My Sasquan programming
Here are the two panels I've been scheduled for at Sasquan, this year's WorldCon in Spokane. I'm fairly sure how I ended up on one of these panels--I'm not so sure about how I ended up on the other. I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which is which. Here's the scoop:
Role Playing Games as an Author's Tool
Thursday 19:00 - 19:45, 401C (CC)
The First Dragonlance novels were retellings of part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance modules. The Wild Cards shared universe traces its origins to super-hero RPG campaigns involving George R.R. Martin and his friends.
Can playing and running Role Playing Games be a good place for an author to try out ideas? Should you write up your campaign for your next novel, or just borrow the characters? Or should authors avoid these games (or at least ignore them when writing)?
Panelists: Jennifer Brozek, Ken Burnside, Frog Jones, Janna Silverstein
Bad Science on TV
Friday 13:00 - 13:45, 300C (CC)
Science is a hot topic in TV entertainment: from CSI to Orphan Black to The Big Bang Theory to Person of Interest. Some of it is good, but much of it is bad. The panel will bash the bad science and clue you in to those shows that seem like the science is good, but not really.
Panelists: Deb Geisler (M), Julie McGalliard, Janna Silverstein, Cordelia Willis
Role Playing Games as an Author's Tool
Thursday 19:00 - 19:45, 401C (CC)
The First Dragonlance novels were retellings of part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance modules. The Wild Cards shared universe traces its origins to super-hero RPG campaigns involving George R.R. Martin and his friends.
Can playing and running Role Playing Games be a good place for an author to try out ideas? Should you write up your campaign for your next novel, or just borrow the characters? Or should authors avoid these games (or at least ignore them when writing)?
Panelists: Jennifer Brozek, Ken Burnside, Frog Jones, Janna Silverstein
Bad Science on TV
Friday 13:00 - 13:45, 300C (CC)
Science is a hot topic in TV entertainment: from CSI to Orphan Black to The Big Bang Theory to Person of Interest. Some of it is good, but much of it is bad. The panel will bash the bad science and clue you in to those shows that seem like the science is good, but not really.
Panelists: Deb Geisler (M), Julie McGalliard, Janna Silverstein, Cordelia Willis