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Summer Appearances
Jun. 4th, 2013 05:05 pmJune 22nd - 4th St
I'm greatly looking forward to attending 4th Street this year (it's one of the best little SF/F literary conventions in town)--and I'll be talking on a panel!
Saturday, 9:30 – 10:30AM
Intertextuality and Originality
No book exists independent of the literary conversation, no matter how much its author may want it to. Elizabethan faeries are inevitably going to compared to each other, just like dark lords, destined heroes, and vampire-werewolf-mortal love triangles will. Given that very little authors can do will seem novel to experienced readers, how should they approach topics that many readers have been conditioned to read in a certain light? How can works that aim to deconstruct cliches avoid being read as "just X from Y's perspective"?
Lynne Thomas (M), Tappan King, Chris Modzelewski, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
July 4th-7th - CONvergence
This will be my first year attending the wonderful madhouse that is CONvergence under the guise of a "local pro." Should be fun! I'm on three panels.
My CONvergence schedule: http://schedule.convergence-con.org/?s=Abra+Staffin-Wiebe
Apocalyptic Fiction Free-For-All
Well, we’re all still here, so the world clearly hasn’t ended yet (though perhaps it would be better if it had). Join us for a free-for-all discussion of humanity’s obsession with offing itself with a panelist of creators of apocalyptic fiction. Panelists: Fred Greenhaigh, Matthew Boudreau, Ryan Alexander (mod), Joel Arnold, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Thursday July 4, 2013 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Things I wish I'd Known Before I Started Writing
A panel of experienced writers will share the secrets of the profession they wish they knew when they first started writing. Come learn tricks of the trade that your publisher will never tell you! Panelists: Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Elizabeth Bear, James Moran, C. Robert Cargill, Scott Lynch
Friday July 5, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm
Keeping Promises to the Audience
Lots of works start off promising something, but never deliver. Why is it important that books/movies/whatever keep the promises that they make? Panelists: Melinda Snodgrass, Sean M. Murphy, Caroline Stevermer, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Friday July 5, 2013 3:30pm - 4:30pm
August 18th - Minnspec
I'll be running a Minnspec meetup about selling short stories. This Minneapolis group meeting will cover the basics of selling your short stories from beginning to end: preparing a submission, choosing a publisher to submit to, rights and contracts and what you can expect, basic marketing, and the afterlife of the short story. Details: http://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/122934492/
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This is a lot busier with professional writery things than past summers have been. It's almost as if I may be trying to compensate for some upcoming event that may eat up all my time for a while (ahembabycomingsoonahem).
I'm greatly looking forward to attending 4th Street this year (it's one of the best little SF/F literary conventions in town)--and I'll be talking on a panel!
Saturday, 9:30 – 10:30AM
Intertextuality and Originality
No book exists independent of the literary conversation, no matter how much its author may want it to. Elizabethan faeries are inevitably going to compared to each other, just like dark lords, destined heroes, and vampire-werewolf-mortal love triangles will. Given that very little authors can do will seem novel to experienced readers, how should they approach topics that many readers have been conditioned to read in a certain light? How can works that aim to deconstruct cliches avoid being read as "just X from Y's perspective"?
Lynne Thomas (M), Tappan King, Chris Modzelewski, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
July 4th-7th - CONvergence
This will be my first year attending the wonderful madhouse that is CONvergence under the guise of a "local pro." Should be fun! I'm on three panels.
My CONvergence schedule: http://schedule.convergence-con.org/?s=Abra+Staffin-Wiebe
Apocalyptic Fiction Free-For-All
Well, we’re all still here, so the world clearly hasn’t ended yet (though perhaps it would be better if it had). Join us for a free-for-all discussion of humanity’s obsession with offing itself with a panelist of creators of apocalyptic fiction. Panelists: Fred Greenhaigh, Matthew Boudreau, Ryan Alexander (mod), Joel Arnold, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Thursday July 4, 2013 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Things I wish I'd Known Before I Started Writing
A panel of experienced writers will share the secrets of the profession they wish they knew when they first started writing. Come learn tricks of the trade that your publisher will never tell you! Panelists: Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Elizabeth Bear, James Moran, C. Robert Cargill, Scott Lynch
Friday July 5, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm
Keeping Promises to the Audience
Lots of works start off promising something, but never deliver. Why is it important that books/movies/whatever keep the promises that they make? Panelists: Melinda Snodgrass, Sean M. Murphy, Caroline Stevermer, Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Friday July 5, 2013 3:30pm - 4:30pm
August 18th - Minnspec
I'll be running a Minnspec meetup about selling short stories. This Minneapolis group meeting will cover the basics of selling your short stories from beginning to end: preparing a submission, choosing a publisher to submit to, rights and contracts and what you can expect, basic marketing, and the afterlife of the short story. Details: http://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/122934492/
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This is a lot busier with professional writery things than past summers have been. It's almost as if I may be trying to compensate for some upcoming event that may eat up all my time for a while (ahembabycomingsoonahem).