Jim C. Hines
APPEARING SATURDAY ONLY
BOOTH C-14
Jim C. Hines’ first novel was Goblin Quest, the humorous tale of a nearsighted goblin runt and his pet fire-spider. Actor and author Wil Wheaton described the book as “too f***ing cool for words,” which is pretty much the Best Blurb Ever. After finishing the goblin trilogy, he went on to write the Princess series of fairy tale retellings and the Magic ex Libris books, a modern-day fantasy series about a magic-wielding librarian, a dryad, a secret society founded by Johannes Gutenberg, a flaming spider, and an enchanted convertible. He’s also the author of the Fable Legends tie-in Blood of Heroes and the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse trilogy of humorous science fiction. His short fiction has appeared in more than 50 magazines and anthologies.
Jim won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2012. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a Masters in English, and lives with his family in mid-Michigan. You can find him at www.jimchines.com or on Twitter as @jimchines.
PANELS:
Saturday, November 16
Grand Gallery Overlook E
12:15 p.m.
Embracing Fear and Failure
Jim Hines
As a writer, artist, or other creator, if you never fail, it probably means you’re not pushing yourself to grow and improve. What can we learn from projects that didn’t work out? Does fear mean you’re not ready to take on a particular project, or does it mean that’s exactly the project you should be working on? We’ll talk about fears and failures as a normal, healthy part of the creative journey, as well as ways to move past them.