Alan Vincent Michaels • Speculative Fiction ∞ Author & Poet • Presentations

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Since 2012, I have conducted more than 50 speculative fiction and writing craft presentations for the Rochester Speculative Fiction Association, Inc. monthly meetings, not including four reading, critique, and review meetings each year. Presentations that I only moderated or was a panelist on are noted as such.

2024

WTHE SETTING; THE KEY TO SPECULATIVE FICTION! (moderator, panelist) (see website banner image above)
R-SPEC meeting August

WRITE YOUR STORY...NOW! (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August

WRITING WORKSHOP: MICROSTORY & POETRY (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting June

STORY CLUB (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting May

LOOK TO THE SKY! (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March

WINTER CHILLERS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February

2023

THE BUSINESS OF WRITING SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting November

HOW MUCH WORLDBUILDING DO I REALLY NEED? (moderator / presenter , panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September

SUMMER STORY CAMPFIRE (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August

THE APPEAL OF BAD SCIENCE IN SCIENCE FICTION & MAGICAL CHICANERY IN FANTASY (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting June

THE REALITIES OF CO-WRITING FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting May

AI ART IN SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, panelist, AI art presentation)
R-SPEC meeting March

WILL A.I. REPLACE SPECULATIVE FICTION WRITERS? (moderator / presenter , panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February

2022

CODE SWITCHING AND CODE DENIAL IN YOUR LANGUAGES (final segment of the Crafting Alien Dialogue Into Your Stories presentation)
R-SPEC meeting September

MANAGING THE UNMANAGEABLE: DON'T LET TIME BEAT YOU! (first segment of the Priming the Pump for NaNoWriMo; or, " 30 Days to 50,000 Words? That's Unpossible!" presentation)
R-SPEC meeting August

WHAT NOT TO DO WITH PLANETS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting May

NECESSARY EVILS: USING TROPES AND CLICHÉS TO YOUR BENEFIT (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February

2021

IS IT A KINGDOM OR A REPUBLIC? BE INSPIRED BY HUMAN SOCIOPOLITICAL SYSTEMS (panelist)
R-SPEC meeting October

WRITING MICROFICTION & POETRY USING SOCIAL MEDIA (presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

SELF-PUBLISHING & SELF-PROMOTING YOUR WRITING (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting July

COLLABORATIVE/SOLO FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP - PART 2 (presenter, moderator)
R-SPEC meeting June

COLLABORATIVE/SOLO FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP - PART 1 (presenter, moderator)
R-SPEC meeting May

WHAT ARE YOU READING? (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting March

WHO OWNS THE FUTURE? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February

2020

WHAT DID YOU WRITE FOR NANOWRIMO 2020? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting December

SHARED WORLD AND BORROWED LANDSCAPES (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting October

WORLD BUILDING (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August

PLOT AND STORY STRUCTURES (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting June

BREAKING THE FORMULA & SUBVERTING THE TROPE (moderator, presentation)
R-SPEC meeting March

HOOKING THAT PLOT! (moderator, presentation)
R-SPEC meeting February

2019

TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING SH*T DONE! (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October

FOCUSING ON THE DILEMMA (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

YOU FINISHED WRITING! NOW WHAT? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March

USING SPECULATIVE FICTION TROPES (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February

2018

OVERCOMING WRITING ROADBLOCKS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October

WRITING ENDINGS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September

TECHNOLOGIES THAT WERE ONCE SCIENCE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting July

WORLD BUILDING: PART 2 – SCIENCE FICTION WORLDS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March

WORLD BUILDING: PART 1 – FANTASY WORLDS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February

2017

SPECULATIVE POETRY READING & WRITING WORKSHOP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

WRITING WORKSHOP: CREATING BELIEVABLE ALIEN CHARACTERS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting March

DISTRACTIONS TO WRITING SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting (no link) February

2016

WHAT DO WE WANT FROM SPEC FIC? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October

WRITING WORKSHOP: THE SHORT-SHORT STORY (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

USING CURRENT EVENTS IN SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting April

NAMING OBJECTS, CHARACTERS, AND WORLDS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February

2015

HOW TO CREATE REALISTIC FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION SETTINGS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June

REVEALING BACKSTORY WITHOUT THE DREADED INFO DUMP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting May

DIALOGUE-ONLY WRITING WORKSHOP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February

2014

FLASH FICTION EXERCISE (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

FAR-OUT TECH: HOW SF TECH HAS TRANSFORMED OUR WORLD (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June

PUBLISHING YOUR STORY OR NOVEL (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting (no link) February

2013

WHAT IS SPECULATIVE FICTION POETRY? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September

GENERATING STORY IDEAS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June

BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN SF AND FANTASY (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February

2012

ASTEROID MINING – THE NEW GOLD (AND MORE) RUSH? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting November

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