seanan_mcguire | Entries tagged with con prep

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I have my Worldcon schedule!

Thursday.

Graphic novels in YA. 6pm, Wicklow Hall 2B. Comics targeting YA audiences are increasingly popular, often challenging assumptions about who reads comics and what they want to read. Some YA comics are also featuring more diverse voices, as creators and characters. What does this success say about the comics market? Can YA comics offer writers more opportunities? And what are the must-read YA graphic stories?

Friday.

Autographing, noon, level 4 foyer.

Kaffeeklatsch. 1pm, level 3 foyer.

Saturday.

Just a Minute, noon, Second Stage. From the BBC panel game, in which the contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation, or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards. An opposing contestant can challenge based on alleged violations of any of the rules, with byplay often ensuing. The fast-talking fun swings from silly to cutthroat as contestants try to win their points in a hilariously high-pressure competition.

Remember when we did this at Reno, and I discovered lists? http://www.scififx.com/2011/08/paul-cornell-hosts-just-a-minute-at-worldcon/

Window to the Soul: A Character’s Favorite Song. 2pm, Wicklow Room-4. Creators often use a character’s musical choices to show us their inner thoughts and hidden motivations: in Guardians of the Galaxy the music Peter plays is a link to his lost mother, in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles’s favourite song places him as a member of Generation Z, and Alex’s callous rendition of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ in A Clockwork Orange has gone down in infamy. Join our panellists for a walk through our favourite characters’ musical memories.

Into the Woods. 4pm, Wicklow Hall-1. From Little Red Riding Hood’s forests to Annihilation’s eldritch funghi, nature and plants have been a powerful force in fiction from historical fairy tales to far-future hydroponics. How have forests shaped fiction, and how has the use of nature in fiction changed over time? What do we love – or hate – about leaves?

Sunday.

Down the Rabbit Hole: the Appeal of Portal Fantasy. 10am, Liffey Room-2. In portal fantasies people are transported from our world to another, which allows the reader to learn about this new world at the same time as the protagonist. What is the appeal of portal versus secondary world fantasies? Why are portal fantasies so often written for children and teens rather than adult readers? The panel will discuss the appeal of portal fantasy and its place in the fantasy genre.

The Hugo Awards. 8pm. Come see me eat my own fingers in soul-shrinking terror of my nerd test results!

It’s almost time to return to San Diego! So where can you find me?

Wednesday.

I will be at Preview Night! I will be frantically shopping, like everyone else, and pin-trading at the Marvel booth for as long as security lets me. No official programming, always happy to say hello.

Thursday.

10am. Magic x Mayhem in SF&F. Room 28DE. This year’s Tor panel is going to be a hoot and a half! Come see us hoot and holler at each other like barely contained zoo animals.

11:30am. Signing. Autograph area AA09. I will sign anything I wrote during this session. Books, comics, whatever. No checks or babies.

1:00pm. Macmillan booth signing. Booth 2701. They usually have cool stuff at the booth signings. Come find out what.

3:00pm. Marvel booth signing. Booth 2329. Come see me sign Marvel comic books I wrote AT MARVEL! Bucket list!

Friday.

10am. The Future as I See It. Room 23ABC. Our moderator is hoping we’ll keep things upbeat, so come hear me talk about global slatewiper pandemics in a chipper, children’s-television-host tone.

11:30am. Signing. Autograph area AA06. I will sign anything I wrote during this session. Books, comics, whatever. No checks or babies.

1:30pm. Spider-Man! Room 5AB. Come ask insightful questions about Spider-Gwen and make me look good to my bosses!

4:30pm. Geek Geek Revolution. Room 8. We’re gonna get our nerd on.

6pm. Signing. Autograph area AA09. I will sign anything I wrote during this session. Books, comics, whatever. No checks or babies.

Saturday.

12pm. Penguin booth signing. Booth 1515. Again, cool stuff at the booth signings. This is a ticketed event; pick up your ticket fifteen minutes before we start.

5pm. Writing: Craft, Crossover, and Community. Room 23ABC. We’re gonna get our craft geek on!

Sunday.

1:15pm. The Pull List. Booth 2329. Come see me talk about comics live on stage at the Marvel booth!

2pm. Rebuilding and Reinventing the Modern Girl. Grand 12/13, Marriott Marquis. I get to sit with Sarah Kuhn!

