Name: The Burden of Years
Start: 2016-06-03T20:00:00-0400
End: 2016-06-03T20:55:00-0400

The Burden of Years

Readers love vampires and immortals, but how can a mortal writer truly express the awful weight of time on a character who just won't die? Are love stories between centuries-old deathless creatures and modern teenagers remotely believable? Are there stories that have adequately covered the emotional struggle of such characters?

Moderators

J. Matthew Saunders

Literary Guest

J. Matthew Saunders is the author of the Daughters of Shadow and Blood trilogy inspired by the Brides of Dracula, the Dreadful Penny occult detective series, and numerous fantasy and horror short stories. He is a member of HWA.He was born in the small Appalachian town of Clayton... Read More →

Speakers

Faith Hunter

Author, Writing

New York Times bestselling author Faith Hunter has written the Jane Yellowrock series and the Rogue Mage series, as well as the Rogue Mage Role Playing Game. The Soulwood series will be a paranormal crime solving trilogy featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram. Under the pen name Gwen Hunter... Read More →

Emily Leverett

Author, Writing

Emily Lavin Leverett is an author, editor, and scholar. She is the author of the paranormal romance series The Wolf and the Nun based on the life and stories of 12th century abbess Marie de France: The Wolf and the Cloister, The Enchanted Rose, and The Song of the Black Wolf are out... Read More →

Gail Z. Martin

Literary Guest

Gail Z. Martin is the author of Scourge: A Darkhurst Novel, from Solaris Books. Gail is also the author of Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel and Trifles and Folly 1: A Deadly Curiosities Collection, the latest in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, SC; Shadow and Flame is the fourth... Read More →