Boskone Schedule

[jpskewedthrone]

Here's my schedule for the upcoming Boskone con. Who else is going? And help me out with the Character Assassination panel: let me know what books you've read where the author killed off a major character memorably.

Saturday 11am Character Assassination for Fun and Profit
James D. Macdonald
Joshua B. Palmatier
Allen Steele (M)
Charles Stross

The death of a major character often proves upsetting for involved
readers. How does it feel to the writer? What genre works have
killed off their own most memorably? Does it always help the story?
Which writers have a special gift for this dark art?

Saturday 12noon Mining Your Obsessions
Beth Bernobich
Patricia Bray
Gregory Frost
Joshua B. Palmatier
Tamora Pierce (M)

"Write what you know," they say. If you're writing about a poet who
lives on a space station, how does it help that you're nuts about
cycling, cryptology, forensics, mathematics, or blade weapons? Our
panelists will explore this and other questions related to finding
unlikely connections between what you're writing and what you care
about.

Saturday 5pm Kaffeeklatsch

Sunday 10am Reading (0.5 hrs)

Comments

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

Actually, that one's rather perfect. One not likely to be brought up by others, but which most people have probably read and will have an emotional reaction to. Thanks!

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

De nada. It's an interesting topic, and I'd attend if I were going.