If you’re in the area of Rye Town, NY this weekend, you may want to ckeck out Lunacon. Here is my (insane, hectic) schedule:
| Networking for Writers | |||
| Friday | 8:00 PM | - | 9:00 PM |
| Just being a good writer isn’t enough these days- you have to get out there and sell your work. This panel will explain the necessity of good networking for aspiring writers. Lots of practical tips for taking the fear out of networking and making contacts successfully. | |||
| Ef Deal, Pamela Scoville, Hildy Silverman [M], Ian Randal Strock, Michael A. Ventrella | |||
| Reading: Hildy Silverman | |||
| Saturday | 12:30 PM | - | 1:00 PM |
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| Hildy Silverman | |||
| To E- or Not to E- | |||
| Saturday | 1:00 PM | - | 2:00 PM |
| A lively (and hopefully friendly!) discussion between print and epublishers as they discuss the merits and flaws of both kinds of publishing as well as the effect e-publishing can have on the industry, both now and in the future. | |||
| Neil Clarke, Jean Elizabeth Krevor, Edmund Meskys, Lawrence M. Schoen, Hildy Silverman [M] | |||
| Lost and Adrift | |||
| Saturday | 3:00 PM | - | 4:00 PM |
| The final season of Lost. Who will live? Who will die? Who will go home? Who will be stuck forever? Open speculation and spoilers about as our panelists discuss their pet theories and personal beliefs about what’s really going on. Listen close as they debate the most important question of all: will we ever know the truth? | |||
| Kathleen O’Shea David [M], Ty Drago, Stella Price, Hildy Silverman, Alex Wittenberg | |||
| Frightening the Reader | |||
| Saturday | 5:00 PM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Horror is the struggle of the ordinary over the extraordinary. So where’d all the blood come from? What are the current trends in horror fiction and what keeps us up at night? | |||
| Carole Bugge [M], Gary Frank, Neal Levin, Hildy Silverman | |||
| What Would Cthulhu Do? | |||
| Sunday | 11:00 AM | - | 12:00 PM |
| From tongue-in-cheek advice columns to anthologies and board games, Cthulhu is back and better than ever! Can the new Lovecraft hold a candle to the blasphemous and cyclopean horror of the originals? | |||
| Eben Brooks, Neal Levin [M], Hildy Silverman, Nathan Lilly, Patrick Thomas | |||
| Awesome Anthologies | |||
| Sunday | 1:00 PM | - | 2:00 PM |
| Why it is beneficial for short fiction writers to focus on getting into anthologies. What are differences between breaking into anthologies versus getting published in magazines? Is one better for your career? How do you get on the call lists for anthologies? | |||
| Gary Frank, Marvin Kaye, Jeff Lyman, Darrell Schweitzer [M], Hildy Silverman | |||
| The Future of Genre Fiction Magazines | |||
| Sunday | 2:00 PM | - | 3:00 PM |
| Genre magazines have been a vital lifeline for science fiction and fantasy authors to get their work to the public. But in a changing world increasingly filed with technology, what does the future hold? Which magazines are likely to survive the economic downturn, and why? Are there still enough readers out there to keep these magazines publishing? | |||
| Neil Clark, Edmund Meskys, Hildy Silverman [M] | |||
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