…and then I go home.

If you find me throughout the weekend, remember that I carry prizes during con; check my Twitter for the day’s password. Hope to see you there!

Somehow, Emerald City Comic Con is upon us again, and somehow, I have agreed to be there! So where can you find me? Well…

Thursday.

Unfettered: The Power of the SF&F Anthology. 2:45pm, WSCC611. Come and listen to (hopefully) smart people say (presumably) smart things about science fiction and fantasy anthologies. It’ll be fun!

Autographing. 4:00p, Writers Block Author Autographing, WSCCL6. And then those same people will sign things.

Friday.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. 1:30pm, TCC L3-R3. I WRITE FOR MARVEL NOW DID YOU KNOW. COME AND HEAR ME TALK ABOUT MARVEL. BECAUSE I WRITE FOR THEM.

Worldbuilders Party. 7pm. If you have a ticket, see you there?

Saturday.

Consent is Sexy: The Art and Importance of Putting Consent on the Page. 12:15pm, WSCC3A. I trust my fellow panelists, I really do; this should be fascinating.

Autographing. 1:30pm, Writers Block Author Autographing, WSCCL6. And if we fuck it up, here’s your chance to tell us so.

Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, LIVE! 6:30pm, TCC L3-R3. Being a part of this show is a literal dream come true. Also Leah Williams and I are probably going to get sloshed live for your amusement. Show up for the mutant menace, stay for the happy drunk Emma Frost fangirls.

Sunday.

Authors on the Best Advice I Ever Got. 11:00am, WSCC611. I am gonna say some shit. And then I’m going to stay right where I am for…

Fantasy in the Mix. 12:15pm, WSCC611. Who needs to move?

Autographing. 1:30pm, Writers Block Author Autographing, WSCCL6. This is your last chance to get me to scribble on your shit, at least for this year. Come say hello!

I’ll be roving around throughout the convention, saying hi, running my usual scavenger hunts, and whimpering at the lack of Diet Dr Pepper inside the convention center. Remember that my love is always for sale: feel free to want it.

See you there!

In fact, San Diego Comic-Con is almost here! I’ll be rising bright and early on Wednesday morning (I have to be to the airport at 5am) to head to San Diego and let the fun begin!

But where can you find me?

Wednesday.

I will be a free-range creature! Feel free to say hello if you see me on the floor; I will have trivia questions and fabulous prizes for the first few people to manage a successful intercept.

Thursday.

Come see me and a fabulous cast of thousands on the Fearless Women panel, at 3pm at the Horton Grand Theater. Enjoy the fun and wonder of watching me and Victoria Schwab make faces at each other and pass notes like grade schoolers. A signing will follow at 4:30pm in the autographing area (back in the main convention center).

Friday.

Once again, no one tells me where to go or what to do when I get there, except for, you know, the various interviews and meetings. So if I look harried, that’s why. Again, find me for fabulous prizes.

Saturday.

Catch me at the Penguin-Random House booth at 5pm to get amazing goodies signed and added to your collection! Including The Girl in the Green Silk Gown comics (drawn by Britt Sabo) and some limited-edition dropcards with downloads of my Rose Marshall songs.

Sunday.

Come to Room 5AB at 11:15am to see a lifelong dream come true, as I appear on the one, the only, SDCC X-Men panel. I still can’t believe this is happening. No time to dilly or dally, however, since…

At 2pm, I’ll be signing at the Tor booth. Amazing goodies will be handed out, and supplies are limited. Moreso because by this point in the con, everyone is exhausted and just wants to go to bed.

I hope I’ll see you there!

It’s fall it’s fall it’s finally fall! And as is so often the case around here, my fall is not just booked, it’s multi-volume seriesed. I am about to start running and not stop for…well, way too long. And so, since some of you may be asking, it’s time to play everybody’s favorite game…

WHERE’S SEANAN?

This coming weekend, from September 29th through October 1st, I will be at Archon, in scenic Collinsville, IL! Come for the party, stay to watch me quest endlessly for cake. I really like cake in Illinois, y’all. It makes me happy. (Also come for the rare thrill of seeing me give a short concert with a guitarist I have literally never met before. This should be fascinating.)

