My WisCon Schedule

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Barring subsequent changes, I'll be on the following:

Just Don't Be a Tool: Promoting Excellence in Audience Participation (scheduled)	participant			Sat, 10:00–11:15 am	Senate A
Moderator: Bill Humphries. Bill Humphries, Catherine Lundoff, Johanna Eeva, Maria Velazquez
A great panel requires a great audience. What audience behaviors send good panels off the rails? What questions elicit thoughtful replies? What methods can respectfully challenge ideas? What are the drawbacks to the "not a question, just a comment" style of interaction? How can the moderator or the audience head off bullying from the audience or the panel?
The Rise of the Anthology (scheduled)	participant			Sun, 1:00–2:15 pm	Caucus
Moderator: Sharyn November. Sharyn November, Alan John DeNiro, Theodora Goss, Eric M. Heideman, Catherine Lundoff
Every time you turn around, there's a new anthology out about faeries/steampunk/vampires/insert hot trendy topic here. Anthologies offer some great writing, but like so much else, sometimes the quality can be a little off. Are we living in the era of the anthology? How do anthologies get it right? How do they fail miserably? What does the "dream" anthology look like? Does it already exist? How do we feel about authors becoming editors of anthologies about their fictional universe?

And I may be reading at the Broad Universe Party on Sunday night - details are still getting worked out on that one.