance, delving into discrimination, dementia, and the perils of online fame. Deacon Locke, who has never gone on a date or been kissed, waits too long to ask out potential prom dates, so he opts to take Jean, his grandmother and primary parental figure, since she missed her own prom decades ago. Deacon’s classmates find his decision adorable, and video clips of him and Jean dancing at prom go viral. Meanwhile, Deacon summons the courage to ask out Soraya, a Muslim dance instructor he meets while taking lessons with Jean, and soon has his first girlfriend. Amid the level of small-time celebrity Deacon achieves because of the video (including agreeing to participate in a Dancing with the Stars–type show after graduation), Katcher (The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak) explores the pitfalls of Internet notoriety and the vicious, sometimes racist commentary that can come with it—with Soraya caught in the crossfire. Although the story looks directly at some of humanity’s uglier tendencies, Deacon’s entertaining commentary keeps the overall tone thoughtful, upbeat and hopeful. Ages 13–up.

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Deacon Locke release day!

Monday, May 8th, 2017

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Hope you remembered to ask for the day off!

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