I will be at Norwescon! Want to find me? Here’s my schedule:
Thursday, April 6
Time Travel and Historical Fiction
4:00pm – 5:00pm @ Evergreen 1 & 2
Frank Morin (M), Caroline M. Yoachim, Ellis Bray, David D. Levine
If you could travel back in time, where would you go? Time travel adds a slew of cultural complication to historical fiction. Consider Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and Octavia Butler’s Kindred. This panel discusses what makes such stories so intriguing.
Friday, April 7
Intersecting Art and Technology
11:00am – 12:00pm @ Evergreen 3 & 4
Wm Salt Hale (M), Caroline M. Yoachim, Dr. Ricky, Colette Breshears
The tools of a jeweler and technician may seem surprisingly similar. What sort of inspiration can come from dismantling old tech? What sort of bounds can be broken by integrating new tech? Why stop at jewelry? If art is everything and technology is all over the place, why not explore where they come together… together!?
Interview and Q&A with Uncanny Magazine
2:00pm – 3:00pm @ Grand 3
Caroline M. Yoachim (M), Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin
Mirrors and Parallels: Enter the Panel-verse
3:00pm – 4:00pm @ Cascade 10
Shweta Adhyam (M), Eva L. Elasigue, Greg Dubos, Caroline M. Yoachim
Panelists discuss what using multiverses does to individual works and science fiction and fantasy as a genre, and talk about texts where it works great, and others where it falls flat. They will ask why multiverses are having such a moment in Marvel, the Spider-verse, and Everywhere All At Once, and contemplate how this panel compares to the infinity of panels happening at parallel moments.
Saturday, April 8
Autograph Session 1
10:00am – 11:00am @ Grand 2
Djèlí Clark, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas, Grace P. Fong, Nisi Shawl, Benjamin Gorman, Brenda Cooper, Brianna Tibbetts, Carol Berg, Caroline M. Yoachim, Casey Dunn, Curtis C. Chen, D.L. Solum, Daryl Gregory, David D. Levine, Ellis Bray, Eva L. Elasigue, Evan J. Peterson, Frank Morin, Gabe (G.S.) Denning, Gordon B. White, Heather S. Ransom, Jack Skillingstead, Jeff Sturgeon, Joseph Brassey, J.P. Barnett, Julie McGalliard, Kimberly Unger, Marie Bilodeau, Agathon McGeachy, Joseph Malik, Mikko Azul, Nancy Kress, Patrick Swenson, Remy Nakamura, Rhiannon/R.Z. Held, Scott James Magner, Tyrean Martinson, Greg Dubos, Steven Barnes
Adding Realistic Details to Your Fantasy Writing
1:00pm – 2:00pm @ Cascade 7 & 8
Carol Berg (M), Caroline M. Yoachim, Rhiannon/R.Z. Held, Brenda Carre
Anachronisms and just plain wrong details are sure ways to ruin an otherwise immersive fantasy tale. It is the writer’s responsibility to get it right. We will focus on finding and placing accurate medieval/historical details into fantasy settings to keep the reader immersed in the story. We will work on writing rich textures, avoiding common cliches and faux pas, showing rather than telling, avoiding info-dumping, and making the reader’s experience smooth, compelling, and exciting.
Reading: Caroline M. Yoachim
2:00pm – 2:30pm @ Cascade 3
Caroline M. Yoachim (M)
First Lines are First Impressions
5:00pm – 6:00pm @ Evergreen 3 & 4
Daryl Gregory (M), Nancy Kress, Caroline M. Yoachim, Casey Dunn, Jack Skillingstead
What goes into writing a great first sentence? Like the opening notes of a great song, first sentences of stories tend to ring in readers’ minds long after the ending is reached. Writers and editors discuss their favorite opening lines in literature, what makes them unique, and how their own first lines came to them.