In early October, from the 13th through the 15th, I will be at Another Anime Con, in lovely Manchester, New Hampshire! Better yet, I will have my Shawn. Ever wanted to see one of the funniest slice of life sitcoms not currently on television? Come and watch us move through the world together. We are a genuine delight.

In mid-October, from the 19th to the 22nd, I will be at the Ohio Valley Filk Festival, in glorious Worthington, Ohio, where I have the rare and delightful honor of being the OVFF Guest of Honor. We’ll be hitting a local haunted attraction on Thursday night, so wear your scare pants, and get ready for a good time!

Finally, in late October, Vixy and I will be fucking off to Disney World. You know the best thing about Disney theme parks? They let you pay in installment plans, and finish paying long, long before anything happens (like, say, your cat needing emergency surgery)…and they won’t give the money back, which means you have to go on your much-needed vacation no matter what, since otherwise, you’re just wasting your pennies. We’ll be gone from the 23rd to the 31st. During our absence, email sent via the website will probably not get forwarded to me (Vixy’s job), but that’s okay, as I wouldn’t be answering it anyway.

Where’s Seanan?

EVERYWHERE.

First, a…well, a disclaimer, if you will. Some of you may be aware that Alice (my eight-year-old Maine Coon) is not doing very well. I am thus more than a bit of a mess, and while I will still be attending the San Diego International Comic Convention (SDCC) this year, I may miss any specific program item with little notice. You have my sincere apologies for this fact. I wish things were different.

Onward.

Wednesday.

I will be roving the floor on Preview Night, and may have prizes for those who find me early!

Thursday.

Sixty Seconds with SFF Authors, 1:30pm, Horton Grand Theater. Come see Paul Cornell try desperately to herd cats through this comic game of never shutting up. Signing to follow.

Friday.

Signing, California Browncoats, 2pm.

Signing, Penguin Random House booth, 5pm. (Also swing by the booth for totally awesome and unique Toby Daye collectable boxes. They’re for sale, and they’re awesome.)

Saturday.

Signing, Penguin Random House booth, 2pm.

Sunday.

How to Create Your Own Novel, 10:30am, Room 8. I get to sit on a panel with David Gerrold. Let’s see if I vibrate myself to death. Signing to follow.

Fantasy Novels, 12:30pm, Room 8. I live here today. Signing to follow.

The Alien-Predator Expanded Universe, Room 5AB. …and now I’m on a panel with Alan Dean Foster, I can die happy. Signing to follow. Then sleep. Glorious sleep.

See you in San Diego!

It's almost time: this weekend I will be a guest at the one and only (and sadly final) AnomalyCon in Denver, Colorado. I...keep swearing I'll never go back to Denver, on account of how I get blazingly terrible altitude sickness, and then I keep going back because people ask nicely. But this still could be the last time!

Where will I be?

Friday, catch me at "Reinventing the Wheelchair" at 6pm in Mesa Verde C, or at "Sex in Young Adult Fiction" at 7pm in Windstar A.

Saturday, find me at "Submitting to the Process" at 10am in Wind River B, "Future Accessibility" at 11am in Windstar A, "Writing Villains" at 6pm in Mesa Verde A, or at "Hell Hath No Fury" at 7pm in Wind River A.

There might be additions to my schedule, so check your program book (and don't ask here, as I have no guarantee about how much internet access I'll have). And of course I'll be signing and smiling and looking faintly confused by the lack of oxygen all weekend long.

Come on down!

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Glee, "Silly Love Songs."

This weekend (by which we mean "Thursday through Sunday," because the weekend is a negotiable time period, and doesn't Thursday look fetching in that tiara?) you can catch me at Emerald City Comic-Con in scenic Seattle, Washington! Join me for thrills, chills, and a smashing good time!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE.

Thursday night, come catch me a Shipwreck, where six great authors destroy one great work of literature. We're doing The Sandman. And I do mean doing. This is not an all-ages event. This is porn. I am a porn lord. Endless help me.

Friday, I'll be signing at the University Books booth (2pm) and the Penguin Random House booth (5pm), and then it's off to Worldbuilders for a fun night of gaming and merriment. Seats are limited but still available as I'm typing this!

Saturday, it's Geek Geek Revolution at 1:30pm and the Death of Belief at 4pm, both followed by signings.

