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November 10, 2018
Red Dead Redemption II, Overwatch, musicals and more: “Voices and Songs” podcast episode with Aaron Phillips
Aaron Phillips guest stars on the 2nd episode of The Storyteller Chatcast! In episode two of my podcast, “Voices and Songs,” Aaron and I discuss really cool topics including NASA, Aaron’s musical theater background, his voice work in video games like Red Dead Redemption II and Overwatch, as well as his daring adventure visiting a distant land during a missile crisis! Listen via iTunes, Stitcher, my website podcast tab, and more! http://genesedavis.com/the-storyteller-chatcast
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Aaron is an Ovation Award nominated actor/singer, proud member of Actor’s Equity and SAG-AFTRA, and can frequently be seen and heard on film, TV and stage. As a voice-over talent, Aaron can be heard as the training bot in Blizzard’s Overwatch, Wrathion, the black dragon prince in World of Warcraft, Elrond in Lord of the Rings: Online, and most recently Marko Dragic in Red Dead Redemption 2. Aaron is constantly working on new stage projects in New York, and just finished a developmental workshop of the new musical Gun & Powder about two bi-racial women who go on a robbing spree across the antebellum south. In addition to New York theatre, Aaron is also one of four singers on the international symphony tour, Disney In Concert. http://www.aaronbphillips.com
Tune in to this episode of The Storyteller Chatcast and catch the thrill. 
October 29, 2018
I’m off to Outer Space at the NASA Space Center!
Well, not outer-outer space per se, but visiting the mega-space-center in Houston, Texas, who help SEND stuff to outer space is close enough for me! Yes, yes, that’s right! I’m heading to Houston this Halloween and meeting up with NASA on November 1st, 2018!
I’m very inspired by outer space, and so to chat in-person about the incredible things NASA is up to, and share more details about my work in sci-fi novels and outer space focused video games, is a dream come true.
If you have not yet taken a look at NASA.gov and SpaceCenter.org, you must, you must! Jaw-dropping stuff. Huge thanks to John “Jack” Moore and Patricia Moore for their astounding work and for making this tour possible.
Stay tuned to my blog at GeneseDavis.com for reviews and pictures!
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October 26, 2018
Did you get your tickets? I’m a Special Guest Speaker at Los Angeles Comic Con!
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Happy Halloween Weekend, Everyone! Guess what? Yes, yes, it’s true! I’ll be a special guest once again at the Los Angeles Comic Con! This Saturday, 10/27/2018, come to room 306 at 3:00pm and hear a career discussion unlike any you’ve heard before. Tony Kim, Trisha Hershberger, yours truly, and Jason Inman, will divulge the uphill and downhill challenges and triumphs we faced on our journeys working in entertainment and we’re sure to have some tricks up our sleeves for your career questions, too!
Can’t wait to see you all. I’ll be doing autographs and fan pictures afterward! 
Heart and hugs!
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October 25, 2018
Perilous Journeys with Troy Anthony Miller
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Screenwriter Troy Anthony Miller guest stars on my new podcast, The Storyteller Chatcast! Troy reveals the nitty-gritty on the new film, First Man, plus, his screenplay T-MINUS EPSILON on NASA’s Challenger, AND his own near-death experience! I’m dying to know what you all think. You can listen to the episode now via my website: http://genesedavis.com/the-storyteller-chatcast/
Huge thanks to Troy Miller for coming on the show and huge thanks to Scott Murray and Eric Kieron Davis for their amazing producer skills.
If you are aching to hear my previous podcast, The Gamer’s Dominion, no worries! You can find past episodes on my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AuthorGeneseDavis
I hope you like my debut episode, Perilous Journeys, on the Storyteller Chatcast podcast! Hugs, everyone, and thank you in advance for listening. Check out Troy’s bio below!
Troy Anthony Miller is a writer, filmmaker, and improv comedian who lives in Los Angeles, California. He holds the unique distinction of being a two-time winner of the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition (The Hitch, a thriller, and The Olympian, a comedy), and was named one of the “Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch 2016” by Moviemaker Magazine. He is a Black List Labs awardee, and is the co-writer of T-Minus Epsilon, a feature about the Challenger space shuttle disaster, currently being produced by the Oscar-winning team behind the film Spotlight. When not writing, Troy performs and teaches improv theatre/comedy – his nationally-touring comedy troupe, Confidence Men: Improvised David Mamet, was a two-time winner of the B. Iden Payne Award for Improvisational Theatre.
