Karen L. Newman has been a published writer since 2004 in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. Over two hundred and fifty of her short stories and poems have been published both online and in print. Her books include EEKU (Sam’s Dot, 2005) and ChemICKals (Naked Snake Press, 2007) and her work has been nominated for a Dwarf Star Award. She won the 2005 Mary Jane Barnes Award and two of her poems received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. She edits the online magazine Afterburn SF, which publishes speculative short stories, and is the editor for the print poetry magazine Illumen. She also write reviews for Dark Discoveries. Her reviews have also been featured in Noneuclidean Cafe, The Dream People, Night to Dawn, and Gothic Review.
On Friday, July 25 special effects used for the show are discussed from 6:00 to 7:00 in Room 32AB and Javier Grillo-Marxuach is on a panel for wannabe television writers and people interested in meeting successful TV writers from 6:30 to 7:30 in Room 5AB.
Saturday, July 26, Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Natalie Morales are slated to appear on TV Guide's Hot List Panel in Room 6B from 6:00 to 7:00.
I'm impressed that the show is getting this type of publicity this soon. It bodes for good things to come.