PORTLAND AND ORYCON
I’ll be in Portland, OR at Orycon this weekend. Last year I missed it because the World Fantasy Convention was held the same weekend, which has never happened before (as far back as I can remember, anyway).
Might be one of my busiest Orycons ever. First off, there’s a BIG book release party on Saturday evening in the Presidential Suite of the convention hotel. Fairwood’s releasing J.A. Pitts’ story collection Bravado’s House of Blues, and we’re sharing the limelight with two other awesome debut books: Brenda Cooper’s novel The Diamond Deep, and Raygun Chronicles, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. It’s bound to be a most fabulous evening.
Here’s the rest of the schedule. Looks like some great topics for discussion, but I swear I’m going to die on Friday from the overload, including 4 panels in a row!
Fri) Reading, 12:30-1:30 pm. Awfully early in the con, and I know a lot of folks won’t be there by then.
Fri) Publishing Ethics, 2:00-3:00 pm
Fri) Writers Workshop, 3:00-4:00 pm (closed workshop)
Fri) One Lump of Science of Two?, 4:00-5:00 pm
Fri) Education Today, 5:00-6:00 pm
Sat) Agents in a Changing Landscape, 12:00-1:00 pm
Sat) The Structure of Writing, 6:00-7:00 pm
Sat) Book Release Party, 8:00 pm. Books will be for sale, and I’ll be the guy to see about that. Look for the table in the suite.
Sunday I’ll be heading over to Powell’s Books for Scifi Authorfest 7, at 4:30 pm, featuring about 30 PNW writers. I hope I’ll be sitting down there next year with my book!
