All things Fandom discussion

Check out the Dragon*Con 2010 Authors event to see who's coming this year.

Looks like some authors aren't on the official list at dragoncon.org, I'll start a list of the ones I know. Please add any you know of, they don't have to be goodreads authors.

Linda Robertson
Kasey MacKenzie
Kalayna Price
Kelly Meding
Jess Haines
Laura Bickle/Alayna Williams
Clay Griffith/Susan Griffith

I'll be there! So far I'm on a some panels in the Alternate History Track and I'll probably be on some in the YA and Lit tracks, and perhaps the Writers' Track, too (haven't heard from them yet, though).

http://www.kathrynhinds.com
http://www.goodreads.com/kathryn_hinds

Who do I contact to get on panels? I emailed somebody at some point but haven't heard anything yet. =) Looking forward to my first Dragon*Con!

--Kasey

ETA: Yeah I didn't notice the online guest application form until now, and it's too late to fill it out soooo...I won't be on the official guest list I guess. Silly me! =)

Kasey, it's such a huge convention it's hard to get the hang of things, so don't beat yourself. Look up the different tracks on the Dragon*Con site and see which ones your work falls into. If you're not on the list of attendees, it'd be good to contact the head person, if you can. Try FaceBook for Dragon*Con discussions.

Try emailing Derek at darkfantasies(at)dragoncon.org
you may be able to get on a panel even though you don't have guest status.

I will be there - easily found, as I'll have a display and table in the Art show, as well as scheduled appearances.

Adding Seressia Glass to the list and Kelly Meding has canceled.

Does anyone want to add their schedule here? Or just a link to their schedule?

Here is my finalized DragonCon schedule, both the author and artist's track; note also: I can be found at my table at the front of the Art Show (Hyatt) between these appearances. If you are from GoodReads DO introduce yourself! See you there.


Fri. 4:00 PM - Reading, University
Fri 5:30 PM - Autographing, Marriott, M301-304

Sat 10:00 AM - piping for Parade

Sat 5:30 PM Working as a Traditional Artist in the Digital Age - (panel) - Hanover G, Hyatt

Sat 10:00 PM - Fascinating Ways to Kill Off a Character (panel) Manila/Singapore/Hongkong - Hyatt

Sun 1:00 PM Delphic Oracle (guests tell a story one word at a time) Vinings - Hyatt

Sun 2:30 - PM Art Show Jury Discussion
Hanover G - Hyatt

Sun 4:00 PM - What's the Wurts that could happen?
Janny & Don on making dragons pop off the page - (panel) art, writing, and being BFFs with Anne McCaffrey.
Vinings - Hyatt

Sun 5:30 PM- Ingredients for great fiction (panel)
Manila/Singapore/Hongkong - Hyatt

Thanks Janny, I will. I'm really excited about Dragon*Con and I want to meet as many authors as I can.
I just wish they would hurry up and print the schedule.

Deborah wrote: "Thanks Janny, I will. I'm really excited about Dragon*Con and I want to meet as many authors as I can.
I just wish they would hurry up and print the schedule."

Deborah - you will find that the writer's track and Lit. track run all weekend long in the same rooms - so really, to meet authors - just pick a seat, get comfortable and hang out.

Attending their readings is a great way to have one on one time with them. Or an autographing IF there is not a line. (sometimes the lines work through so the end of the hour might be good chat time, provided you make way for latecomers who wish a book signed).

enjoy the con - see you there.

Good idea to let the GoodReads folks know our whereabouts! Hope to see you all there . . . some time, some place. Say hello. Here is my sked:

FRI 1-2:00 PM--Reading: Carole Nelson Douglas,
Edgewood Room, Hyatt. Three easy pieces.

FRI 4:-5:00 PM--Autographing, M301-M304, Marriott

FRI 8:30-9:30 PM--Panel: The Myth and Reality of Victorian London, International C, main floor Westin hotel. How authentic was the Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movie?

SUN 5:30 PM--Out of the Coffin, Montreal/Vancouver, Hyatt. Open vs. hidden worlds in supernatural fiction.

SUN 8:30 PM--The Beast Within: Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters, Cairo, Hyatt

SUN 10:00 PM--Marketing Yourself, Manila/Singapore/Hong Kong, Hyatt

MON 1:00 PM--Roundtable, Manila/Singapore/Hong Kong, Q&A panel answers audience questions

Here's my schedule -- and I'll be Tweeting impromptu meet-ups and other details throughout, if you like playing find-the-writer... (@LAGilman) (I'm very easy to approach. Just say "hi!")

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FRI 11:30 am-12:30pm: "The Physics of Your Magic"
Description: none given, so we get to improvise...! [mine's more chemistry than physics, really...:]

SAT 02:30 - 3:30pm: "Critique Groups v. Beta Readers"
Description: Is there a place for both? Which is the most effective? What do you look for in each?

SAT 05:30 - 6:30pm: "Supernatural CSI"
Description: Investigating crimes with the help of magical and psychic abilities.


SUN 02:30 - 3:30pm: DragonCon autographing

SUN 04:00 - 5:00pm: reading (FLESH AND FIRE: Book 2 of The Vineart War. I am thinking of doing an impromptu reading for the next PSI novel as well, if there's interest...)


I will also be part of the "Strolling w/ the Stars" on Sunday and Monday mornings, if you're awake and ambulatory then!