Marscon Schedule
Feb. 19th, 2013 09:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfSeeing as it's coming up here pretty fast. Marscon is a terrific general sf/f con held annually at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Appletree Square in scenic Bloomington, MN. This year, Marscon will be happening March 1-3 and additional details are here. GOHs this year are Claudia Christian (Ivanova for those of you who missed Babylon 5, but have heard the references), Harry Turtledove, G. David Nordley, Sarah Clemens and assorted other folks.
My schedule:
Strategies and tips for successfully marketing your geeky creative endeavor or business on various social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and LinkedIn will be discussed.
With: Hal Bichel, mod.; Rachel Gold, Christopher Jones, Heather Luca, Catherine Lundoff, David Schwartz
An annual event. Members of Broad Universe do short readings from their recent work.
With: Catherine Lundoff, host; Kimberly Long-Ewing, Kathryn Sullivan
Bandana Square Cons Party Hosted by three cons to be held at the Best Western—Bandana Square, St Paul this year: Con-Sarnit Six, a Western convention, Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8; Diversicon 22, a multicultural, multimedia speculative fiction convention, August 2-4, with Guest of Honor Jack McDevitt and Special Guests Catherine Lundoff and Roy C. Booth; and Arcana 43, a convention of the dark fantastic, October 18-20, with Guest of Honor Tim Kirk.
The good, the bad, the ugly (Logan’s Run, anyone?). Which depictions of old(er) characters have you enjoyed? Hated? What makes an older character seem real to you? What would you like to see in new portrayals?
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Ruth Berman, Rebecca Marjesdatter, Kathryn Sullivan
Panel on writing SF/F with historical or alternate settings and/or characters. Tips or tricks for writers, thoughts from readers.
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Ruth Berman, Doug Hulick, David Schwartz
My schedule:
Social Media Marketing for Creatives & Geeks
Krushenko’s (13th Floor) — Saturday 01:00 pm
With: Hal Bichel, mod.; Rachel Gold, Christopher Jones, Heather Luca, Catherine Lundoff, David Schwartz
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Saturday 05:00 pm
With: Catherine Lundoff, host; Kimberly Long-Ewing, Kathryn Sullivan
Bandana Square Cons Party
Krushenko’s (13th Floor) — Saturday 08:30 pm
Depictions of Aging in SF/F
Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Sunday 11:00 am
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Ruth Berman, Rebecca Marjesdatter, Kathryn Sullivan
Using History in SF/F
Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Sunday 03:00 pm
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Ruth Berman, Doug Hulick, David Schwartz