Guess who got locked out of her website? Oops. Had to fix it though, especially as I gear up to add my Omega City section (cover reveal next week!)
Also, this weekend I will be at Capclave in Maryland, along with YA SFF luminaries like Holly Black, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jon Skovron, Genevieve Valentine, and more. Here is my schedule:
| Friday 3:30 pm: “Holy Shuftik!” he cried. (Ends at: 4:25 pm) Panelists: Paolo Bacigalupi, Tom Doyle (M), Diana Peterfreund, Lawrence M. Schoen, Lawrence Watt-Evans How does an author create a distinctive language for characters in the future or in a different world and keep it understandable to the reader? What’s the right balance between creating language and making sure the reader can figure it out without a dictionary appendix to the story? |
| Friday 7:00 pm: Dressed for Success (Ends at: 7:55 pm) Panelists: L. Jagi Lamplighter, Diana Peterfreund (M), Alan Smale, Genevieve Valentine, Lawrence Watt-Evans How detailed should your clothing descriptions be in your story? How well thought out does fashion need to be in your secondary world? Does the clothing have anything to do with the character? Does it describe them or allow them to certain things. Do the readers care or notice? |
| Friday 9:00 pm: Meet the YA authors (Ends at: 9:55 pm) Panelists: Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black, Annette Klause, L. Jagi Lamplighter, James Maxey, Diana Peterfreund, Jon Skovron, Janine Spendlove, Michael A. Ventrella Last year’s meet and greet YA authors in a casual setting was such an awesome party that we decided to do it again this year!Sponsored by MidAmericon II, the 2016 Worldcon. |
| Friday 10:00 pm: Meet the YA Authors (Continued) (Ends at: 11:55 pm) Panelists: Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Paolo Bacigalupi, L. Jagi Lamplighter, James Maxey, Diana Peterfreund, Janine Spendlove, Michael A. Ventrella The meet and greet continues, although some people will have to come and go for other programming.Sponsored by MidAmericon II, the 2016 Worldcon. |
| Saturday 3:00 pm: Interview with Guest of Honor Holly Black (Ends at: 3:55 pm) Panelists: Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund (M) |
| Saturday 4:00 pm: E.T. Phone Earth. First Contact and Alien Communication (Ends at: 4:55 pm) Panelists: Charles E. Gannon (M), Carolyn Ives Gilman, Diana Peterfreund, Christopher Weuve What happens when humans meet aliens? How might we communicate with them? What barriers stand in the way? How have different SF stories, TV shows, and movies addressed this situation? |
| Sunday 1:00 pm: Why So Many YA Dystopias? (Ends at: 1:55 pm) Panelists: Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Greenberger, Diana Peterfreund, Jon Skovron (M) From The Giver to the Hunger Games why are so many YA novels presenting a bleak future to our young people? And why do young adults like these books so much? |
| Sunday 2:00 pm: Young, Adult or Both? (Ends at: 2:55 pm) Panelists: Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black (M), Annette Klause, Will McIntosh, Diana Peterfreund, Jon Skovron How does a YA differ from a children’s book or an adult book? How is the pacing, characterization, and language different or the same? Are there things you can do in one and not the other? Are these distinctions needed? And what about series like Harry Potter in which the children grow up? |
