Worldcon Schedule

[deborahjross]

for any who care about such things...

Thu 8/24  4:00 PM,
Title: WRITING WHILE HOLDING DOWN A DAY JOB
Participants:  Tobias S. Buckell, Sheila Finch, Jay Lake, Deborah J Ross, Sharon Shinn
Even some of the most prominent writers don't make enough from their writing to give up their day jobs. What compromises do you have to make to make it work?

Fri 8/25 10:00 AM,
ARE CLONES KOSHER?
Cynthia Felice, Richard Foss, Deborah J Ross, Sam Scheiner
When we' re finally able to clone a chicken breast, will
it be something that vegetarians will eat? Will it be Kosher? Halaal? Will it taste the same as the "original"? Will
anyone want to eat it? Many science fiction authors have speculated about "vat-grown meat", but are we actually on the verge of having it to serve on the dinner table? Will it help end famine and starvation, or just make things worse?

Fri 8/25 11:30 AM
HOW TO KILL OFF A CHARACTER
Alma Alexander, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, Madeleine E. Robins, Deborah J Ross
You spend time crafting characters, thinking about who
they are, what they want, what they care about. You tell
stories about them, lovingly crafted. Now it's time for them to die. How do you do it? And what can happen if you do.

Fri 8/25  5:30 PM
INTERMEDIATE WRITING
Jay Lake, David D. Levine, Mike Shepherd Moscoe, Deborah J Ross
So you've sold a couple things. Now what? How do you keep up your motivation, overcome writer's block, and reach
your next goal? And what should that goal be? How do you maintain your momentum?

Sat 8/26 11:30 AM
TURNING MENTAL BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
Jean-Noel Bassior, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Deborah J Ross, Karen Willson,
How to break out of that most dreaded prison of
creativity: writer's block. Having trouble finishing things? Ego not getting enough strokes? Our panelists will tell you what's
worked for them.

Sun 8/27  1:00 PM
READING

Sun 8/27  2:00 PM
AUTOGRAPHING

Comments

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Wow, I see at least three of these that I should really go to. I just wish they hadn't scheduled so many cool panels at the same time. ;-(

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

That's a measure of good programming, even if it is hard on the attenders! I hope you can make it to at least some of my events. We do need to hook up so we can transfer Stuff from my car trunk to yours