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pameladean

Minicon Schedule

Mar 30, 2015 14:32

Somewhat belatedly, here's my Minicon programming schedule ( Read more... )

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asakiyume March 30 2015, 19:38:07 UTC

The panels sound fabulous, and I'd love to hear you read from your work, whether in progress or published, one day. (I like the image of the short-story rootstock throwing out novel tendrils!)

pameladean March 30 2015, 19:57:09 UTC

Thank you! My short stories always do that, and it has taken me this long to figure out what the right analogy was.

I am actually a little tired of fairy-tale panels, but Jane Yolen asked for me, and the other panelists are interesting people and good writers, so I trust we will do something novel with it.

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asakiyume April 1 2015, 12:21:52 UTC

I guess fairytale retellings have been a thing for quite some time, so there must have been panels on them for quite some time, so I can understand your being tired of them. I'd love to hear people like you and Jane Yolen talking on the topic, though!

There are times when something gets seized upon and made popular and you (well, "one" .... me) gets absolutely sick of it. I felt that way for a good while about selkies, which is a shame, because I like the concept of selkies. But if I read one more story about a downpressed woman finding her sealskin, I was going to scream. (I'm past that now. Go ahead and write selkies again, world!)

lblanchard March 30 2015, 19:57:56 UTC

I would go to fairy tales, and I would re-read Tolkien's essay a dozen or so times before I got there.

pameladean March 30 2015, 20:09:43 UTC

Sometimes I do feel that he said it all and we should merely point at the book instead of having a panel.

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alecaustin March 31 2015, 05:55:06 UTC

Mris and I won't even have to leave the room to make it to your reading! We might anyway, to stretch our legs and like that. But.

They put me on a Friday panel too, though thankfully nothing before noon. I sympathize greatly with your "ughs".

asakiyume April 1 2015, 12:17:46 UTC

I love your ETA. It makes me think what YAY and UGH could stand for.

UGH: Underneath Great Hall (You know... locational. In case "Krushenko's" isn't enough)
YAY: Yellow Alcove Yurt (it's good to have an intimate setting for a reading)

thinkum April 1 2015, 20:37:05 UTC

Sounds like loads of good stuff -- really, really, really wish we could be there.

pameladean April 1 2015, 21:36:39 UTC

I wish you could too. I know that Easter is NOT the optimal time for everybody.

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