Wiscon ho!
May. 22nd, 2012 06:13 pmI'll be appearing on the following programming items:
Fri 9:00 - 10:15PM, Senate A: Coming Out as Queer, Coming Out
as a Geek
David D. Levine, Rachel Kronick, Sara Linde, Roxanne Samer
Let's look at some of the parallels between coming out as GLBT* and
coming out as a geek. Some of us have come out both as geeks and
as GLBT* people. How have we used our experiences in coming out one
way to help our coming out the other way?
Sat 4:00 - 5:15PM, Senate B: Short Stories vs. Novels
David D. Levine, Benjamin Billman, Richard Chwedyk, Gwynne
Garfinkle, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Victoria Janssen
Some writers claim they can only write short, others insist they
can only go with longer works. What are the advantages and disadvantages
of each form? Should you force yourself to try the length that
doesn't seem natural for you? What benefits are there to those who
can successfully write both types of story? At one time, authors
were told they needed three short story sales (of the pro variety)
before they should try to sell a novel. Is this true? If short isn't
your form of choice, are you just screwed?
Sun 10:00 - 11:15AM, room 623: Writing the Singularity
David D. Levine, Ruthanna Emrys, James Frenkel, Lettie Prell,
Talks-with-wind
How do we write stories about life when people are no longer human?
What would your characters be like? What would their conflicts be?
What would their needs (if any) be? Can you write an agglomerated
personality? What about a personality that had never been a biological
human? Writers already have difficulty keeping up with current
technologies (cell phones, for example). Will writing become even
harder as technological advances continue accelerating?
Sun 2:30 - 3:45PM, room 634: Theater Improv
David D. Levine, Emily Jones, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Elizabeth
Stone, Elena Tabachnick
Fascinated by theater improv? Come learn and play! Beginners will
learn basic improv skills; those with experience already know how
much fun it is.
Mon 10:00 - 11:15AM, Conference 5: Newly Professional Older
Writers: What Helps, What Hinders
Ada Milenkovic Brown, Wendy Bradley, David D. Levine, Catherine
M. Schaff-Stump
Newly professional older writers face special challenges. You need
to go to cons and workshops to move forward, but it can be emotionally
draining to be constantly reminded that the other people your age
are the wise women of the forest and the grand viziers, while you're
still the assistant pig keeper trying to figure out how to reforge
the broken sword. Your peers, the young newly professional writers,
can jump higher, work faster, stay up later, and drink harder than
you can. And they can actually hear the conversations in the crowded
bar rooms where most writer networking takes place. Let's discuss
what helps and hinders older new writers, and create a space for
older new writers at WisCon to connect with each other.
Mon 11:30AM - 12:45PM, Capitol/Wisconsin: The SignOut
Come and sign your works, come and get things signed, come and hang
out and wind down before you leave.