1:00 PM - Gaylactic Spectrum Awards: Past, Present & Future. Carl Cipra
2:00 PM - Show, Don't Tell: C.S. Friedman, Katherine Kurtz,
Tamora Pierce , Carl Cipra Moderator
Let the Reader
Figure it out! A panel aimed at helping authors
resist the temptation to reveal everything through
exposition rather than giving readers the opportunity
to solve the puzzles themselves.
3:00 PM - SCA Roundtable: Nancy Berman, C.S. Friedman,
Heather Rose Jones, Alanna Moreland, Jennifer Heise,
Moderator.
Who are those people in funny clothes?
Brief history of how the SCA got started. How did we
find it? How can it help your research? How can it
help (and/or hinder) your writing?
4:00 PM - Writing Military Fantasy. Katherine Kurtz, William Kyle, Timothy Liebe, Tamora Pierce, Carl Cipra, Moderator
5:00 PM - Artist GoH Speech
6:00 PM - Making GLBT Content Relevant: Jacqueline Carey,
Carl Cipra, Heather Rose Jones, Don Sakers, Nancy
Berman, Moderator.
Freedom of sexual expression is a
hallmark of science fiction and fantasy. How can GLBT
content be handled in respectful and non-exploitative
ways so that it seems relevant and meaningful. Where
is the line between stimulating and gratuitous?
7:00 PM - The Value of a Good Editor: Nancy Berman, Don
Sakers.
Is editing a thing of the past? Do publishing
houses resist spending money on it? Can it really make
or break a book? What exactly do editors DO?
8:00 PM - Costume Competition
9:00 PM - On The Mark
10:00 AM - Getting It Done. C. S. Friedman, Katherine Kurtz,
Scott MacMillan, Nancy Berman, Moderator.
The famous
Nike slogan says "Just Do It!" How have successful
authors turned their vocation into a career? How do
they stay motivated? What are some of their solutions
for writer's block?
11:00 AM - Food in Fantasy, or Where did that Stew Come from? Jacqueline Carey, Heather Rose Jones, Tamora Pierce, Devra Langsham, Moderator
12:00 Noon - The line between fantasy and science fiction.
Alanna Moreland, Scott MacMillan, Don Sakers, Carl
Cipra, Moderator.
When is it fantasy and when is it
science fiction? What line do you cross that makes it
one or the other?
1:00 PM - GoH Speech - Jacqueline Carey
2:00 PM - Writing writing from different points of view.
Heather Rose Jones, Alanna Moreland, Tamora Pierce,
Jack Frost, Moderator.
What we prefer as writers and
as readers with examples from our writing and from
others.
3:00 PM - Unmasking Villains: Is It Midnight Yet?
Jacqueline Carey, C.S. Friedman, Carl Cipra,
Moderator
There is always a temptation as an author to
reveal the identity of the villain but should you? Did
seeing Darth Vader's face rob him of his power? Does
unmasking too soon disappoint the reader? Should the
villain die?
4:00 PM - Autograph session
5:00 PM - Regency Ball
6:00 PM - Continued
7PM-9PM - Set up for Clam Chowder
9:00 PM - Clam Chowder
Midnight - HALLELUJAH CHORUS - POOLSIDE
10:00 AM - Today's Taboos.
Jacqueline Carey, C.S. Friedman, Tamora Pierce, Carl
Cipra, Moderator
What can you write about, and
more importantly what can't you write about.
11:00 AM - How Much Research is Too Much? Jacqueline Carey,
Katherine Kurtz, Timothy Liebe, Scott MacMillan, Nancy
Berman, Moderator.
When writing alternate history, how
much should you add to make it "real". Ways to use the
internet and things to avoid! Ways to keep yourself
from getting yourself ensorcelled by your research
(when is it time to stop reading and start writing.)
Where is cut-off point between support information and
showing off to the reader.
12:00 Noon - Language of Fantasy. Heather Rose Jones, Alanna
Moreland, Don Sakers, Carl Cipra, Moderator.
Using language to make your world seem real.
1:00 PM - Art Auction
3:00 PM - Talk to the Chair Alton about this and future Darkovers - Yes, there will be one next year!
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