So I lost the acting panel, but I was really looking forward to the reading and, well, maybe next time.


Reading: Good Reads, Chocolate, and Scotch

Saturday, 1:00-2:15 P.M.
Conference2

Kristine Smith
Gregory Frost
Pat Murphy
Carol Emshwiller


Title: Let's Build a World

"We'll start with some categories (tech level, economic system, climate, races, etc.), get ideas about each of them from the audience, select the best ideas in each category, then watch the panelists writhe as they try to figure out how to make them work together. "
Sunday, 1:00-2:15 P.M.
Capitol A

M: Benjamin Rosenbaum
doselle young
Naomi Kritzer
Kristine Smith

Preliminary Wiscon schedule revealed a conflict between two really neat things.

*sigh*

Have emailed Programming. I fear the solution will be that I need to sacrifice one.

...barring the inevitable unforeseen, I will be at Wiscon. I will be reading at Wiscon, in an as yet themeless group, along with Gregory Frost, Carol Emshwiller, and Pat Murphy.

I am really looking forward to this. No clue what I'll read...

Denvention room is booked. I'll wait a while to look at flights.

Who's going?

My feeling as I read all the WFC posts.

My next trip, fingers crossed, will be the Novelists Inc Conference in NYC next March. Not a con, but lots of writers, and hey, NYC.

This comment from a daily_kos post about the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago just amused the heck out of me:

Next year I'm bringing my slingshot. Anyone who stands up to ask a question but instead makes a bunch of preliminary comments and then bundles four questions into one will get a Milk Dud in the back of the head. This also applies to anyone who fails to turn off their cellphone.

They're at every con, regardless of genre/subject matter. They are ubiquitous. Across the Universe. They will not be absorbed. They are the bane of moderators everywhere.

Just back from late lunch/early dinner out with my mom. Smoked turkey reuben, with cottage fries and dill pickle *and* cole slaw. My concession to con-cancellation, by indulging in a con-type meal.

Yes, I saw sartorias' post, and her link to retrobabble's Bittercon entry, and the whole bittercon experience.

I would be lying if I said that I miss not being in Madison, The weather is lovely--60s, sunny--and people I really wanted to see are there.

But. I really like the way Chapter 1 of GIDEON is shaping up, the romance and the guilt and the conflict and the jealousy. So I tell myself, "Next year." And that, fingers crossed, I'll still be a selling writer, and have things to celebrate.

...and I find myself lighter by two panels, which doesn't really disappoint. I thought the schedule looked a little heavy--I'm not used to getting more than a couple of items.

More time to veg at the Bar.

Lightning Write (The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F)

Is it practice or parlor game? Everyone brings a one line quotation, favorite phrase, or theme. Mix them up and get one back. Write for ten minutes and incorporate in the the line or theme. Then switch, and the next person adds on. Switch with someone again and 5 minutes to finish up. Time is left for sharing the results. Prizes for dramatic readers. No writer credentials required. Silly to seraphic, it's all about sparking creative minds.
Karen Swanberg, M: Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Vylar Kaftan, Sarah James, Anne Harris

Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading (Readings)
Saturday, 4:00-5:15 p.m. in Assembly

The Author's Blog: Does It Help? Does It Hurt? (The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F) Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Many SF/F writers post entries to the web -- works in progress, comments on work already out there, and more. This panel will discuss the benefits and pitfalls authors have encountered online. Come listen and consider what works and what doesn't.
Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Michael Mornard, M: lori devoti, Stephanie Burgis, K Tempest Bradford

The SignOut (Events)
Monday, 11:30am-12:45pm in Wis/Cap

My pretty-likely Wiscon schedule.

(Note to self...if you tell Programming "sure, I'll be a moderator," they will take you at your word)


Lightning Write (The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F)
Friday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.
Is it practice or parlor game? Everyone brings a one line quotation, favorite phrase, or theme. Mix them up and get one back. Write for ten minutes and incorporate in the the line or theme. Then switch, and the next person adds on. Switch with someone again and 5 minutes to finish up. Time is left for sharing the results. Prizes for dramatic readers. No writer credentials required. Silly to seraphic, it's all about sparking creative minds.
Karen Swanberg, M: Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Vylar Kaftan, Sarah James, Anne Harris

To Be Continued: Speculative Fiction Series (Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F)
Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
How many times do you pick up an interesting-looking book only to see, above the title, "The first volume in the Chronicles of [---]" or "Book One of the [---] Saga." It seems a lot of speculative fiction comes in series these days, from tightly knit trilogies to sprawling sagas with no end in sight. Is it possible to publish a stand-alone in the genres these days? What are the pros and cons of series? Which series do we love, and which ones do we hate -- and why?
Jennifer W. Spirko, M: Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Alis A. Rasmussen, Janet Lafler, Chip Hitchcock

Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading (Readings)
Saturday, 4:00-5:15 p.m. in 629

Members of Broad Universe read very short selections from their work. (Note: 10-15 members of Broad Universe will read. The group usually includes both well known and beginning writers. This program usually runs about an hour. Because we usually draw a crowd, we need a reasonably large room -- the small one usually used for readings will not accommodate our typical audience.)
Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Jennifer Pelland, Nancy Jane Moore, Katherine Mankiller, Morehouse Lyda, Sue Lange, Anne Harris, Rina Elson, Jennifer Dunne, Leah Rose Cutter

The Author's Blog: Does It Help? Does It Hurt? (The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F)
Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m. Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m. Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Many SF/F writers post entries to the web -- works in progress, comments on work already out there, and more. This panel will discuss the benefits and pitfalls authors have encountered online. Come listen and consider what works and what doesn't.
Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Sean M. Murphy, Michael Mornard, M: lori devoti, Stephanie Burgis

I Thought I'd Be Farther Along By Now (The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F)
Sunday, 11:30pm -12:45 a.m Sunday, 11:30pm -12:45 a.m Sunday, 11:30pm -12:45 a.m
When you started down the path to a writing career, you never thought it would take so long to get to the point you're at now. Come brainstorm with other writers to figure out how we can all move farther along the path to professional publication.
M: Kristine Smith(kris@kristine-smith.com), Jennifer Pelland, Jennifer Dunne, Holly Black

Tried to sign up for programming on Safari and Camino. No go. Downloaded Firefox 2.0 expressly for the purpose. No go--didn't get the scripty things for the various pages. Yes, I do have Javascript enabled.

I emailed about it,but I just wondered if anyone else was able to sign up?

A con brochure. Author GOH: Louis McMaster Bujold.

I know, mistakes happen.

...if I showed up at Wiscon in a black frock coat and a walking stick?

(If you think me a twit anyway, kindly refrain from weighing in. You'll skew the results)