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October 24, 2018
My New Podcast, The Storyteller Chatcast, Debuts Tonight!
Introducing: The Storyteller Chatcast, debuting tonight, October 24th, 2018! This podcast is the spiritual successor to my previous podcast, The Gamer’s Dominion. With over three-hundred episodes, Gamer’s Dominion was an incredible podcast (produced by Scott Murray and hosted by yours truly) that dove into the world of the video game industry, including interviews with renowned game developers like Star Wars writer, Hall Hood, Qbert creator, Warren Davis, and Fallout 2 writer, Chris Avellone. Plus, e-sports gurus like Unikrn’s Rahul Sood, and voice over artists like Jonny Cruz from Overwatch.
Of course, beyond writing for video games, I am also a novelist and playwright, plus a writer for artificial intelligence technology. Hence, The Storyteller Chatcast was born, and the platform for storytelling topics and guests expanded! My producer, Scott Murray, and I, hope that with this new launch, we will be able to bring even more value to our listenership.
To kick things off, Troy Anthony Miller guest stars on Storyteller Chatcast’s debut episode! Troy will divulge not only intriguing details about the new film, First Man, but also his highly anticipated screenplay, The Challenger, and a near-death experience he survived on the ledge of a mountain peak!
Help me boost this huge announcement and share the news that my new podcast, The Storyteller Chatcast is arriving and don’t miss my discussion with Troy Anthony Miller and his excellent perspective on storytelling!
You can catch the podcast won my website tonight at 8:00pm PST and via all other channels later next week. Here is the link you’ll need! http://genesedavis.com/the-storyteller-chatcast/
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October 23, 2018
Geek and Sundry’s Game Engine and Me
I’m guesting on Geek and Sundry’s, Game Engine, show today with some big news to reveal! We’ll also be diving in to some bonus content with Omensight, live on Twitch and Alpha 4:00pm-6:00pm PST! Hope you all can tune in! Huge thanks to Trisha Hershberger and Liz Forkin Kunert for inviting me and prepping me for today!
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September 21, 2018
Game dev, Voice over, Writing, plus more, career talks this weekend…
Guest page: https://wizardworld.com/comiccon/austin
Programming: https://wizardworld.com/programming-entertainment/austin
Check it out!
We will all be speaking on panels this weekend in Austin at Wizard World! Check out my twitter and instagram for up-to-the-minute panel details, (@genesedavis) and see below for days and times!
Fri – 7:00 – 7:45PM Creating and Writing Female Heroes…
Sat – 12:30 – 1:15PM Fiction Podcasts and Voice Acting…
Sat – 3:00 – 3:45PM Video Game Design
Sat – 5:00 – 5:45PM Sci-fi, Fantasy, Thriller Storytelling…
Sun – 1:00 – 1:45PM Stand Out and Break in to Entertainment Careers such as writing, acting, voice over, video games, animation and more!
All panels are in Room 8
Devri Walls Hero Within Scott Murray Mary Morgan – Writer, Voice Over and Actress Tony Kim Gordon Walton James Ohlen Warren Spector Travis Langley
September 5, 2018
Here’s my 3-Day-Panel-Schedule at Wizard World Tulsa (cameo appearance by Batman and Robin)!
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Friday – 6:00 – 6:45pm – Room C
Stand Out and Break In: A Handbook for Working in Entertainment
Writers, Artists, Video Game Designers, Comic Book Creators, Directors, Novelists, Actors, Voice actors… How do you stand out and break in to these entertainment industry careers? Hear from our special guest speakers as they divulge their secrets on how to make a career out of your dreams! Genese Davis (Omensight; The Holder’s Dominion), Lani Sarem (Handbook for Mortals) and Allen Grimes (A Grimes Studio) will share their insider experiences and divulge the minute details that unexpectedly led to their professional careers in entertainment. This panel is sure to fill your career “tool-box” with practical tools and advice to springboard you toward working in entertainment.
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Saturday – 12:30 – 1:15pm – Room C
The Ins and Outs of Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Thriller Storytelling
What does it take to create stories and worlds in the science fiction, fantasy, or thriller genres and what do we hope to see in the future for these genres as well? Join Genese Davis (The Holder’s Dominion; Omensight), William Bernhardt (Justice Returns) and Jack Burgos (13 Hearts to Start a Storm) as they unlock their writing process and experiences as creatives. These writers will divulge not only how they approach writing and developing captivating stories, but also how they build new worlds and conquer writer’s block in order to complete their next sci-fi saga, epic fantasy, or heart-pounding thriller!
