Alanna McFall's Blog - Posts Tagged "fogcon"
Monthly Update- February!
This wasn't as much of a busy month, but February definitely had a fair amount of things in progress.
Writing:
February has seen a couple new projects for me, as I submitted a ten-minute play for this month's Monday Night PlayGround, and have a new novel project that I'm in the early stages of. I have been editing my full-length play "This Time Last Year", which will see its first full table reading this upcoming Saturday, and I cannot wait to see what that brings for the project.
Events:
FOGcon is in less than a week! I am participating in a reading, speaking on two panels, and will be thrilled to see anyone else who is around and wants to say hello! Get your tickets now!
Reading and Watching Resolutions:
Bit of a slighter month for reading. I finished Interview with the Vampire, which I was lukewarm on, and am nearly done with The Book of Memory, which I am unfortunately feeling the same about. But I have seen some great movies and was delighted by Birds of Prey.
General:
Atthis Arts, the publisher of The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, has a lot of new works and collections that you should check out. Support your indie publishers!
Writing:
February has seen a couple new projects for me, as I submitted a ten-minute play for this month's Monday Night PlayGround, and have a new novel project that I'm in the early stages of. I have been editing my full-length play "This Time Last Year", which will see its first full table reading this upcoming Saturday, and I cannot wait to see what that brings for the project.
Events:
FOGcon is in less than a week! I am participating in a reading, speaking on two panels, and will be thrilled to see anyone else who is around and wants to say hello! Get your tickets now!
Reading and Watching Resolutions:
Bit of a slighter month for reading. I finished Interview with the Vampire, which I was lukewarm on, and am nearly done with The Book of Memory, which I am unfortunately feeling the same about. But I have seen some great movies and was delighted by Birds of Prey.
General:
Atthis Arts, the publisher of The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, has a lot of new works and collections that you should check out. Support your indie publishers!
Join me at FOGcon, starting tomorrow!
The big day is here, the Friends of Genre Convention in Walnut Creek begins tomorrow! I will be speaking on a couple different panels over the weekend, and would absolutely love to say hello to anyone who stops by! My schedule is listed below.
Reading
Fri, 9:30–10:45 pm
I will be reading an excerpt from my novel,
The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, along with fellow authors Chaz Brenchley and Heather Rose Jones.
Small Scale SFF
Sat, 3:00–4:15 pm
So many well known SFF stories focus on saving or changing the world, yet smaller scale stories matter. Many people have talked about the difficulties of making domestic concerns story shaped.However it’s important to have stories about care-taking, love and warmth and good food. There’s value in small scale stories about people solving problems without violence, and stories about forming communities. These stories help us imagine that we can use the skills that we have to mend the world. So let’s celebrate small cosy and domestic stories!
Panelists M: Debbie Notkin, Laura Davy, Tina LeCount Myers, David D. Levine, Alanna McFall
SFF Podcasts: What’s out there and what does it sound like?
Sun, 9:00–10:15 am
There are too many podcasts for genre fiction readers and writers for any one person to keep track of on their own. What are the best for readers? Which are the most helpful for writers? How does the medium of podcasting change a story?
Panelists: Heather Rose Jones, Alanna McFall
Reading
Fri, 9:30–10:45 pm
I will be reading an excerpt from my novel,
The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, along with fellow authors Chaz Brenchley and Heather Rose Jones.Small Scale SFF
Sat, 3:00–4:15 pm
So many well known SFF stories focus on saving or changing the world, yet smaller scale stories matter. Many people have talked about the difficulties of making domestic concerns story shaped.However it’s important to have stories about care-taking, love and warmth and good food. There’s value in small scale stories about people solving problems without violence, and stories about forming communities. These stories help us imagine that we can use the skills that we have to mend the world. So let’s celebrate small cosy and domestic stories!
Panelists M: Debbie Notkin, Laura Davy, Tina LeCount Myers, David D. Levine, Alanna McFall
SFF Podcasts: What’s out there and what does it sound like?
Sun, 9:00–10:15 am
There are too many podcasts for genre fiction readers and writers for any one person to keep track of on their own. What are the best for readers? Which are the most helpful for writers? How does the medium of podcasting change a story?
Panelists: Heather Rose Jones, Alanna McFall
