Name: Writing Groups - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Start: 2025-06-21T16:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-21T17:00:00-0400

Saturday June 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)

The Alpha Mercs is a group of writers, editors, and artists. Our group is all published and practice the philosophy of “rising tide” mutually supporting each other by sharing critiques and open calls. This Roundtable will be a nuts and bolts approach to the establishment, development and maintenance of such groups. The discussion will touch on determining if a particular group is a good fit. Also, if and when a writer might have outgrown a group. Sam Robb moderates.

Moderators

Sam Robb

Sam Robb is an urban fantasy writer from Pittsburgh who draws inspiration from back alleys, graffiti, and urban exploration. He’s published in his flash fiction collection, One October Night, as well as multiple anthologies, and edited the Stories in the Key of Tull anthologies... Read More →

Guests

Richard Cartwright

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his father bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking. His first reading lessons were road signs at four... Read More →

Spearman Burke

After retiring from a globe spanning career of swashbuckling adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps, Spearman Burke decided to try his hand at this GI Bill thing he had been hearing about. He earned an interdisciplinary degree in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in... Read More →

James V. Henson

Jamie Henson is the founder of Alpha Mercs, a private fellowship of writers forging craft, resilience, and timeless virtues. Together they stand for what storytelling was—and must be again. The forge is lit. Join the fellowship at omicronstation.com.

Jesse James Fain

Jesse James Fain is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Editor, and retired powerlifting champion. Jesse’s extensive experience in martial arts and weapons training leads to vibrant martial tales of revenge and combat that bring a taste of reality to fictional battles, along with... Read More →

Zane Voss

Zane Voss holds bachelor's and master’s degrees in engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology. His day job is working as a partner in an engineering consulting firm in the steel industry. If you’re either interested or unable to flee quickly enough, he will... Read More →

Shari Robb

Shari Robb is a loving wife, mother, technical writer, and counselor. She has worked as an editor for political campaigns, multiple non-fiction books, and shorts from the Alpha Mercs. Her work as a freelance editor includes multiple SF/Fantasy anthologies, including game fiction... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

Literary/Publishing, Round Table

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