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Nothing like a doctor visit to make you feel fat. *sigh* Nuff said on THAT topic.

Today, I spent half the day writing and managed to get 1700 words written. My official first day after the end of the semester. (Yesterday was spent at the book signing and Meet & Greet, which went well. A special thanks to [livejournal.com profile] libwitch for sending down her posse. They didn't all intend to buy books, but I charmed them into forking over the cash. *grin*) Not bad for the first day, although tomorrow I need to DO MORE if I'm going to get the novel done before I head off to the AP Calculus grading session in Kansas City. I'll push to see if I can get twice that tomorrow. This shit it hitting the fan, so typically I can keep up some high word counts.

But the real reason for this post is to let everyone know my Balticon schedule. So here it is!

Friday 7 pm : The Outlaw Panel - Let pirates, highwaymen, and bandits assemble! Why do we like them and turn them into heroes by rewriting their history?

Friday 8 pm : Opening Ceremonies (assuming [livejournal.com profile] pbray and I can get there on time)

Saturday 1 pm : Writing the economics of magic

Saturday 3 pm : Reading

Saturday 5 pm : Autograph table - Hotel Bar Lobby

Saturday 9 pm : How Not to Make the Book of Your Trilogy a Letdown for Readers.
Create a plot that continues the story.

Sunday 10 am : Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox: What can you expect if you write
stories for a tie-in/shared world created by another writer? Tell us how this
works for an interested writer!

Sunday Noon : Getting Published: Learn about how to handle query letters, fiction and
non fiction book proposals!

So who all is going? Who will I see there? Which of these panels do you find interesting?

Date: 2008-05-16 12:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jtglover.livejournal.com
You won't see me there because I don't have the $$$ to go to another con right now, but those look interesting! Especially "How Not to Make the [Second?] Book..." and "Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox." Have a good time!

Date: 2008-05-16 12:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
I'm assuming they meant the second book as well, but I put the title up there as it was sent to me. *grin*

We'll miss you! I'll have a drink for you at the bar. Maybe two.

Date: 2008-05-16 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
OOOH! Grading session! Have a blast!

Date: 2008-05-16 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
It usually is a blast . . . and I sell a few books while there as well. Overall a good time, if you ignor the fact you're grading papers 8 hours a day. The gaming and drinks at night make it all worth it. *grin*

Date: 2008-05-16 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldestmuse.livejournal.com
I intend to show up, but not for the whole thing, since I have to work for most of it. I'll probably be there Monday and another day if my boss is nice...

Date: 2008-05-16 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
I'll be at [livejournal.com profile] pbray's panel on Monday at 11am, so check out her schedule and perhaps I'll see you there!

Date: 2008-05-16 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rosinavs.livejournal.com
I won't see you at Balticon, but I'll see you at the AP Reading in Kansas City!

Date: 2008-05-16 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Already planning on loading up on games and books! See you in the game room!

Date: 2008-05-16 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruthannereid.livejournal.com
Augh. I SO yearn to come. -_- Someday, when there is money....

However, if I were coming, the economoics of magic, the trilogy panel, and the "getting published" panel would definitely hold my attention.

Date: 2008-05-16 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruthannereid.livejournal.com
AAAH JUST FINISHED BOOK TWO STARTING ON BOOK THREE AT ONCE.

Really, really excellent, by the way.

Date: 2008-05-16 12:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Those panels do look interesting.

Glad you enjoyed book 2. I was expecting a post screaming, "How could you?!" at one point in book 2, but apparently you got past that. Most people feel book 3 is the best, so enjoy!

(And certainly tell everyone you know, post reviews, etc. I could use more word of mouth.)

Date: 2008-05-16 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruthannereid.livejournal.com
*laughs* I don't generally react "how could you" to things because... well, there's very little that authors I've read haven't done at some point or another. I'm more likely to be unpleasantly surprised than pleasantly. :D

I'll tell you this: in book one, I found Varis and the world interesting enough to keep reading. In book two, I began to really care about the people around her and what happened to them; however, book three is where I'm actually starting to love HER.

I have no idea if this makes any difference at all. :D Still reading! And enjoying!

Date: 2008-05-16 01:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmward14.livejournal.com
*user waves hand*
I just wish someone would email me my panels. :-P I'm confirmed. I filled out the request form. Argh.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Cheers and best wishes,
Jean Marie

Date: 2008-05-16 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pbray.livejournal.com
Hey, if you haven't heard from programming by now, it's worth dropping a line to them to check on your schedule.

See you in Baltimore!

Date: 2008-05-16 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmward14.livejournal.com
It's on tonight's agenda, for sure. Looking forward to seeing you there! Cheers and best wishes, Jean Marie

Date: 2008-05-16 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
I emailed them when Patricia got her panels but I hadn't heard from them for a day or two. Turns out they were still in the Bs when I emailed, but definitely follow up with them, as Patricia said.

