I totally forgot to post this anywhere. But if you're at CONvergence this weekend, here's where you can find me:

SATURDAY, JULY 2

11 am - DoubleTree Atrium 2 - "Remembering the Phantom Tollbooth": Norton Juster's "The Phantom Tollbooth" is full of word play you may not have caught when you read it as a child. Let's discuss the book through an adult' ( Read more... )

Yeah, so... I nearly entirely forgot about MarsCON this year. But, I was saved, last minute, by the lovely and talented Eric Heideman and Krushenko's programming. So, here's my MarsCON schedule:

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

10:00-10:50 AM, KRUSHENKO'S (ROOM 1117). PANEL: WHAT DO YOU LIKE (AND DISLIKE) ABOUT WRITING? Writers discuss what they like and dislike ( Read more... )

CONvergence is this weekend. In fact, my con will probably start Wednesday night. I don't have a TON of panels this year, but enough to keep me coming back pretty much every day of this four day con ( Read more... )

Thanks to an unnamed pharmacist at Walgreen's, there is, shall we say, 'movement' in Shawn's recovery ( Read more... )

Seriously, these CONvergence people are good. I really rather adore waking up to have my schedule magically in my in-box. Here's today's:

3:30pm-4:30pm
Plaza 2
Anime Series: Year in ReviewA yearly showcase of the past year's best anime series, presented by a group of anime fans who've watched and enjoyed them. Those looking to enter the anime ( Read more... )

I don't have a smart phone, so I can't live tweet everything as it goes down at CONvergence, but I thought I would post today's schedule:

FRIDAY

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Atrium 6
Marvel Film RoundupThor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have been out, and Agents of SHIELD, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Defenders, and Ant Man are on ( Read more... )

MarsCon 2014
Time Is The Key
March 7-9, 2014

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington-Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Boulevard
Bloomington, MN 55439

Send questions about MarsCon to info14e@marscon.org, we’ll do our best to send answers!

There’s more about MarsCon on Facebook and Twitter.

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GETTING INTO THE MIND OF A RELIGIOUS FANATIC
Exec Lounge ( ( Read more... )

Happy American Independence Day to my friends celebrating it! Today always makes me think of my favorite story from our trip abroad. My folks took Shawn and I to London in the 1990s, and I arranged for us to get ticket to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London. (It was so long ago, I actually had to write a letter.) At any rate, while ( Read more... )

I'll be in attendence at "con," this year. CONvergence is July 4 - 7 this year at the Radish Tree (as people call the hotel that was once the Radison, became the Sheridan and is now a Doubletree) in Bloomington, MN.

My panels are:

Thursday, July 4 at 3:30 pm
Books Everyone Else Loves, But I Hate

Friday, July 5 at 8:30 pmThey Came From Fandom ( Read more... )

This weekend is MarsCON. I'll be in attendance all weekend and my schedule is (at least preliminarily) this:

Gender Limitations in SF/FRe(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor)- Friday 06:00 pm ( Read more... )