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panels Updated as of March 21, 2001. All scheduling subject to change according to guest travel times, unexpected situations, Better Ideas, and Murphy's Law. thursday: 2pm - MSC 201 - State of the Genre - An overview of the current state of literature and art within the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. de Lint, Kosatka, Rawn*, Stelfreeze 4pm - MSC 201 - Melanie Rawn Q&A 5pm - MSC 201 - Storytime - A round robin gathering of guests sharing stories in the campfire tales tradition. friday: 11am - MSC 201 - Recommended Newbie Reading - For those who think the name Asimov's only applies to a magazine, this panel will give examples of where to start getting your feet wet in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Crider, Mayhar, Wells, White* - Rudder 402 - Kosatka Reading - Rudder 501 - Cross Genre Fiction - How do you explain elves in your turbo thrusters? Carl, de Lint, Elrod*, Lansdale, Knowles - Rudder 504 - Story Boarding - How to take a script or story and find what to include in the pictures you draw. Allston*, Katt Butt Comix, Lark (subject to travel times), Lucas, Stelfreeze 12pm - Lunch Break 1pm - MSC 201 - Melanie Rawn Q&A - Rudder 402 - Cupp Reading - Rudder 407 - Stelfreeze painting demo - Rudder 501 - First Sale - You don't have to tell us when it was, or how long it's been, but you do have to tell us what your first professional sale felt like. Blaschke, Blevins, Kosatka, Martindale*, Mayhar - Rudder 504 - Sci-Fi on TV - Do we really need another Star Trek series? Panel discusses the recent growth of science fiction on television and where it's headed, for better or worse. Brown, C. Conrad*, R. Conrad, O'Quinn, 2pm - Rudder 404 - From Internet to Print - With the dot-com bubble burst, can online e-publishers find a market in the traditional print world? Blevins, Clockwork Storybook, R. Conrad, Martindale, O'Quinn* - Rudder 501 - de Lint Reading 3pm - MSC 201 - From Print to Film - Maintaining a novel's integrity from the print version to the film version. How are the changes justified and are they worth making? R. Conrad, Cupp*, Lansdale, - Rudder 402 - Blevins reading - Rudder 404 - Small versus Large Press - With the growing popularity print on demand, can a smaller press be better suited to an author's needs than a large press? Crider, Clockwork Storybook, Kat Butt Comix, Living Room Games* - Rudder 504 - Wells Q&A - Geared towards beginning writers. 4pm - Rudder 402 - Blaschke reading - Rudder 404 - Enjoyable Historical Fiction - How does an author make their historical fiction enjoyable rather than making it an odd and annoying factual error in the history books? Allston, Carl*, Kimbriel, Knowles, Rawn - Rudder 504 - From Blank to Beauty - How does the creative process move from the mental image in an artist's mind to a finished painting, drawing, sculpture, or costume? C. Conrad, Lark, Murray, Patterson, *, Stelfreeze, White 5pm - MSC 201 - From Film to Print - How does an author take a director's cinematic vision and confine it to words on paper? Does he add things or take them away? Allston, R. Conrad, O'Quinn, Rawn - Rudder 501 - Look at me! Look at me! - The art and skill of self-promotion. How do you make the peoploe who need to know about conscious of your existence, much less convince them to give you money? Blaschke, Blevins*, Clockwork Storybook, Elrod, Katt Butt Comix, Living Room Games - Rudder 504 - Screenwriting vs. Screamwriting - A look at writing for the screen. Monty Galloway 6pm - Dinner Break 8pm - MSC 201 - Brown Q&A - ulie caitlin Brown will honor is with a few songs during this session. - Rudder 501 - Working With Editors - Are they useful advice-givers or merely butchers out only to carve your dream into little slices of "You need to take this out"? de Lint, Kimbriel, Martindale, Rawn, Wells - Rudder 504 - Evolution of Horror Creatures - When did vampires become handsome good guys? Blevins, R. Conrad, Cupp, Elrod, Lansdale* 9pm - MSC 201 - Lansdale Reading 10pm - MSC 201 - Knowles Reading 12am - The Grove - Rocky Horror Picture Show saturday: 10am - MSC 201 - de Lint Q&A - Charles de Lint and MaryAnn Harris will have a concert during the second half of their Q&A session. - Rudder 404 - Whose Face am I Wearing Today? - A look at costuming and special effects makeup. Brown, Elrod*, Patterson, Murray - Rudder 501 - Things You Won't See in the Sunday Funnies - Online comics seem to be growing in popularity. What is it that the online format offers to comic strip readers that they can't get in the Sunday strips? Lark, Lucas, Stelfreeze*, White 11am - Rudder 501 - Brown Q&A - Rudder 504 - Confronting the Wanna-Be Writer - How to kill your non-existent career in three (or less) easy steps. Blaschke*, Blevins, Kosatka, Martindale - Rudder 404 - Wicca 102 - A look at the Wiccan religion. This panel is in a bit more detail than last year's "Wicca 101" panel. Monique Dorsett, Jeanette Waldie, and Steve Shabek 12pm - Lunch Break 1pm - MSC 201 - Mass Autographing Session -
3pm - Charity Auction 4pm - MSC 201 - Dusty Books and Foreign Cuisine - How much research
should your story need? When are you doing too much research? And why did
the Romans have stirrups in Gladiator? Kimbriel, Knowles, Martindale,
Mayhar* - Rudder 501 - Children's Literature Now and Then - Has children's
literature been watered down since we were little? What books influenced
you as a child, and is there anything out there now that you think will
have a similar impact on today's children? Blaschke, Crider, Kosatka*,
O'Quinn, Wells 5pm - Art Show Auction - Rudder 501 - Online Reading - Not necessarily dealing with the
publishing aspects of the internet, is there really an enjoyable online or
electronic reading experience out there? Blevins, Clockwork Storybook,
Martindale* - Rudder 504 - Hard Versus Soft Sci-Fi - This has nothing to do with
pornography, and everything to do with the differences inherent in the
various types of science fiction. How does a reader know if they are
reading hard or soft SF? Allston, Carl, Lucas*, Mayhar 6pm - Dinner Break 8:30pm - MSC 201 - Masquerade Ball, Miss AggieCon contest, Costume Contest 12am - The Grove - Rocky Horror Picture Show sunday: 11am - Rudder 501 - Cute and Friendly Monsters - Monsters are, more and
more, becoming the heroes of stories and are increasingly become more
"cuddly." How does an author write a seven foot tall beast with fangs as a
cuddly friend-next-door character? Blevins, Crider, Cupp*, Kosatka, Wells 12pm - Lunch Break 1pm - MSC 201 - Parry Hotter and the Wizard Jail - We have no idea what
this panel is about. The moderator requested it. [update] Turns out it's a joke between Blaschke and de Lint. But the joke's on them -- we're making them do it! (If all else fails, the panel can discuss copyright issues such as the suit facing J.K. Rowling right now.)Blaschke*, de Lint - Rudder 501 - But the book doesn't have a wizard! -How important
is it, really, to have the cover be an actual portrayal or characters and
events in the book behind it? C. Conrad, Murray, Rawn, Stelfreeze, White* - Rudder 504 - Sterotypes: Limitation or challenge? - Stereotypes
as a basis for change in character development. Can you effectively use
stereotyping as a tool in your writing? Elrod, Kimbriel*, Martindale 2pm - MSC 206 - Rate Our Con - This is where guests and attendees alike
get to tell the con staff what they thought of the convention and make
suggestions for the one next year. |
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