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Walter H. Hunt
Walter H. Hunt is a science fiction and historical fiction writer. He is the author of four military SF novels (the Dark Wing series), as well as a novel about the Order of the Templar and Rosslyn Chapel (A Song In Stone). He is also a board game designer, role player, Freemason and baseball fan. He is married and the father of a teenage daughter. He lives in Massachusetts, where there are four seasons, sometimes in the same fortnight.
Programming for Walter H. Hunt
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| Thu | 13:00 | (Naples1) | 2 hrs |
Writers Workshop, Section G
All workshop sessions required advanced sign-up and are filled. |
| Thu | 18:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Online Networking Before Social Networks
Before MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook, there were CompuServe, AOL, GEnie and USENET. Yes, people were married, divorced, friended and unfriended (remember kill files?) online before 2005. |
| Thu | 19:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
1632 and Beyond
What happens when a West Virginia town is transported through time and space to 1632 and finds itself in the midst of the Thirty Years War? The panel discusses the challenges of writing such an alternate history and how they collaborate to bring the universe to life. |
| Fri | 11:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Fri 11:00
No additional description |
| Fri | 13:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Who is this Robert E. Lee person? How Much Background Information is Really Needed in Historical Fiction
Writers of SF and mysteries based set in historical periods or of alternate histories have to maintain a fine line between supplying enough information that the reader understands the situation but not so much as to insult most of the readers. Does a writer need to explain what Gettysburg was? How about the Little Round Top? How about who Robert E. Lee was? |
| Sat | 13:00 | (A14) | 30 min |
Reading: Walter H. Hunt
No additional description |
| Sat | 14:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 14:00
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Home Page: http://www.walterhunt.com
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