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MileHiCon Schedule

Another con gone virtual this year–we’re making the best of it! I have 2 panels on Friday and will be part of a reading on Sunday. If you’re interested in attending MileHiCon, the virtual con is $15 anyone 12 and older, and free for anyone younger.

  • Disposable Characters (10/23 1000-1100): Women in refrigerators and lesbians can’t find love without dying – there are a lot of tropes about characters being disposable. Join our panelists to discuss the difference between killing off a character to motivate the plot or move it along versus just throwing one away.
  • Machete or Scalpel: Editing Your Work (10/23 1200-1300): Whether it’s with surgical precision or whacking through
    the jungle of your words, you should choose your editing tools carefully. Come learn about the pros and cons of how you edit your work.
  • Queer SF&F Reading (10/25 1130-1230): Still haven’t decided what I’m going to read (maybe something new?) but it’ll be queer.
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Mile Hi Con Schedule

Wow, it’s already time for Mile Hi Con! This has been one hell of a year. I’ll be at the convention Saturday and Sunday. And here’s my schedule:

Saturday:

  • Pride on the Pages; 11:00 at Wind River B
  • Group Reading and Discussion: Weird Westerns; 12:00 at Wind River A
  • Reading Game; 14:45 at Grand Mesa

Sunday: 

  • Fans Getting Active; 10:00 at Bristlecone
  • Writing Fan Fiction: The Good, the Bad, and the Other Stuff; 13:00 at Mesa Verde A
  • Gentle Art of Verbal Disagreement; 14:00 at Mesa Verde A

Hope to see you there! When I’m not doing panels, I will most likely be hanging around in the ground floor lobby. Feel free to stop by and say hello, and if you’d like a book signed, I’d be happy to do that for you.

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MileHiCon Schedule!

MileHiCon is coming this weekend, and I’ll be there! Here’s my schedule:

  • Friday at 8:00 PM Group Reading & Discussion: Strong Women, Bitches, and Villainesses
  • Saturday at 10:00 AM Better the Second Time Around
  • Sunday at 1:00 PM Drop-in Knitting/Crocheting/Embroidery Circle

As a note, I’m still recovering from having foot surgery, so I’m afraid I’m not going to be terribly mobile and I’m unlikely to do a lot of ancillary hanging out since right now all I want in the world is to prop my foot up and have ice on it. That said, I hope I’ll see you there, and feel free to say hello!

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[Convention] FenCon Schedule

A bit over a week until FenCon! Here’s where to find me:

Fandom after Dark (M): Friday 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM Live Oak

With the increasingly mainstream nature of genre entertainment and the internet savvy of children, gone are the days when graphic fanfics can only be seen in obscure zines. With adult fan content being produced for just about every series out there, does fandom have some responsibility to keep the overly dark or sexual fan works away from their canon counterparts?

You Got SF in my Mystery! (M): Saturday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Addison Lecture Hall

There is a long tradition of mysteries solved by science in hard science fiction. Our panelists discuss some of the best ones.

Reading: Saturday 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Pecan

I read something out loud. You know how this works. There will be cookies.

Getting the Geos Right: Saturday 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Live Oak

Geology and geography and how they should shape your fictional society.

Climate Change: Now what?: Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Red Oak

Assuming climate change is real, what do we do now? Can we stop it? Should we try? How bad can it get?

Why Worldcon?: Sunday 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Trinity I – IV

The World Science Fiction Convention was held in San Antonio last year. Our panelists discuss what you missed and if you attended, why you might want to go go another Worldcon.

Three Bladed Blaster Swords?!?: Sunday 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Trinity I – IV

Some of the coolest weapons and fight scenes would never work in the real world. However, many stories wouldn’t be nearly as much fun without their crazy weapons. Let’s talk about some of our favorite bad weapons from movies, TV, games, and novels.

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LonCon 3 Schedule

Subject to change, of course. (Why yes, I am sitting around in a hotel room [possibly in my underpants because I forgot to pack pajamas] and catching up on all the shit I should have been doing for the last month. Why do you ask?)

Saturday

  • 16:30 – 18:00 – Just Three Cornettos
    • The Simon Pegg/Nick Frost/Edgar Wright “Cornetto trilogy” concluded last year with The World’s End, following Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. What is the trilogy’s place in British SF? The panel will discuss why the films’ endings are so unconventional, what the trilogy had to say about topics such as society and consumerism, masculinity and maturity, and the British landscape … And they’ll decide which fence gag is best.

Monday

  • 10:00 – 11:00 – Mythology and Folklore in Anime
    • Fantastical anime often have mythical or folkloric entities at their core, Japanese or otherwise: the demons of Inu Yasha, the many retellings of Journey to the West, the dragons of Spirited Away. Which tropes and stories seem to crop up most often? Which creators are most creative in their use of mythological and folkloric elements?
  • 13:30 – 15:00 – Tapped Out – from Magic to Netrunner
    • Discussing some of the best things about card games, past and present!
  • 15:00 – 16:30 – The Scientific Culture
    • Is there a scientific culture? The success of The Big Bang Theory, XKCD and PhD Comics suggest that there is, but if so, what is scientific culture? What values and attitudes can there be in common between fields as diverse as biology and cosmology? What experiences and views are shared by scientists across such disparate fields, and why are they different from the experience and views of non-scientists? Is this important, and should SF writers and fans be taking notes?

 

 

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SoonerCon Schedule

A little late posting this but… if you’re in OKC and at SoonerCon, say hi to me!

