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mmerriam ([personal profile] mmerriam) wrote2009-05-16 05:46 am

CONvergence Schedule

Friday:

 Signing

Venue: Autograph Table
Start:
2:00 pm   End: 3:00 pm
About: Dana Baird, Michael Merriam and Joel Arnold
Panelist(s): Michael Merriam, Joel Arnold, Dana Baird

MinnSpec Meeting

Venue: Cabana 118
 Start:
5:00 pm   End: 6:00 pm
About: Come learn about this resource for local aspiring science ficiton and fantasy writers.
Panelist(s): Hilary Moon Murphy, Michael Merriam

 

Saturday:

 Reading

Venue: Vista Suite
Start:
11:00 am   End: 12:00 pm
About: The author of "Shimmers & Shadows" reads from of his work.
Panelist(s): Michael Merriam

Disabilities in Science Fiction

Venue: Cabana 118
Start:
12:30 pm   End: 1:30 pm
About: 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?
Panelist(s): Michael Merriam, Elise Matthesen, Betsy Lundsten
 

 

Sunday

Writing Workshop For Teens

Venue: Vista Suite
Start:
12:30 pm   End: 1:30 pm
About: Michael Merriam will give some tips and tricks for young writers just getting started. The focus will be on the basics of story and story construction with some time for Q & A. As the name suggests, this panel is meant for younger attendees.
Panelist(s): Michael Merriam (mod)
 

 The Twin Cities School

Venue: Atrium 8
Start:
3:30 pm   End: 4:30 pm
About: The Cities have produced a lot of professional writers. Is there something in the water? Is it the great fans and built-in audience? Is it Dreamhaven and Uncle Hugo's? The Loft? What? Join area writers as they talk about the local SF & F scene.
Panelist(s): Kelly McCullough, Hilary Moon Murphy, Michael Merriam, Ruth Bermam



[identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com 2009-05-16 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
I decided after a few years of watching Geordi LaForge that I didn't believe in blindness being cured by one thing. I believed that Geordi got the visor and BlindGuy#2 had some surgery on his optic nerve and BlindGalA got treatments that changed her body chemistry and prevented her going blind in the first place and BlindGalB...you know what I mean here: blind isn't just one thing.

[identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com 2009-05-16 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Noting that disabilities panel, I should mention that I did sell that piece with a police detective with RP (I asked you a handful a questions about that one) to Baen's Universe....

[identity profile] queenofillusion.livejournal.com 2009-05-19 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Will be glad to run into you again at con. I'm on 4 panels, one with Dana!

July....

Veronica