Sunday, come see me at the University Books booth (1pm), and then at the Orbit Books panel (2:30pm). And then watch me run for freedom and the comforts of my own bed, because I expect to be exhausted.

I will have prizes with me every day of the con for folks who find me and answer the trivia questions I will be posting on Twitter. First-come, first-served.

See you there!

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Miranda Lambert, "Mama, I'm Alright."

Are you a gamer? Do you like things that are fun? Are you planning to attend Emerald City Comic-Con?

I am anchoring a table for this year's Worldbuilder's Charity Party, and there are four seats left for the adventurous.

Come play with me! It'll be a good time. We all need a good time about now.

Yes. Play.

Good.

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Christina Perri, "Sad Song."

I am awed, honored, and a little staggered to be able to announce that I will be the Guest of Honor at OVFF 2017, to be held over the weekend of October 20th to 22nd.

For those of you in the filk community, I'm sure you understand what a huge honor this is, and why it means so much to me. For those of you not in the filk community, allow me to endeavor to explain.

Filk--science fiction and fantasy folk music, essentially--is a small slice of fandom that enjoys sitting up and singing songs late into the night. We sing about myths and legends and TV shows and comic books and each other (oh, how we sing about each other). It's not a huge community, with maybe a few thousand people worldwide (at best), but it's a tightly-knit one, and we take care of our own. We have the numbers and the ambition to hold multiple conventions throughout the year, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany.

And the biggest of all these conventions is OVFF, the Ohio Valley Filk Festival, in Columbus, Ohio. It is the Worldcon of filk. It is the brass ring. It is the goal. I was already honored to be their Toastmistress in 2005, and to be asked back is...

Well, it's everything.

I am beyond excited, and I am hoping to see so many of you there. I'm going to try to explain a bit more of what filk is over the course of the next year: let's see if I can't make filkers of all of you yet.

I'm Guest of Honor.

It's a dream come true.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Bill and Brenda, "Strangers No More."

I am in Iowa! I am enjoying the company of my adult friends, who are awesome, and their three-year-old, the Skeleton Girl, who is amazing. I am not the biggest fan of tiny humans, which is why I never elected to construct one of my own, but SG? Is the best tiny human. She's just amazing. I could play with her for hours. I have played with her for hours. So Iowa is awesome.

But! I came here for a con, and a con I shall have! This weekend in Cedar Rapids, the fun begins. Ain't no party like a corn state party, because in a corn state, I am at the height of my powers. BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

Thursday.

Pre-con signing event, 6pm. Before the con gets started, a bunch of the attending authors will be signing at the Cedar Rapids Barnes & Noble! No membership required. We hope to see you there.

Friday.

DreamCon Introduction, 1pm. This special con-within-a-con for teens is aimed at teaching writing skills and improving understanding of the science fiction community.

DreamCon Community Building, 1:25pm.

DreamCon Ask Me Anything, 3:05pm.

Opening Ceremonies, 7pm. Let's get this party started!

Saturday.

Zombie Mania, 10am. Whee.

Flipping Fairy Tales, 2pm. Watch me throw things at Jim Hines for an hour while we pretend to be professionals!

Author/Artist Meet & Greet, 3pm. Way too early to start drinking.

GoH Interviews, 4pm. ...but maybe it's a really, really good idea anyway.

Round Robin, 9pm. Once upon a time, there was a girl named Seanan, and she stole her whole panel away to the corn...

Sunday.

In Conversation with Seanan, 11am. I have a moderator? So this is not really an In Conversation... so much as it is some sort of interview that I do not fully understand. There may be a mutiny.

Vogon Poetry/Bulwer-Lytton Contests, 2pm. Welp.

Closing Ceremonies, 3pm. Goodbye, everybody! See you in the corn!

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Captain Tractor, "Gwenivere."

Because it is written in the stars that 2016 should be a month of near-constant travel, I am about to hop on yet another plane and soar off to New York, where I will do business, hug people, and oh yeah, appear at New York Comic-Con, the East Coast's Geek Prom.

So where can you find me? Other than staring longingly at the Marvel editorial team, trying to literally will them into hiring me to relaunch the X-Men?

Thursday.

Mira Grant signing, 2pm, Orbit Booth. I don't actually have booth numbers, but it will be listed in the program/exhibitor guide as either "Orbit" or "Hachette Books," and I will gleefully sign things for you. With my actual hand!

