Sorry to be so last minute about this, but better late than never. Especially since the DragonCon programming gods have been particularly kind, showering me with seven panels and an autograph session also featuring Chip Coffey, Elonka Dunin, Christopher Jones and Maggie Shayne. The schedule is:
Panels
* Those We Love to Hate, Villains in SF and fantasy; who are our favorites and why? Friday, August 31, 5:30 p.m., Greenbriar Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (SF/Fantasy Literature)
* I Love the Smell of Paper in the Morning, Print books vs. e-books…or should we even care? Friday, August 31, 7 p.m., Greenbriar Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (SF/Fantasy Literature)
* Effective tools for making that first sale, Saturday, September 1, 2:30 p.m, Manilla/Singapore Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (Writing)
* The Past is the Future, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and contemporaries; are they truly the basis for our current genre? Saturday, September 1, 4 p.m., Fairlie Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (SF/Fantasy Literature)
* Women in SF, Octavia Butler, Andre Norton, James Tiptree—is it any better now?Saturday, September 1, 5:30 p.m., Greenbriar Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (SF/Fantasy Literature)
* Wanted Alive…or Dead, Readership of sf is declining in favor of fantasy. Is it the cool factor?
Sunday, September 2, 11:30 a.m., Greenbriar Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (SF/Fantasy Literature)
* Non-fiction for SF and Fantasy, Sunday, September 2, 1 p.m., Manilla/Singapore Conference Room, Hyatt Regency (Writing)
Autograph Session
* Monday, September 3, 2:30 p.m., Imperial Ballroom, Atlanta Hilton
Hope to see you there. And yes, there will be chocolate at the signing. I’m a firm believer in candy bribes.
Cheers!
