Worldcon Schedule! and Contest

[jpskewedthrone]

First, here's my Worldcon Schedule! I'm packed (mostly) and ready to go! I'll mostly be on the road today, but I'm taking my laptop with me because, of course, I need to keep the contest going while I'm there. I'll try to keep people apprised of all of the antics and activities of your favorite authors while I'm there. I'm going to take a camera as well, but if past experience is any indication, not many pictures will get taken. I'll be too busy having fun!

Friday, August 7th:

12Noon: SFWA Table Signing: Joshua Palmatier
2pm: Author Reading: Joshua Palmatier
3:30pm: Preparing to Write a Series: Joshua Palmatier

Saturday, August 8th:

11am: Writing Workshop: Joshua Palmatier

Sunday, August 9th:

11am: Writing in a Culture Not Your Own: Joshua Palmatier
1:30pm: Signing: Joshua Palmatier
2pm: Kaffeeklatsch: Joshua Palmatier
4:30pm: Writing Gender Issues: Joshua Palmatier

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Small update on the novel and short story: I managed to cut the short story down to 6997 words, so I'm under the 7000 words limit. Sort of. I sent the short story in by email, and actually forced myself to go to the post office and mail the revisions to Shattering the Ley. So all project that had deadlines are out the door. I'm hoping to generate a few more projects while in Worldcon, so it's not just all fun and games, just mostly fun and games. *grin*

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And now, the on-going contest!

The winner for Wednesday is amguynes! Congrats! Get in touch with me here on LJ in a message or email me at jpalmatier@sff.net with the address I should mail the book to and a name if you want me to personalize it. Otherwise I'll just send a signed copy.

For everyone else, there's still 5 days left! I will be giving away a first edition signed hardcover of The Skewed Throne, one per day, for the next five days. The drawing will be done at random based on the comments received on that day's LJ entry. So if you enter today, you're in the drawing for today only; you have to come back tomorrow and enter again for a chance to win in the drawing tomorrow; then come back again for the next day, etc. You have to comment on that day's LJ post to enter for that day, so if you stop on by and I haven't had a chance to put up the post for that day yet, you'll have to come back when it's up to enter. You can enter as many days out of the 10 as you wish, even if you win on one of the days (if you win multiple copies, or already have a copy of the book, I assume you have some friends you can give the book to, or perhaps you can donate it to your local library, etc).

This contest is to celebrate finishing the revisions of the new book Well of Sorrows, coming out in May 2010 in trade paperback, AND to celebrate the release of Die Assassine, the German version of The Skewed Throne, which will hit the shelves on August 11th in Germany. Here's the incredible cover:





So if you're in Germany or can read German, RUSH--I say again RUSH--out and buy Die Assassine! Once it's out of course. (It is available for preorder on the German Amazon.com, along with book 2, "Die Regentin," to be released in January 2010.) And please, please tell all of your friends about it, since it's going to be impossible for me to do many signings and other stuff to promote it in Germany. Especially since I can't speak or read German very well.

And there you go! Enter the contest (just comment!) every day for the next 5 days, and buy my German book!

That is all. Carry on.

Comments

[arkessian.livejournal.com]

Obviously I need to cross more than fingers.

[controuble.livejournal.com]

I think you meant the winner for Wednesday since today is Thursday, but I know what a WorldCon can do to your space/time awareness.

P.S. - I figured out the end of The Plutonium Blonde before I was 3/4 of the way done. Starting on The Doomsday Brunette now.

[amguynes.livejournal.com]

Hey! Thank you! Address has been sent. And looking at that con schedule...ouch. Looks like they're going to be keeping you busy. Although that talk you're giving on preparing to write a series would be VERY useful to me, since that's essentially what I am writing.

Have fun at Worldcon, and congratulations on getting your short story edited down.

[inspirethoughts.livejournal.com]

Trying again! :)

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

*whine* I wanna go to your panels! I wish I could be there. Especially for the "writing a series" panel. Dang. I don't suppose I could make puppy-eyes at you for a post about such things? :)

[trektone.livejournal.com]

Congrats on meeting the deadlines.

I understand from other writerly folks who attend Worldcons there is much "work" that can be accomplished in addition to basking in the glow of fannish attention.

Have you been to any World Fantasy Cons? From the few I've gone to it's very much a writer/editor/publisher event. Love the dealers' room (books! books! books!), but overall I prefer Worldcons. I probably won't go to this year's WFC held in San Jose, an hour's drive from me.

[sboydtaylor.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wish I could make it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on starting a series.

[phantasm13.livejournal.com]

*is having Worldcon envy*

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

*comments*

[hiddleasaurus.livejournal.com]

Crossing my fingers this time and trying again. :)

[greenmtnboy18.livejournal.com]

contest contest contest contest contest contest contest

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Comment!

I am having Con Envy in the worst way. My friends are going to either WorldCon or went to WriterCon or both, and I just can't seem to save the money to go to one of these things myself. ARGH.

[comradecharlie.livejournal.com]

Oh, almost forgot! Here's my comment for today.

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Have fun at Worldcon, Joshua.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

Amazing what people (like me) will do for something free, innit?

[unpissenlit.livejournal.com]

Oooh, busy schedule.

Congrats on getting under the 7000 word limit!

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

Contest me! :)

[dogzilla30.livejournal.com]

It seems you'll be quite busy at Worldcon. I hope you have a great time.