Friday.

Shipwreck, 8pm. This is a separately ticketed event, but believe me, you want to attend. Come and see several professional word people wreck a great book--in this case, The Princess Bride. Mara Wilson is our guest reader. This is also the launch for Loose Lips, the first ever Shipwreck collection. I wrote the introduction!

Saturday.

Scream Queens, 2pm, BookCon @ NYCC - 500 W 36th St. It's a Mira Grant panel, which means it's a party in a haunted house while the corn is closing in. Come for the fun, stay because we won't let you leave.

Signing, 3:15pm, BookCon @ NYCC 6th Floor autographing area. We will sign things, and probably not eat you.

Sunday.

Seanan McGuire signing, 2pm, Penguin booth. Again, I do not have booth numbers, but this one should be listed in the program book as "Penguin Random House." Come see me, and I'll congratulate you on surviving the convention!

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Ludo, "Anything For You."

It's time for bullet-point updates! Hooray!

* Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 21st) marks the release of RISE, the complete Newsflesh short fiction collection. This book gathers everything from "Everglades" through Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus, along with two never-before-published pieces, All the Pretty Little Horses and Coming to You Live. It's not intended as an introduction to the world--at least four of the novellas are post-the original trilogy, which makes them great whopping slices of spoiler--but I'm incredibly proud of this material, and over the moon about finally having a short fiction collection of my very own. I feel like Stephen King. It's pretty awesome.

* Today is the last day of the Unicorn Empire T-shirt pre-sale for their gorgeous Toby Daye design. Don't miss out!

* CrossingsCon is this weekend! The first ever Young Wizards fan convention, and I'm one of their guests of honor! I keep closing my eyes and remembering standing in my middle school library with So You Want to Be a Wizard in my hand, and I'll be honest: I feel like a wizard right now. In Life's name, and for Life's sake, I feel like a wizard. Because somehow, I have willed the adulthood I wanted into being, and for all that it's not perfect, it's the imperfection that makes it all seem real.

Everything is amazing.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: October Project, "Something More Than This."

I'm off to Kansas City, and ConQuest! A city I've never been to before, and a con I've never been to before! It's an adventure! (Note, before the comments can start: no, I am not going to WorldCon this year. I'm moving instead. All conventions I am attending are listed here, in the inchworm girl posts, and on the front page of my website. So this is your only Kansas City chance to see me.)

Wanna know where to catch me? Well...

Friday.

The Making of a Great Hero/Heroine, 5:00pm. "Writers discuss what attributes successful heroes and heroines should and often have." This can't possibly end badly!

Opening Ceremonies, 7:00pm. Now, those of you who have seen me during one of these things, you know I have a good time. And since I'm sadly missing closing ceremonies due to the timing of my flight, you should try to make this.

Saturday.

Surviving the Apocalypse, 11:00am. "Listen to panelists come up with a plan for surviving an apocalypse be it zombie or other. You'll want to bring a notebook..." Note that I am much more likely to be the cause of the apocalypse.

How To Become A Published Author, 2:00pm. "Authors and editors discuss the road to success in publishing." Yup.

Autographing, 4:00pm. What it says on the tin!

Sunday.

The Worlds of Seanan McGuire, 10:00am. "Hugo-nominated editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt will discuss the works of Seanan McGuire with Seanan." They were smart and made sure this panel was being conducted by one of my editors, which means it's waaaaaaaay less likely that I set something on fire. Shucks.

I hope I get to see you there! I'll have ribbons!

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Eddie From Ohio, "Big Yellow Taxi."

It's almost time for Marcon, Columbus, Ohio's own genre extravaganza! I'm their Author Guest of Honor this year...but where can you find me? Well.

Friday.

5:30PM, Union C: "Writing Non-Human Characters."

7:00PM, Union E: "You Got Your Song in My Book! You Got Your Book in My Song!"

Saturday.

1:00PM, Battelle South: Seanan McGuire in concert, featuring Dead Sexy! This is one of my favorite iterations of my ever-shifting backing band, and we are going to blow your socks off. Like, seriously, if you only come to one of my events this weekend, this should be the one.

