NORWESCON!!!!

[jpskewedthrone]

So this Thursday I will be getting up, teaching, then climbing on a plane an flying to Seattle to attend NORWESCON!!! I've attended this con for the last five years . . . I think. At least four. I started going the year before The Skewed Throne came out, because DAW was the guest publisher. And I have friends and relatives in Seattle I could visit while there. I loved the con--which contains a literary track, costume track, and game track, everyone getting along with everyone else--and so have returned again and again. For those in the area (or not), I highly recommend it!

And for those attending, here's my schedule:

Friday, April 2nd:

10:00 a.m.: Don't Say It, Have the Characters Say It

How can you avoid big blocks of narrative data-dump? By having characters
dump the data! Come join our panelists as we discuss different ways to have
the characters do the telling, while the author just does the writing.
Joshua Palmatier (M, hmm I should probably prepare for this), Alma Alexander,
A.M. Dellamonica, Jean Johnson, Kevin Radthorne

9:00 p.m.: Hey, Check out the Sex Scene in My Fantasy

Writers discuss the challenges and rewards of writing sex scenes. What do
you need to construct believable sex scenes? How can you tell when they are
a necessary addition to the plot? Is it O.K. to just be hot? How explicit
do you need to be to best serve your story? Examples may be read aloud, so
use your judgment if you are easily embarrassed. Greg Cox (M), Mark Henry,
Joshua Palmatier, Eden Robins

Saturday, April 3rd:

9:00 a.m.: Building a Balanced Mythos

When building a religion for your world, how do you make it balanced and
plausible without riffing off of existing religions? How will myth and
religion impact your plot and motivate your characters? Why should there
be several types of belief systems on a world? Mary Robinette Kowal (M),
Jason Henninger, Joshua Palmatier, Mary Rodgers

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.: Reading: Joshua Palmatier

"Mastihooba," SF Horror short story, Rated: PG; Joshua Palmatier

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The "Mastihooba" short story I'll be reading from comes from the anthology Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, edited by Jennifer Brozek, and is being released on April 4th. I've been told that there will be copies of the anthology for sale at the con. You can preorder the anthology here if you're interested. Or pick it up at the con!





I haven't heard anything about an autographing session, but if you find me at the con at some point, I'm more than happy to autograph books or anthologies for you. They don't even have to be mine! *grin*

Hope to see you all there!

Comments

[lunalila.livejournal.com]

It seems great fun!
I wish I lived near. But we've got an ocean of distance :)
Enjoy yourself, and do come back and tell us the poor ones in Europe what it was like, please.

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure I'll be blogging during the con itself. I'm taking my little notebook for that purpose anyways. *grin*

[(Anonymous)]

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[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Sounds like so much fun--have a great con!

[anghara.livejournal.com]

Hey, you want to grab lunch or something at some point again...?

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

We should certainly try to catch lunch! We'll have to try to coordinate schedules once we're there.

[jennifer-brozek.livejournal.com]

FYI... we're back to the "may" have copies but will have a proof copy for sure. It depends on how the mail does with the books. I'd like them to get here before I go to con but if they get here after I leave but before the end, my husband will drive them down to the covention hotel.

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

Ah, well then I'll print out a copy of "Mastihooba" for my reading. Hopefully the copies get there though! I want to wave a copy in front of those attending my panels. *grin*