Date: 2008-05-16 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmward14.livejournal.com
From Sue's reply, I gather that was my problem too. But I have the schedule and it is good, including the one I didn't sign up for. Serendipity can be a wonderful thing.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Cheers and best wishes,
Jean Marie

Date: 2008-05-16 01:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mindseas.livejournal.com
Expect I'll see you there. Outlaws and Trilogies sound interesting. Maybe sandbox, though I don't play in other people's sandboxes; I want them to play in mine. Will try to be by for autographs. What are you reading?

Date: 2008-05-16 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
I haven't decided what I'll read yet, although I've thought about reading something from the beginning of "Well of Sorrows". We'll see. It's getting a little late to be reading from "Vacant Throne", since it's been out for a while.

Date: 2008-05-16 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mindseas.livejournal.com
I'd like to hear something from the mysterious "Well of Sorrows" since I'd read the other three.

Date: 2008-05-16 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Hmm . . . I'll see what I can do. I'm fairly certain not much of the first 4 chapters of Well is going to change, so . . .

Date: 2008-05-16 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talithakalago.livejournal.com
I wish I was going. I'm just in the wrong country.

I'd most like to attend: Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox

Date: 2008-05-16 12:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Pesky seas and countries and that whole time/distance thing. Where are our transporters! We were promised transporters!

Date: 2008-05-22 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talithakalago.livejournal.com
If you get me a transporter, I promise I'll come to ALL your signings and lectures!

Date: 2008-05-16 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madkestrel.livejournal.com
So who all is going? Who will I see there?

Alas, not me. Have fun for me, please!

Which of these panels do you find interesting?

The Outlaw Panel. But I s'pose that's obvious. *grin*

By the way, I just read The Skewed Throne, and loved it! I let my son read it, and he loved it. So when I got The Cracked Throne...the Beetle took it and read it first! *pout* I'm hoping to get my hands on it this weekend. :D

Date: 2008-05-16 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Hmm . . . somehow I'm not surprised by the outlaw panel.

Glad you enjoyed the first book! Hope you get book 2 this weekend. And feel free to tell everyone to go out and buy book 1! Post a review! Pressure . . . well, you know the drill. *grin*

Date: 2008-05-16 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pbray.livejournal.com
Well we'll definitely by there by 8, if we're getting you there for a panel at 7 :-)

Date: 2008-05-16 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
You noticed that panel, huh? You think we can make it there by 7pm? If not, they've got me on plenty of panels, so it's not a big deal (although that panel certainly sounds fun).

Date: 2008-05-16 01:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] libwitch.livejournal.com
hehehehe!

Mary *loved* your inscription, and Cheryl is now complaining because once again she is getting no work done around her house because all she is doing is reading. She finished the new Dresden Files, then I loaned her the Historian and J. Strange and Dr. Norrel, and then all of Song of Ice and Fire (read those in three weeks) - and now she has started on yours....

Date: 2008-05-16 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Well, I certainly hope they enjoy them. Thanks again for having them come down to say hi!

Date: 2008-05-16 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sodyera.livejournal.com
All these seem interesting, and maybe I'll actually be able to attend one. However, Balticon is such a big gather that I find it unwise to guarantee being in any one place or time unless I'm on programme, which this con I am not.

Date: 2008-05-16 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Yeah, cons are that way. You go expecting to see someone and you never run into each other the whole weekend. And yet others you see every time you turn a corner or enter a room. It's weird.

But you can probably find me in the bar with Patricia Bray when I'm not on a panel. *grin*

Date: 2008-05-16 08:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sodyera.livejournal.com
Unfortunately, I usually avoid bars.

Date: 2008-05-16 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com
Not attending Balticon... current plan is that I will be traipsing around Vermont with my parents, looking at cows and monks and cheese, not necessarily in that order.

Good luck with your panels -- especially the sandbox one.

Date: 2008-05-16 08:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
I'll build you a sand castle. *grin*

You'll have to bring us back something Vermont-y.

Date: 2008-05-16 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com
minicows. Tricia has demanded it.
Image

Date: 2008-05-16 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
No Balticon, but Denvention is definitely a go.

Date: 2008-05-16 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Denvention is a GO! Hope to see you there (somehow, among the thousands of people who'll be there; you'll wear a duck hat, right?)!

Date: 2008-05-16 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
No duck hat, alas, but if you see a Victorian Time Traveller ( http://pics.livejournal.com/serge_lj/pic/00075dks/g2 ), that should be me.

Date: 2008-05-18 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jpsorrow.livejournal.com
Cool! I'll watch out for you.

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