5:30PM, Fairfield: "In Conversation With Seanan McGuire." It's the usual gig: you ask me questions and I will answer them, which means the quality of the event is entirely up to you. Show up, ask me stuff, and find out what kind of ridiculous reptile stories I'll tell while in the grips of an adrenaline crash after my concert.

Sunday.

11:30AM, Regency Ballroom: Autograph Session.

ISFIC will have copies of the new Velveteen book for sale, along with everything else they have to offer; we'll have CDs and some of the remaining T-shirt stock (rarities all!) at the concert merchandise table.

Hope to see you there!

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Prince, "Cinnamon Girl."

Hello, happy people! It's time for Emerald City Comic-con, Seattle's largest gathering of pop culture nerds in one building! Like, if the alien invasion comes this weekend, we're screwed. Anyway, if your boots are on the ground in Seattle, and you want to know where to find me, have I got the schedule for you.

Thursday.

I have no official programming! Hooray! So I will be wandering the show floor, seeing people, spending money, and remembering that I am a fan first, and an unstoppable alien terror second.

Friday.

The Orbit Books Panel. 2:45 PM, Room W603. Come join me and a host of other Orbit authors as we talk about the company, our works, and our plans for the future. Also whether harvesting the humans of Earth for food is really a sustainable invasion practice.

Saturday.

Signing at University Books. 3:00 PM, Booth 5100. Come get things signed! I like signing things.

Sunday.

Crafting Characters in Science Fiction and Fantasy. 12:00 PM, Room W603. A good story is nothing without great characters, and this couldn’t be truer when it comes to the tales woven in science fiction and fantasy books. Come and hear authors Peter Orullian (Trial of Intentions), Seanan McGuire (October Daye, InCryptid), Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicles), Peter Brett (The Demon Cycle), and Bob Proehl (A Hundred Thousand Worlds) talk about what goes into creating a great literary character. Moderated by Paul Constant of the Seattle Review of Books. Y'all, I am super excited about this: Bob Proehl's A Hundred Thousand Worlds is one of the best books I've read so far in 2016.

Signing. 1:15 PM, Autographing Table 29. We'll sign things!

Hope to see you at the con!

Current Mood: geeky
Current Music: Vixy getting ready for work.

It's time for Minicon, the annual convention of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society! I am this year's Guest of Honor, and I'm feeling fancy. So where can you find me?

Thursday.

Guest of Honor Reception, 8:00 PM, Ballroom. Come and meet the guests! Including me! Except a lot of blank smiling and hand-shaking, since I will still be all turned around after my flight from California. It's a party!

Friday.

It's Tough To Be An Introvert These Days: Promotion in the Days of Social Media, 5:30 PM, Ver 3/4. Ahem: "Artists in many fields and are notoriously introverted, but must be able to promote themselves on social media. How has social media changed the promotion of a creator's work? What are some effective strategies for self-promotion that don't feel like self-aggrandizement? What's so bad about self-aggrandizement?" So basically, it's the "how to talk about yourself when it makes you uncomfortable" panel. Yay!

Opening Ceremonies, 7:00 PM, Ballroom. LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN.

How to Survive a Horror Movie, 10:00 PM, Krushenko's. "Well now you've gone and done it, or somebody in your Scooby gang has ... you're now in the middle of a monster movie plot. How do you avoid doing something incredibly stupid that is going to result in making you a tasty, late-night snack? What gear do you need to scrounge up to be able to make it until daybreak? Should you split up (duh)?" Apparently, no one told these nice folks that the best way not to survive a horror movie was to refuse to let me sleep.

Saturday.

Seanan McGuire's Kaffee Klatsch, 10:00 AM, Bar. Okay. The blurb I have for this says "in conversation." Around here, "in conversation" means something specific, and this is not that. This is a Kaffee Klatsch. Sign up if you want to talk to me, in the company of a small group of people, for about an hour. Please do not sign up if you want to attend an "In Conversation...", as this is not that. I'm sorry.

GoH Interview, 11:30AM, Ver 3/4. I dunno who's interviewing me.

Psi Phy - Mental-Based Superpowers in Comics, 2:30 PM, Krushenko's. Quote: "Psionics used to be huge in written SF, but appeared to drop in popularity in the late 20th century. However, in graphic media such as X-Men, psionic concepts such as Professor Xavier's telepathy and Psylocke's psychokinesis are readily accepted. Was this due to the counterculture of the 1960s when such stories originated, rites of passage for teens, or something else?" Thrill as I try to make people's heads explode with my mind.

