Marscon!

[catherineldf]

The Twin Cities Convention Season opener is once more upon us this very weekend and I can haz a schedule. Yeah! :-)
For all general con info - marscon.org/2009/index.php

Here's what I'm doing, starting 10AM on Saturday morning and running through the afternoon:

Phantom Maids and Ghostly Avengers - Ghost stories are becoming popular once again but they never really go out of style. What makes for a good ghost story? Have they changed over time? What will they look like in the future?
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Ruth Berman, Eric M. Heideman, Rebecca Marjesdatter, Jason D. Wittman

Broad Universe Rapidfire Reading - A group reading by writers who belong to Broad Universe (an organization that promotes the work of women sf/f/h writers).
With: Catherine Lundoff, Lyda Morehouse, Kimberly Long-Ewing, Catherine Schaff-Stump

Good Things in Small Packages - Small and medium press publishing for sf/f/h writers and readers - what's out there? What are the differences between presses that do POD, ebooks and small print runs? What's in it for writers? for readers?
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Roy C. Booth, Lyda Morehouse, Bryan Thao Worra, Rob Callahan

Reading Outside the SF/F Mainstream - Small press, feminist, Carl Brandon Society winners, LGBT spec fic, and the list goes on. What's worth checking out? Are awards a good criterion? Bring your recommendations!
With: Catherine Lundoff, mod.; Rob Callahan, Bryan Thao Worra

 

Comments

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I'm especially sad that I'm going to miss those last two panels you listed. Have fun!

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

We shall miss you! Remind me when next our paths cross to buy you a belated birthday coffee, BTW. :-)
For what it's worth, I'm hoping to worm in an additional panel suggestion or two into the CONvergence panel list (the current list being something of a snoozefest) since I suspect that not too many of the guests had input. If I can get one or two more things, I'll try for these. More on this if it seems likely to happen.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I'm a little frustrated with CONvergence right now. I went to the programming meeting with a list of 30 possible panels that the writers and members of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers suggested and wanted to see (I'm the group's convention liaison)and I see three of them.

Dudes, if you're not going to listen to input from local writers for your lit-track (and other tracks as well), why do you solicit it?

Fun!

[thaoworra.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

I'm looking forward to it. I assume this is no holds barred?