Friday continued at the convention with “The End is Now” at 2pm . Panellists were: Kathleen Ann Goonan, Peter F. Hamilton, William F. Nolan, Samantha Shannon, S. M. Stirling, Tricia Sullivan. My Notes – If anything changes socially, then it …
NaNoWriMo 2013: The End
It’s December first. November is done. National Novel Writing Month is over. Twas brillig, and the slythy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe…. (That’s been in my head a lot this month, despite not having anything to do with …
WFC Panel: Style or Substance
Friday at the convention was full of interesting panels. “Style or Substance in Fiction” was at Midday. Panellists were: Pat Cadigan, Jack Dann, Ellen Kushner, Ian R. MacLeod, Geoff Ryman and Lisa Tuttle. My Notes – Being precise is a …
WFC Panel: Covers
The second panel I attended at World Fantasy Convention 2013 was “Should You Always Judge a Book by its Cover” at 10am on Friday. Panellists were: Jim Burns, Les Edwards, Bob Eggleton, Jane Frank and John Picacio. My Notes – …
WFC Panel: Writing Historical Fantasy
The first panel I attended at World Fantasy Convention 2013 was “Writing Historical Fantasy” at 3pm on Thursday. Panellists were: Aidan Harte, Helen Marshall, Sophia McDougall, Tim Powers, Mark Charan Newton & Kari Sperring. My Notes Tim Powers said “I …
Career Choice: Writer
Having taken three days off from my day-job to attend the convention, I went back to work feeling a bit out of place. For four days I was a “professional writer”, whose only duty was to read, write, sign things, …