Saturday

  • 10:00 AM – Reading : Rice – Readings
  • 1:00 PM – Fantasy and Film: The Language of Dreams Made Visible : Mann – Film/TV/SFX
  • 3:00 PM – Damsels De-Stressed: Women In Steampunk : Cain – Horror/Steampunk
  • 5:00 PM – Politics, Religion, and & Science? : Cain – Horror/Steampunk

Sunday

  • 10:00 AM – Koffee Klatch : Cantina
  • 2:00 PM – Building A Mystery: Mystery and the SF/F Genre : Maynard – Writing
  • 3:00 PM – If Everyone Is a Skeptic, Then Who Is Telling the Truth? : Ballroom C – Main Programming
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ArmadilloCon Schedule

Yes, I will be at ArmadilloCon this year, and here’s my schedule!

TV Shows You Should Be Watching – Fri 11:00 PM-Midnight Room D

There are some very good science fiction and fantasy shows out there.  Do you need to update your recorder?

Watch Out for that Plothole! – Sat 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Room E

Our panelists give you tips and advice on fixing the plotholes in your works.

Alcoholic Drinks in Fiction – Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Room F

Discussing the drinks mentioned in stories, movies and tv.

Reading – Sat 11:00 PM-Midnight Southpark A

I know it’s late, BUT THERE WILL BE COOKIES.

Women in Science – Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Room D

While more women are getting noticed, has this led to more women in science.  The trials and tribulations of making it in a field full of goofy, nerdy men.

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ConDFW schedule

Whoops, and it’s almost time to head up to Dallas for ConDFW! Here’s my schedule for the convention, please come say hello to me if you’ll be there. I should be easy to spot. Look for the red-headed dapper sir wearing a waistcoat (and at least one of the days, a top hat).

Time: Saturday, 11AM
Panel name: Androids at the Dinner Table: Gadgets, Social Media and Society
Location: PROGRAMMING 2 (Chinaberry)
Description: We see it more and more in this day and age: a group of friends at a restaurant, every one of them with their smart phone open and texting away. The age of the Internet is not upon us, it passed by about twenty years ago. What is acceptable in this day and age? Our panelists discuss this and other issues. Note: If your cellphone rings during this panel, you will be mocked mercilessly, and then debated about for a good twenty to thirty minutes.

Time: Saturday, 4pm
Panel name: One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor: Creating Maps
Location: PROGRAMMING 2 (Chinaberry)
Description: It is amazing how much easier you can visualize a world once you have built a map of it, or see a map on the first few pages of a book you picked up. But how do you build such a map so it doesn’t look like a five year old scribbled on a napkin with random crayons? Our resident scientists and creative artists help collaborate to build a map that inspires the imagination. Note: Maps may or may not allow you to simply walk into Mordor.

Time: Saturday, 5pm
Panel name: READING!
Location: READING (Trinity VIII)
Description: I will be sharing the room with K. Hutson and Selina Rosen. And I will bring some kind of sweet treat, because I am not above petty bribery.

Time: Sunday, 1pm
Panel name: The Science of Comedy: The White Face Clown vs The Red Face Clown
Location: MAIN PROGRAMMING (Addison Lecture Hall)
Description: In a book by Eric Idle, “The Road to Mars”, the idea of typecasts for humor is explored. There is the White Face Clown, generally thin and never gets pied in the face. Then there is the Red Face Clown, generally fat and jovial, who always gets pied in the face. Examples of this are Laurel and Hardy, or Penn and Teller. Is there any truth in this? Our humorists debate, and pies may be thrown.

Time: Sunday, 3pm
Panel name: Upwardly Mobile: Writing about Dirigibles and Other Flights of Fancy
Location: PROGRAMMING 3 (Trinity VII)
Description: One of the most common sights in both Steampunk and Cyberpunk is the dirigible. Otherwise known as zeppelins or blimps, the hydrogen or helium filled craft lazily float through the sky. It is one thing, however, to imagine it. It is entirely another to be able to write about it believably. For instance, which of the above named craft has NO internal supporting frame? (Blimps!) Our authors talk about the differences and other things to know about when writing about semi-rigid airships.

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The FenCon Schedule has arrived!

And boy is it a full one!

FenCon X – October 4-6

  • Friday  9:00-10:00 PM  Under Pressure: Conquering the Oceans of Earth and Beyond
  • Friday  10:00 -11:00 PM  The Geek Nation Goes Mainstream
  • Saturday  10:00 -11:00 AM   Antagonists: More Than Just Villains
  • Saturday  2:00-3:00 PM   Tao and Again
  • Saturday  6:00-7:00 PM   The Moon be Domed!
  • Sunday  10:00 -11:00 AM   Ask A Scientist
  • Sunday  11:00 -12:00 PM   Women in Science
  • Sunday  2:00-3:00 PM   How To Capture and Tame a Wild Asteroid
  • Sunday  3:00-4:00 PM   Cynicism vs Idealism in SF&F

That’s nine panels! Whew! No reading, which makes me a bit sad, but it looks like I’ll be plenty busy. And five of the panels are science track. Guess it’s time for me to show I earned my degree–and to work for any food I weasel out of the con suite (because I really don’t like eating out often any more). Thankfully I’ve got a week and a half until the con, so I can try to do a little research to brush up on the more space-oriented panels. (Oh my fellow science people, if you have any recommended reading for any of these, please let me know!)

This will be my first FenCon, so I’m even more excited because it’s a new con, and a whole new region of the country. Everyone I’ve interacted with on staff has been incredibly friendly and responsive, so I can’t wait to meet them in person!

And if you’ll be at FenCon, I hope to see you there. Drop me a line if you want to try to meet up. There are always the evenings.