A. L. Kaplan

Tag: Katie Aiken Ritter

  • My Day at Awesome Con 2025

    My Day at Awesome Con 2025

    I had a great time at Awesome Con on Saturday.

    And yes, I am wearing my WOKE AND PROUD t-shirt.

    This time I didn’t need to explain to anyone what WOKE was and lots of people wanted to know where they could buy the design. (Visit my Redbubble Shop) I guess people are waking up. (pun intended)

    The panel was a lot of fun with great questions from the audience. We probably could have used another 45 minutes.

    Pictured from right to left: Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev, A. L. Kaplan, William Ray, Katie Aiken Ritter, Harrison Demchick

    Is is photo was taken 10 minutes before the panel began. (9:45 on a Saturday morning!) By the time the panel started, there were no empty chairs. I didn’t crop the picture so you could see the scale of the room.

  • I’ll be at Awesome Con 2025!

    I’ll be at Awesome Con 2025!



    Awesome Con runs from April 4-6, 2025, and I’ll be there on Saturday.

    The Writer’s Ally Presents: How Authors Craft Great Characters!

    Whether novel, movie, TV series, or comic book, the key to any great story is a great character. But what makes a character great? How do you craft a character who is dynamic and compelling–a character who compels readers and viewers to keep reading? This discussion will bring together a panel of published authors to discuss the mechanics of top notch characterization: defining characteristics, fatal flaws, conscious wants and unconscious needs, and character arc. In discussing the characters they’ve created and the characters they love, they’ll teach you how to build characters—main characters, supporting characters, heroes, villains, and everything in-between—that readers will never forget.

    Panelists: Harrison Demchick, William Ray, A. L. Kaplan, Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev, Katie Aiken Ritter

    Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
    Start Time: 10:00 AM
    End Time: 10:45 AM
    Room/Location: Room 206

    Awesome Con
    Walter E. Washington Convention Center
    801 Mt Vernon Pl NW
    Washington, DC 20001