{"id":9065,"date":"2026-09-04T06:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/?p=9065"},"modified":"2026-09-04T06:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:17:23","slug":"forty-years-of-dragon-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/04\/forty-years-of-dragon-con\/","title":{"rendered":"forty years of dragon con!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy-600x568.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9071\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy-600x568.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy-768x727.png 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy-640x606.png 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dragon-con-40-a-small-copy.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey folks! I somehow survived Worldcon and after a brief visit with my wife am now at Dragon Con for its fortieth anniversary! Since I went to Dragon Con, like, #1 or #2, this makes it my &#8230; um &#8230; let&#8217;s not get too hasty on counting those years of coming to conventions, now, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-600x750.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9070\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-300x375.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-640x800.png 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m just on three panels, which is a relief after WorldCon&#8217;s eight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Muddling Through the Mushy Middle<br><\/strong>Fri 04:00 pm ~ Hyatt \/ Embassy EF<br><em>Anthony Francis(M),<\/em> <em>D.B. Jackson, Gini Koch, David Boop, Rebecca Moesta, Sherrilyn Kenyon<br><\/em>The idea grabs you &amp; you type furiously! You&#8217;re going along&#8230;you know what the end looks like. You&#8217;re so excited about this story \u00e2\u20ac\u201c then BAM!! Everything slows down. Getting words on the page is a slog. How do you get through the mushy middle to the exciting ending? Come to this panel to find out!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buried History: The Uncensored Stories &#8216;They&#8217; Don&#8217;t Want You to Know<br><\/strong>Sat 10:00 pm ~ Courtland Grand \/ Augusta<br><em>Andrew Hartley(M), D.J. Butler, Jack Campbell, Alex Matsuo, Anthony Francis, David Hankins<br><\/em>Sometimes history gets messy. Maybe it&#8217;s too complicated, or maybe the facts just don&#8217;t fit the preferred narrative&#8230; Whatever the reason, these are our panelists&#8217; favorite stories that didn&#8217;t make it into our history books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corsets &amp; Kimono, Trebuchet, &amp; Guillotine: Alt History &amp; Historical Fantasy<br><\/strong>Sun 04:00 pm ~ Hyatt \/ Embassy EF<br><em>Bethanne Kim(M), Leanna Renee Hieber, Clay Griffith, Jack Campbell, Tamsin L. Silver, Anthony Francis<br><\/em>When writing Historical Fantasy &amp; Alternate History, you can&#8217;t make *everything* up. Some parts must be accurate. Finding the balance between realism &amp; the fantastical is important in these genres. We&#8217;ll be discussing this and other aspects and challenges of writing history into our fiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully this will be a lot of fun for all! Hope to see you at my panels or around the con!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dragon Con Forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pictured: There&#8217;s some grey on that boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey folks! I somehow survived Worldcon and after a brief visit with my wife am now at Dragon Con for its fortieth anniversary! 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