Minicon Schedule

These are the panels and readings I will be participating on at Minicon next weekend. Come by and say hello!

Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network Group Reading
Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm, Grand Ballroom East B (Readings room)

Minneapolis Magic, St. Paul Magic
The Twin Cities have very different styles; Minneapolis has been called the “easternmost Western city” and St. Paul the “westernmost Eastern city”. A discussion of how the two cities have come to have different aesthetics, attitudes and auras.

Naomi Kritzer, Betsy Lundsten, Michael Merriam, Lyda Morehouse (m), CJ Mills
Saturday, 7:00-8:00pm ~ Room 1/2

Reading:
Michael Merriam | Sunday, 11:00-11:30am, Grand Ballroom East B (Readings room)

Whose Responsibility Is It to Write for Me?
“Write what you’d like to read” is an often-heard refrain in fandom, as is “Want to see more X? Then write it yourself!” But this can be a cop-out: an excuse for writers to not broaden their perspectives, and to continue writing for groups who are already well-represented. If I want to see, for example, more lesbian SF, or more fantasy set in Southeast Asia, is it my responsibility to create it myself? What about those who can’t or don’t want to write?

Shannon Gibney, Rachel Kronick, Michael Merriam, Lyda Morehouse (m), Jane Yolen
Sunday, 3:30-4:30pm ~ Krushenko's

Minicon Schedule

These are the panels and readings I will be participating on at Minicon next weekend. Come by and say hello!

Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Network Group Reading
Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm, Grand Ballroom East B (Readings room)

Minneapolis Magic, St. Paul Magic
The Twin Cities have very different styles; Minneapolis has been called the “easternmost Western city” and St. Paul the “westernmost Eastern city”. A discussion of how the two cities have come to have different aesthetics, attitudes and auras.

Naomi Kritzer, Betsy Lundsten, Michael Merriam, Lyda Morehouse (m), CJ Mills
Saturday, 7:00-8:00pm ~ Room 1/2

Reading:
Michael Merriam | Sunday, 11:00-11:30am, Grand Ballroom East B (Readings room)

Whose Responsibility Is It to Write for Me?
“Write what you’d like to read” is an often-heard refrain in fandom, as is “Want to see more X? Then write it yourself!” But this can be a cop-out: an excuse for writers to not broaden their perspectives, and to continue writing for groups who are already well-represented. If I want to see, for example, more lesbian SF, or more fantasy set in Southeast Asia, is it my responsibility to create it myself? What about those who can’t or don’t want to write?

Shannon Gibney, Rachel Kronick, Michael Merriam, Lyda Morehouse (m), Jane Yolen
Sunday, 3:30-4:30pm ~ Krushenko's