Marson 2012 Schedule - "Rockin' the Apocalypse!"

Marscon 2012 is coming up here - March 9-11, to be precise. It will be the usual fun of a 3 day sf/f convention - books, panels, music, masquerade, gaming and good conversation. It's one of my favorite local cons, what with being both fun and small enough to enjoy and get around at. Come on down and check it out!

Here's the main schedule:
http://marscon.org/2012/program_schedule.php

And here's what I'm doing:

Writin’ the Apocalypse

Krushenko’s (13th Floor) — Saturday 11:00 am

An overview of literary accounts of the apocalypse, from Revelation to Ragnorak, to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s The Last Man, Philip Wylie’s When Worlds Collide, Nevil Shute’s On the Beach, Richard Matheson’s I am Legend, and much more. Who writes a really good apocalypse? And what about an apocalypse we love to hate? Ecological devastation, nuclear war, zombies, apes, the Umbrella Corporation—pick your poison and come discuss.
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Roy C. Booth, Eric M. Heideman, Lyda Morehouse, Edward E. Rom

In Memoriam: Anne McCaffrey, 1926-2011

Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Saturday 12:00 pm

On the life and works of the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern and The Ship Who Sang.
With: Catherine Asaro, S.N. Arly, mod.; Catherine Lundoff, Lyda Morehouse, Kathryn Sullivan

Women at the End of the World, or What Can That Boy Do With His Dog?

Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Saturday 04:00 pm

We’ve come a long way since “A Boy and His Dog,” but not as far as many of us would like. Tank Girl, Major Eden Sinclair in “Doomsday,” Katniss Everdeen, Loup Garron of Santa Olivia and Sarah Connor are some of the more recent post-apocalyptic women, but are they enough to get us past being victims/food? Come talk about the post-apocalyptic you love or hate and what you’d like to see next.
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Rebecca Marjesdatter

Broad Universe Rapidfire Reading

Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Sunday 01:00 pm

Members of Broad Universe read short excerpts of their work.
With: Catherine Lundoff, host; Catherine Schaff-Stumpf, Kathryn Sullivan, Anna Waltz

Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice awards are open for nominations

For lesbian fiction titles in multiple genres published in 2011. You do need to register for the Yahoo Group to nominate and vote.
From the group post:

The database has been open and is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards for Favorite Books and Favorite Writer.

Please provide all information requested when you nominate. All nominated books must have release dates between January 1 and December 31, 2011.

The direct link to the Database is:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LesbianFictionReadersChoiceAwards/database

You will need to log into Yahoo to access the LFRCA group and/or Database.

SIlver Moon cover!

My first novel, Silver Moon, comes out from Lethe Press in May, 2012. Silver Moon is about transformation and discovery and new beginnings. It's also about a divorced middle-aged woman named Becca Thornton who discovers that she turns into a werewolf as she enters menopause. And that she's not the only one. A number of women in her town of Wolf's Point seem to have had the same experience and she's now their newest Pack member. But it's not all protecting the town and running through the woods howling at the moon. There are werewolf hunters in town and they've got Becca in their sights. Join Becca's wild ride this May.

Silver Moon is up for preorder at Amazon (I know Amazon sucks but unfortunately they drive the sales for a lot of small presses and preorders drive print runs, just saying). I'll also be doing events in Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison (WisCon) and the Twin Cities to celebrate. More updates closer to the big kickoff!