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Saturday – 2:30 – 3:15pm – Women Creatives, Room C
WOMEN CREATORS BREAKING STEREOTYPES
From Jane Eyre and Little Women to Hunger Games and Wonder Woman, female heroes have anchored many great stories. What have creators fought for in the past for their women title characters and what key ingredients do creators pour into their female leads today? Hear from Genese Davis (Omensight; The Holder’s Dominion) and Sabrina A. Fish (Diomere’s Exile; The Gate Keeper Chronicles) as they share their creation process for women heroes, what they think about when creating a female lead or collaborating on women superheroes, and what they foresee happening to female stereotypes in the future.
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Saturday – 4:30 – 5:15pm – Room C
Forge Creativity With Time Management Secrets
Whether you are a writer, creator, fine-artist, or musician, going after your artistic dream can be full of creative roadblocks. Especially when balancing real life responsibilities simultaneously. Don’t miss this panel with Genese Davis (Omensight; The Holder’s Dominion) and Lara Bernhardt (The Wantland Files) as they unlock their production processes and how they use time management to forge creativity and meet deadlines. Discover the routine, environment, and exactly what solutions can help bolster creativity and help you complete your artistic endeavors during this fantastic discussion!
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Sunday – 12:30 – 1:15pm – Room C
Writers: Get Published and Get Paid!
There are new methods in the mix for becoming a professional writer or published author. Join this panel and get an insider look at today’s fast-evolving creative platforms! In this panel, speakers will divulge how to best navigate the often confusing waters of the publishing world and the various ways one can become a professional writer. Genese Davis (Omensight; The Holder’s Dominion) and Tamara Grantham (Fairy World MD series, Shine) will share their insider experiences to creating stories that captivate from concept to under contract!
Wizard World Comic Con
Tulsa 2018
September 7-8-9, 2018
Fri-Sat-Sun
LOCATION
Cox Business Center
100 Civic Center
Tulsa, OK 74103
SHOW HOURS
Friday, September 7, 2018 – 4pm – 9pm
Saturday, September 8, 2018 – 10am – 7pm
Sunday, September 9, 2018 – 10am – 4pm
August 27, 2018
Tulsa and Austin, are you ready for a surprise?
Thankful to have been a special guest for Wizard World in Chicago. If you were not able to make it to Chicago, guess what? Tulsa and Austin are up next in September! Use discount code GENESE at checkout for 20% off admission!
It was wonderful to see long-time fans, not only in Chicago at my panels, but also at the meet and greet tables with Devri Walls (Venators) and Alex Wer (The Pumpkin Geek). Huge thanks to all my fans, and to all my fellow panelists and collaborators including but not limited to: Miranda, Kathy, Beryl, Michael-Dale, Patty, Irene, Evangaline, Ben, Ben’s-sister-Abby, Tim, John and-his-son-Michael, Greg (pen name), Marissa and Heather, all the staff at Wizard World, Jay Bonansinga (Walking Dead), Darold Higa (Wargaming), Sam Weller (Shadow Show), Cina Pelayo (Loteria), Tim Lees (Steal the Lightning), Frank Marquart (Volition), JJ Bakken (Wargaming), Mackenzie Flohr (The Rite of Wands), Devri, Alex, Em, Heather, Mickey, Vincent, Victor, Ryan, Kayce, and more!
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August 23, 2018
My Panel Times and Table Schedule @WizardWorld Chicago!
Here are my panel times and days for this weekend. Plus, at the bottom of this post, I listed the times when I aim to be at my co-author tables (B1 & B2) next to Alex Wer the Pumpkin Geek and with Devri Walls for meet and greet with fans/audiences:
Friday 6:00pm Room 1
VILLAINS VERSUS VILLAINS
Saturday 2:00pm Room 1
PLAYING IN THE SANDBOX: WRITING TRANSMEDIA TIE-INS
Saturday 5:00pm Room 1
MODERN MYTHOLOGY AND URBAN FANTASY: THE MAGIC TODAY
Sunday 12:00pm Room 1
GET PUBLISHED AND PAID! FROM CONCEPT TO UNDER CONTRACT
Sunday 1:00pm Room 1
VIDEO GAME DESIGN
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For Meet and Greet, I’ll aim to be at Tables B1 and B2 by Alex Wer the Pumpkin Geek and with Devri Walls during the following times:
Saturday: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Sunday: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Hope to see you all there! (Hugs)
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