Local authors Rie Lee and Scott Coon discuss the intersection of queerness and spirituality. The authors will discuss the myths their religious environments taught them about queerness, how they realized they were queer, and how their spiritual journeys intertwined with their queer journeys, ultimately arriving at a place of peace. Celebrate National Coming Out Day with this unique discussion.
Scott Coon’s latest novel, GODLESS ARMAGEDDON, features a gay soldier in a never before imagined afterlife and touches on sexual tolerance, not just for people of different orientations but also of the spectrum of proclivity. Coon’s spiritual journey has led him to atheism, and – disappointed by how the afterlife has been posited in other works of fiction – created an afterlife world that gives space for aliens, religion, reincarnation, and ghosts.
Rie Lee’s novel, VESSEL, is a reflection of the author’s personal coming-out/deconstruction journey and reflects strongly on modern themes of a conservative culture trying to reinforce cishet gender roles and reproductive choices made by a select few for the masses. Queer readers in heteronormative religions and anyone in a high-control environment especially may find affirmation through this book.
Vance Mitchell Gloster is an award-winning writer who had a career as a computer scientist working on the Space Shuttle program and in AI before turning to writing full-time. His sci-fi cyberthriller Two Thirds of a God was published in March. He is also a musician, having appeared on several albums.
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #1 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
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Creating Compelling Characters
A One-hour Author Panel for ALL Writers
A good narrative needs a compelling main character to drive it forward. And that character needs other characters to drive them forward. Even Tom Hanks’ character in Castaway had Wilson. Learn from published authors how to craft compelling characters of your own.
MODERATOR
Bryan Mahoney
THE PANEL
Scott Coon
Anne Louise Bannon
Janet Wertman
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Vance Mitchell Gloster
Gerry Gainford
Rie Lee
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