MarsCon Schedule and Sword & Laser Interview

Miscellaneous Updates:

• Charlie Stross wrote a blog post called “The Next Big Thing,” sharing his own thoughts about writers chasing the market.
• I reviewed William Alexander’s book Goblin Secrets on Monday. If you’re interested in checking it out, Edward Greaves mentioned that Goblin Secrets is $1.99 for Kindle in the U.S. today.

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I’ll be doing an interview with The Sword & Laser this Friday, which is excellent. They want to know what you think they should ask me. Questions can be submitted over at Goodreads.

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In addition, I’m Guest of Honor at MarsCon in Virginia this weekend, which is also excellent! My schedule looks like so:

Friday 

• 6PM  — General Early’s  — Opening Ceremonies (if available)
• 7PM-10PM —  Jefferson Davis 1 & 2 — Meet the Guests of Honor. (Interviews and introductory talks)

Saturday

• 10AM — General Early’s — Simply Fabulous: the Best in Fairy Tale Literature (M)
• 11AM — General Early’s — We’ve Got a Funny Bone to Pick: the Dos and Don’ts of Writing Humor (M)
• 1PM — General Early’s — Guest of Honor Readings
• 2PM — General Early’s — Author Signing Event

Sunday

• 11AM  — Stuart’s Redoubt — Beyond the “Strong Female Protagonist”: Writing Women Who Are More than “Kickass” (M)
• Noon — General Longstreet’s — Nerdiquette 101