Parasitology, 5:30 PM, Krushenko's. "Parasites! Parasites! Parasites! Micro-organisms! What are the pros and cons of having a microbial symbiont in a person? What defines a parasites? How much knowledge do we not have about parasites? What's the difference between a parasite, a virus, a symbiote, and bacteria? Probiotics and Antibiotics fight it out! Two microbes enter! One parasite leaves!" I...what?

What's to Love About Horror?, 10:00 PM, Krushenko's. "It can be argued that horror is one of the more maligned sub-genres of SF. Why is it so underloved? What do horror fans enjoy about a scary story? What makes a good horror story? Why is dark fantasy still relevant, and how do the monsters of an era reflect culture? Which tropes still work, and which tropes need to be bludgeoned with an ax?" I'm not sure if this is "let's give them lots of room in the panel topic," or whether it's "let's see who hits who with a chair first."

Sunday.

Mermaids, Sirens, Selkies, and Other Water Creatures and Spirits, 10:30 AM, Krushenko's. "Oceanic water creatures have captured the imagination of humans since antiquity, as well as fresh lake mythological creatures. What are the differences between types of water spririts, such as Naiads, Nereids, and Rusalka? Why have some been portrayed as benign and others as dangerous?" Does it live in the ocean? Yes? THEN IT CAN DROWN YOU DO NOT ANNOY IT.

Interact with the Fae? Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!, 1:30 PM, Krushenko's. "What are faeries? What are the rules of proper interaction with members of the Fae, especially the Seelie and Unseelie Courts? What types of behavior are especially condemned by the Fair Folk? What means of protection can mere mortals use? How does a creator make meaningful interactions for fae?" I am not responsible if you come to this panel and then get yourself turned into a donkey.

Closing Ceremonies, 3:00 PM, Ballroom. I'mma nap on stage.

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Steps, "Happy Go Lucky."

Sometimes sitting on news is hard.

I mean, part of my job involves not telling people things until I'm given permission. I'm bad at remembering who I've said what to, and so usually, I just tell people everything, sometimes eleven times; that isn't always an option these days. I have to accept that it's not lying when I refuse to talk about embargoed information. Sometimes I have to accept that it's not lying even when it is, when people go "hey, do you know anything about ________?" and then respond to "I'm not allowed to say" with a smug grin and a "that means yes!"

Silence doesn't always mean "yes," but sometimes people thinking they've tricked me into saying something one way or another can mean that the thing doesn't happen, because now I've run my mouth off and can't be trusted and so I'm off the project. So I sit on news, and I say nothing whenever possible, and I tell absence of information lies when I'm backed into a corner, and I twitch a lot.

Here's my latest point of twitchy goodness:

HOLY SHIT Y'ALL I'M A SPECIAL GUEST AT THE 2016 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL COMIC-CON!!!!!!!!

Me! A Special Guest! At the con I've been attending since I was sixteen! Me! I AM A FANCY LADY AND I AM MAKING A NOISE THAT ONLY BATS CAN HEAR!!!

Sitting on this one was hard. But wow, was it worth it.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Thea Gilmore, "Hydrogen."

Next weekend will find me in Dallas, Texas, where I'll be appearing alongside my beloved John Scalzi as Guest of Honor at ConDFW! Updates to the schedule will appear on the website (and may not appear here, depending on my internet access), but here's my basic plan:

Friday.

3:00PM, Madison: "Google Maps is Your Urban Fantasy Guide." Join me, along with Gloria Oliver (M), Paul Black, Sue Sinor, and Bradley H. Sinor, as we talk about finding the perfect location for an urban fantasy story. I know none of these people, and I'll still be adjusting to a new time zone, so this should be fun!

5:00PM, Jefferson: "Reading." Right. Apparently, I'm going to "treat" people with a reading from my work. Given how much I hate readings, this is unlikely to actually happen; show up and see what I do instead!

7:00PM, Jefferson: "Opening Ceremonies!" John Scalzi and I get into a slap fight while the con chair tries in vain to control us.

Saturday.

