ConClave 31

Science Fiction Convention
October 6-8, 2006 --- Romulus, Michigan USA

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October 6-8, 2006

ConClave Room Block Opens September 1, 2006

Crowne Plaza Hotel
Detroit Metro Airport
Romulus, Michigan USA

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Nick Pollotta is a professional novelist specializing in Science Fiction, Humor, and Military/Thrillers, with over 70 books published worldwide (and more coming).

 

Happily married, Nick resides in northern Illinois with his beautiful wife, Melissa, 14,000 books, three computers and two mutant cats who plan to conquer the world any day now.

30 July 2006: We have received a letter from Nick Pollotta.  He has just been released from the hospital, and will be unable to make it to ConClave.  Please join the ConClave Committee in sending our best wishes for his rapid recovery!

Timothy Albee is a professional writer, director, animator, concept artist, producer, and studio owner/executive. He is best known as the creator of Kaze, Ghost Warrior.

 

Timothy Albee was born in Michigan and raised in a very small farming community. He bought his first computer (Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer) when he was 10 years old. He apprenticed to a flute-master in Virginia for a while, learning to make bamboo flutes, then traveled the Renaissance Faire circuit where he worked as a bard, juggler, slight-of-hand artist, "martial-arts juggler," swordsman and various and sundry other very odd jobs.

 

Timothy currently resides in the wilds of Alaska, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle, surrounded by wolves, attacked by moose, and keeping a very large distance from bear.

 

News Flash -- 4 September 2006:
We have just received the following letter from Timothy Albee.

Dear Conclave,

I am very sorry to have to let you know that I won't be able to make the speaking engagement planned for this year's Conclave.

My work schedule in Vancouver on "Battlestar Galactica" does not allow for me to be in the Michigan area during the time the convention is happening.

Again, my regrets, and I hope this information is coming far enough in advance to make re-scheduling your presentations for other speakers possible!

Best!
Timothy Albee

Scientist... Storyteller... Convention organizer... Cockroach...

 

Dr. Samuel Conway, also known as Uncle Kage, is a researcher In the Biomedical and Agrochemical fields.  Uncle Kage is also a writer, lecturer and marvelous story teller.  His "Uncle Kage's Story Hour" is a big hit at any con. You can find out more about him at: http://www.unclekage.com/

Rochelle Weber is an author, editor, and professional grandma. A native of Chicago, she grew up on the Northwest Side. At 20, she joined the Navy and served as a medic at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, CA and at the Shipyard Dispensary at Pearl Harbor. She has lived all over the country but always seems to return home to Illinois.

Rochelle wrote her first short story at the age of seven, while recovering from chicken pox. At the age of 37 after many detours, she received a Bachelor’s degree in Writing at Columbia College, Chicago. She currently lives downstate in Rantoul, IL, with her two cats—close enough to bug her two daughters and spoil her five grandchildren.

 

Rochelle is also the Managing Editor at Inara Press and does editorial work for several other publishers.

Tom is a commercial artist currently working on animated feature films.  He is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit Michigan where he earned a BFA in commercial art, graduating with high honors. Immediately after graduation Tom was accepted into the training program with Walt Disney Feature Animation in Orlando, Florida. For nearly nine years, he worked on Disney animated films. You will find his name in the credits of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Mulan", "Tarzan", "Lilo and Stitch", and "Brother Bear". 

 

Tom is now employed by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation in Toronto, Ontario. C.O.R.E. is currently working on their first animated feature film.

Howard is a veterinarian from Guelph, Ontario, with 26 years experience in regulatory medicine (food safety), and 32 years experience as a SF fan.  He has been on the concom of FilKONtario since its beginning, and before that, worked for eight years as Con Operations for the early Ad Astras in Toronto.  In what he laughingly calls his "spare time" he's an instructor with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets in Guelph, and currently serves as the Commanding Officer.

M. Keaton can be found at http://www.archangelpress.net/ where his cat updates the website. He will be on many writing panels and somehow fit in time with the ConClave writing workshop as well. His bio is at http://www.scifan.com/writers/kk/KeatonM.asp.

In February 1985, Tom Smith picked up a guitar, and to this day the world hasn't quite recovered. One of the most manic people in the history of SF Fandom, Tom can warm or chill your heart at whim and seemingly pull new songs out of the air. He blends comedy, tragedy, dark romance, popular culture, politics, religion, gaming, movie trivia, current events, and dreadful puns with virtually every genre of music you can imagine. But most startling is the speed with which he does it. He can make up a ditty about virtually any subject on the spot; give him half an hour, and it'll be a keeper. He has improvised entire concerts, and can't seem to let ten minutes on stage go by without making up something no one's ever heard before, including him.

 

He must be doing something right, too -- he's won an unprecedented twelve Pegasus Awards for Excellence in Filking, and three OVFF songwriting contests, and even had a songwriting contest based on him ("The Best Song Tom Smith Never Wrote" -- which, somehow, Tom kinda won). He has been Guest of Honor at numerous conventions across the country and -- gasp -- around the world; his music has been played everywhere from Germany to Australia, as well as on The Dr. Demento Show (where he's made the weekly list of most-requested songs, The Funny Five, several times). And his shows are high-energy, must-see gonzo theater, combining music, comedy, some social conscience, a hint of wickedness, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Nancy J. Attwell was born in Grimsby, Ontario, but moved with her parents and six siblings to London when she was still young. Although their home was located near London’s infamous ‘calamity corners,’ her parents assure her that the intersection received its name long before her arrival.

In 1974, Ms. Attwell graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a combined degree in Classical Studies and Psychology. After a five-year stint in Palo Alto, California, where her husband worked on his doctorate and she lugged Tupperware™ from house to house, Ms. Attwell settled in Ithaca, New York. A sabbatical year gave the author and her family the rare opportunity to live in a 13th century beguinage in Belgium and, also, to travel extensively in Europe.

Frustrated by the lack of interest in historical fiction shown by mainstream publishers, Ms. Attwell founded Bowman’s Press in 2004, a company dedicated to the publication of historical fiction. Having already created a fictional country for her Lothemian Legacy series, establishing a publishing house was just another adventure.

In addition to being a mother of six children, including two adopted from India, Ms. Attwell is a writer, editor, publisher, and reviewer. As a member of Zona Rosa, a writers’ group led by acclaimed southern author Rosemary Daniell, she has participated in workshops throughout North America and Europe, and sits on the planning board for a Zona Rosa imprint. Ms. Attwell is also a member of The Historical Novel Society, the Romance Writers of America, and the Canadian Booksellers Association.

 Matthew Davis, also known as 2, The Ranting Gryphon, is a professional comedian who performs mainly at sci-fi and furry conventions. Born in August 1972, 2 has been a performer for most of his life. He began as a rock guitarist in the 1980's. He then ventured into the sci-fi and fantasy fields, doing comedy events at conventions during the 1990's. A member of the furry fandom, he is generally well-liked for his humor, his somewhat liberal view on the world and his quest to spread the "truth". His alter-ego/avatar is a gryphon, his name allegedly coming to him in a dream about the creature. He regularly attends furry conventions and occasionally performs stand up there.  

 

Visit 2's website at:  http://www.ranting-gryphon.com/

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