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My 2015 Orycon schedule

Hey y’all, come see me be a goofus on panels or hear me read from my work.

Check me out at Orycon!

At the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront (1401 SW Naito Parkway Portland, Oregon 97201)

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Fri Nov 20

2:00 pm – Douglas Fir room – Endings
You’ve just blown your reader’s mind with your story’s climax. Make sure they’ll come back for more–give them a good denouement!

David D. Levine, Erica L. Satifka, Anna Sheehan, Ann Gimpel, Grá Linnaea

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5:00 pm – Meadowlark room – WotF Reading
Writers of the Future winners read their work.

Lori Ann White, Stoney Compton, Peter Wacks, Sharon Joss, Grá Linnaea

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Sat Nov 21

3:00 pm – Salon G – Ethics, Morals, and Amorals
Irene Radford, (*)Grá Linnaea, Esther Jones, Tanya Huff, Cat Rambo

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5:00 pm – Sunstone room – Piracy: Fight It or Embrace It?
Piracy is everywhere, and creators hate it. Except when they don’t. HBO, for instance, says pirating of “Game of Thrones” is the best free advertising ever. Should creators learn to embrace the Jolly Roger, or fight it?

Erik Wecks, Shawna Reppert, (*)Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Sharon Joss, Grá Linnaea

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7:30 pm – Hawthorne room – Grá Linnaea Reading
Grá Linnaea reads from his Edwardian magical thriller, “Text Empire.”

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Sun Nov 22

12:00 pm – Douglas Fir room – Structurally Speaking
Stories have rhythm. Is there One True Pattern, or can we mess with it? Are we really bound to the Hero’s Journey, or are there other models?

Doug Odell, Leslie What, Grá Linnaea, Erica L. Satifka, Anna Sheehan

My Sasquan Worldcon 2015 Schedule

Hey y’all,

I’ll be panelling and reading at this year’s Worldcon. Here’s my schedule!

Steampunk: Aesthetics vs. Content

Thursday 15:00 – 15:45, 302AB (CC)

Steampunk is known for being pretty, but what about real content? Is it that dramatically different from other genres? Or are most steampunk stories like one genre with a veneer of steampunk?

Writing Diverse Characters

Thursday 16:00 – 16:45, Spokane Falls Suite A/B (Doubletree)

There was a time when most science fiction writers were geeky white guys with military experience, so most of their characters tended to be geeky, white guys with military experience…including often the aliens. What are some of the tricks to creating diverse charcters? What are some better examples of fiction with diverse, well-written characters?

Reading – Grá Linnaea

Friday 14:30 – 15:00, 301 (CC)

Come hear me read, yo!

What Prose Writers Can Learn From Comics

Friday 15:00 – 15:45, Spokane Falls Suite A/B (Doubletree)

Prose and comic writing are different. How a prose writer can apply some of the techniques from comics to help them become a better writer.

My upcoming Orycon schedule

Hey y’all,

I’ll be doing panels and giving a reading at Orycon. Here’s my schedule!

Friday

Social Media and the Modern Writer

Jefferson/Adams Fri Nov 8 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Websites, Facebook fan pages, email lists, contests, twitter, tumblr,
Pinterest, ads, blogs and that annoying thing called a “platform”: what
works, what doesn’t, and why you need to care (spoiler: you do).

Grá Linnaea, William Hertling, Jason Andrew, Aaron Duran, Cat Rambo,
Peter A. Smalley

Pitch it to Me: The Art of the Elevator Speech

Morrison Fri Nov 8 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Hone your skills for pitching to literary agents, editors, and film agents
and managers. Bring your pitch questions and learn how to pitch
one-to-one.

Grá Linnaea, Steven Barnes, Todd McCaffrey, Linn Prentis, Blythe
Ayne

Effective Readings

Morrison Fri Nov 8 3:00pm – 4:00pm

You may be a good writer, but reading aloud is a separate skill. Learn to
make your words on the page sound great.

Liz Argall, Anne Bishop, David D. Levine, Grá Linnaea, Sonia Orin
Lyris

Horror and Dark Fantasy

Ross Island Fri Nov 8 5:00pm – 6:00pm

What makes the story horror or dark fantasy? What is the inspiration?

Jason V Brock, Grá Linnaea, Paul Groendes, William F. Nolan

Write Your Own Constitution Workshop

Roosevelt Fri Nov 8 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Bring your laptop. The colony ship has landed and the settlers have
disembarked. Or the revolution has succeeded, the flames of the palace
dying, the tyrant`s family fled to exile (or worse) and gunfire in the
streets becoming sparse and the taverns are en fete. Now what? Here`s your
chance to be a Founder of the Nation: write your own Constitution of laws.
How would you choose to govern and be governed?

Grá Linnaea, Katie Lane, Amy Thomson, Guy Letourneau, Bob
Kanefsky

Writing for Graphic Novels

Hawthorne Fri Nov 8 7:00pm – 8:00pm

You’re a writer, not an artist! How to approach storytelling with an eye
for graphic novels.

Blake Hutchins, (*)Grá Linnaea, Liz Argall, Aaron Duran

Saturday

Political Systems in SF

Hawthorne Sat Nov 9 11:00am – 12:00pm

Why don’t writers get it right? What to think about when developing
local, national, global, and interplanetary governments. How governments
with different cultural values really operate and (fail to?)
interact.

Brenda Cooper, Grá Linnaea, Kamila Z. Miller, Rory Miller, Jay
Lake

Gra Linnaea Reading

Grant Sat Nov 9 2:30pm – 3:00pm

Gra Linnaea reads from own works

Grá Linnaea

Freaking me out, not grossing me out

Hamilton Sat Nov 9 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Are intense descriptions of bloody death and torture really necessary to
scare the pants off your audience? Discussion on how to terrify without
all the gory details.

Grá Linnaea, Jason V Brock, Paul Groendes, Mike Chinakos, Ru Emerson

The Creative Commons

Madison Sat Nov 9 6:00pm – 7:00pm

All rights reserved, some rights reserved, public domain; copyright isn’t
simple, nor universal. Why some authors offer their work for free while
others insist on fair pay, who can get away with printing your material
without permission, and how (and when) to defend your copyright.

Katie Lane, (*)Grá Linnaea, Mary Rosenblum/Mary Freeman, MeiLin
Miranda

Whew! Two weeks running around.

rainbow!I managed to consistently put out episodes of Miranda every Tuesday and Thursday every week since I started the project.

*Ahem* that is until two weeks ago.

Because, reasons. Lot’s of exciting stuff going on. A bunch of travel, then I hosted a week-long profession novel critique workshop on the coast. As far as I can tell, it went great!

I’ve also been slogging on this novel. I ended up needing to restructure the whole thing (thanks for the crits, Coastal Heaven!) which meant throwing away a ton of words, but I think it’ll be a much stronger book in the long run.

Also the usual, work, life, relationship, etc etc etc.

Anyway, this is all a long way of saying… Miranda is back! A new chunk is going up tonight, the exciting conclusion is coming within the next month. We should be back on track for every Tues/Thurs. Watch for new artwork and more!