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Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Meeting: Welcome to Minn-Spec! Come learn about this valuable resource for local science fiction and fantasy writers. Saturday: 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Krushenko's. Michael Merriam, host
What Negative Emotions is it Okay to Evoke in Your Readers?: How much of a social contract do writers have with their readers? What about making past memories come back painfully?
Breaking into Publishing in the 21st Century: An update of the perennially popular "Publishing 101" topic. What do you as a new writer need to know to get your big break? How is the process changing with the advent of printing on demand, audio books, and the paperback publishing industry in a state of freefall? Last year's advice on how to break into the business may already be obsolete.
Reading: I'll probably only have a half an hour, so I'll be reading something in support of Shimmers & Shadows, 25 copies of which just arrived this afternoon.
CONvergence
Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Meeting: Come learn about this resource for local science fiction and fantasy writers. This will be both a meeting and a group reading.
The Scoop on Writers Workshops: The ups and downs of local critique groups, online critique groups, Clarion, and Odyssey. How to get good feedback on your work without succumbing to group think, plus advice on what not to do in a writers group.
Disabilities in Science Fiction: Looking at the disabled through the lens of science-fiction - or do handicapped Captains get better parking places in space dock? What will we consider to be a disability if blindness is cured ala La Forge's visor?
No More Short Stories? With print periodicals becoming more and more scarce, it is becoming harder and harder to find SF short stories. As print media declines, however, other resources are opening up. We'll talk about some of your best options.
The Twin Cities School: The Cities have produced a lot of pros. Is there something in the water? Is it the great fans? Dreamhaven and Uncle Hugo's? The Loft? What? Twin Cities writers talk about the local SF & F scene.
Reading: I'll probably have an hour, so I'll read something to support Shimmers & Shadows, plus something new!
Group Signing: Joel Arnold, Dana Baird, Michael Merriam.
Diversicon
I'm sending in my registration tomorrow. I'll talk to Eric about being on panels at that point.
Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Meeting: Welcome to Minn-Spec! Come learn about this valuable resource for local science fiction and fantasy writers. Saturday: 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Krushenko's. Michael Merriam, host
What Negative Emotions is it Okay to Evoke in Your Readers?: How much of a social contract do writers have with their readers? What about making past memories come back painfully?
Breaking into Publishing in the 21st Century: An update of the perennially popular "Publishing 101" topic. What do you as a new writer need to know to get your big break? How is the process changing with the advent of printing on demand, audio books, and the paperback publishing industry in a state of freefall? Last year's advice on how to break into the business may already be obsolete.
Reading: I'll probably only have a half an hour, so I'll be reading something in support of Shimmers & Shadows, 25 copies of which just arrived this afternoon.
CONvergence
Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Meeting: Come learn about this resource for local science fiction and fantasy writers. This will be both a meeting and a group reading.
The Scoop on Writers Workshops: The ups and downs of local critique groups, online critique groups, Clarion, and Odyssey. How to get good feedback on your work without succumbing to group think, plus advice on what not to do in a writers group.
Disabilities in Science Fiction: Looking at the disabled through the lens of science-fiction - or do handicapped Captains get better parking places in space dock? What will we consider to be a disability if blindness is cured ala La Forge's visor?
No More Short Stories? With print periodicals becoming more and more scarce, it is becoming harder and harder to find SF short stories. As print media declines, however, other resources are opening up. We'll talk about some of your best options.
The Twin Cities School: The Cities have produced a lot of pros. Is there something in the water? Is it the great fans? Dreamhaven and Uncle Hugo's? The Loft? What? Twin Cities writers talk about the local SF & F scene.
Reading: I'll probably have an hour, so I'll read something to support Shimmers & Shadows, plus something new!
Group Signing: Joel Arnold, Dana Baird, Michael Merriam.
Diversicon
I'm sending in my registration tomorrow. I'll talk to Eric about being on panels at that point.
