Brian Katcher

So excited to be a guest mentor at the First Five Pages Workshop this year.

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

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

List to the podcast here!

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

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!).