10:00AM, Jefferson: "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" This is a con that loves its exclamation points. Join me, Marshall Ryan Maresca (M), Kathy Turski, Rachael Acks, Melia Newman, and Sue Sinor as we talk about what actually goes into earning a living in a creative field, and what's necessary to survive until that happens.

12:00PM, The Gallery: Signing. I will just be signing. Things. If there's not a filk dealer, this will also be where I sell CDs out of my backpack.

2:00PM, Jefferson: "Q&A with Seanan McGuire." Someone I have never met is going to ask me questions! Because that never goes poorly for anyone!

4:00PM, Jefferson: "Magic vs Technology II: Exploring Technology in Urban Fantasy." This is part two of a panel where part one happened last year, so I'm going to, I don't know, horn in on the party and maybe take a nap beneath the table? Or build a rocket out of paperclips, I guess. Come see me get confused.

6:00PM, Jackson: "Celebrity Artemis." I get to drive a spaceship. Hopefully I can be the science officer. We'll find out!

Sunday.

12:00PM, Hamilton: "The Wand of Deus Ex Machina." Join me, Kristi Hutson (M), Michael Ashleigh Finn, Paul Black, and Bradley H. Sinor as we talk about that time one of my high school GMs wouldn't let my character have a machete, even though you could totally buy one at the local flea market for five dollars, so he was just being a jerk because I wouldn't go out with him.

2:00PM, Hamilton: "Location, Location, Location: House of Horrors." Join me, Katherine Sanger (M), Michelle Muenzler, Aaron de Orive, and Jeff Dawson as we talk about scary places. Like that awesome abandoned slaughterhouse in Tuscon, AZ, where I made my GoH handler take me before dinner.

3:00PM, Jefferson: "Intelligence is Overrated." Thrill as I probably miss what sounds like a really interesting panel about protagonist psychology to run for the airport!

Will I see you at the con?

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: devics, "Key."

It's time for CHESSIECON! I will be found this coming weekend in scenic (and increasingly chilly) Maryland, doing my con thing along with some of my favorite humans, including Ursula Vernon, Tamora Pierce, and the lovely ladies of Lady Mondegreen! Where can I be found? Well...

Friday.

Reading: Seanan McGuire 3:00 GS3-5
Signing: Seanan McGuire 4:15 GS3-5
Different Strategies for Attracting Female Readers 6:45 GS3-5
Questions From a Hat 8:00 GS3-5

What will I read? No one knows! What will I sign? Whatever you put in front of me! What the hell is "Questions From a Hat"? WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.

Saturday.

Seanan and Ursula Have a Chat (Maybe About Frogs) 11:15 GS3-5
In Conversation with Seanan McGuire 1:45 GS3-5
Concert: Lady Mondegreen 5:30 GS3-5
Group Book/Art/CD Signing 6:45 Atrium

Apparently, I am going to talk a lot. And then I'm going to sing! This will be the first time the three founding members of Lady Mondegreen have performed together on stage since 2007. So come see the trainwreck!

Sunday.

KaffeeKlatch: Seanan McGuire 11:15 C6
A Princess With a Sword Is Still a Princess: Modern Adaptations of Fairy Tales Sunday 12:30 GS3-5

...it's gonna be a fun con, and I hope to see many of you there. I will have a limited number of albums for sale (limited because I can only carry so much).

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Me and Tony, "Washington Rose."

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Where's Seanan at Worldcon 2019?

Geek prom fast approaches: finding Seanan at SDCC 2019.

Where's Seanan?: The Emerald City 2019 edition.

San Diego Comic-Con approaches!

Into the wild blue yonder or, where's Seanan? The September/October edition.

Where's Seanan? The SDCC 2017 edition.

Come see Seanan suffocate on top of a mountain!

Come see Seanan in her natural habitat: a comicon!

Let's play a game for a good cause!

OVFF 2017: When the corn sings, we all sing.

Where's Seanan? The ICON edition!

Where's Seanan? The New York Comic-Con edition!

This is going to be a fun week.

Where's Seanan? The ConQuest edition!

Where's Seanan? The Marcon edition!

Where's Seanan? The Emerald City Comic-con Edition!

Where's Seanan? The Minicon edition!

In which Seanan is a Special Guest at the San Diego International Comic-Con.

Where's Seanan?: The ConDFW edition.

Where's Seanan?: The Chessiecon edition.

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