Chicon 7

Darn it, Mike! I'm supposed to be reading Hugo nominees, and now you're tempting me to stuff more titles into my Kindle queue!

If I don't give up writing, I will finish my Kindle backlog at around 2132. That's a year, not a time.

If I give up writing, it will probably be around 2112...

I think there are several Chicon/Worldcon threads. I'll be there Fri through Sun.

We must arrange a FACWAIOTF event.

(Future and Current Writers and Illustrators of the Future.)

YES we should.

I am in accord with that.

We must arrange a FACWAIOTF event.

(Future and Current Writers and Illustrators of the Future.)

That does NOT roll off the tongue well.

I'm in.

We must arrange a FACWAIOTF event.

(Future and Current Writers and Illustrators of the Future.)

That does NOT roll off the tongue well.

FWOTF didn't seem inclusive enough.

WotF(3)? Writers of the Future forum and friends?

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

You can be our Guest of Honor! You're officially too good for the contest.

Of course, if you drag KJA along with you, we might have to make him First Runner Up Guest of Honor...

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

It'll have to be video conference pity party. He's one of the guests at D*C this year.

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

You can be our Guest of Honor! You're officially too good for the contest.

Of course, if you drag KJA along with you, we might have to make him First Runner Up Guest of Honor...

I agree! We should feast and cheer the ones who escaped before winning!

The Outpost has been ordered, should have it Tuesday next week. Plenty of time to read it before Chicon 7.
I try to use cons as a way to force me to read wider, otherwise I'll just read the authors over and over.
Thank you, Mist....Mike

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

I'd also like to point out that there are WAY fewer people who have pro'd out rather than won. And I'd wager a healthy amount that the ratio of successful pro'd out people compare to the winners is much higher.

I guess I'd have to hold my own pity party for people who didn't win and aren't eligible. Think KJA would come?

I'd also like to point out that there are WAY fewer people who have pro'd out rather than won. And I'd wager a healthy amount that the ratio of successful pro'd out people compare to the winners is much higher.

I suspect you're right. Pro'ing out requires mastering the skills, patience, and work ethic necessary to sustain a career. Although most winners worked hard to get there, winning can strike out of the blue. Pro'ing out can't. Plus sometimes when people hit a big goal like winning, they feel satisfied, and they stop. Pro'ing out takes more persistence than that.

Me and my crew are arriving on Aug 29th , the day before the con starts so we can hopefully pick up badges at early reg and get settled in. Anyone else showing up early? Might be a good evening for an informal get together under the hotels.

Me and my crew are arriving on Aug 29th , the day before the con starts so we can hopefully pick up badges at early reg and get settled in. Anyone else showing up early? Might be a good evening for an informal get together under the hotels.

We don't need no stinking badges.

I'm about an hour away and will be taking the train in during the day on Thursday.

If you're going to walk around the city, bring good walking shoes. The architecture and scenery is really lovely and you'll find yourself a long way from the hotel with aching feet... 😉

Have fun, everyone! It sounds awesome.

Got my prospective panel lineup last night. 7 panels, and the author mega-signing with Mike Resnick and his collaborators; myself as the pee wee junior-most among them.

Looking forward to it!

Got my prospective panel lineup last night. 7 panels, and the author mega-signing with Mike Resnick and his collaborators; myself as the pee wee junior-most among them.

Looking forward to it!

Are you going to list them here for us or make us go searching through the program which we don't even have yet?

I know at least 3 Writers of the Future will be at Chicon, because they're among the dozen or so of
what Maureen McHugh calls "Mike's Writer Children" (some of whom are almost as old as Mike) that
I'll be treating to brunch on Sunday.

Mike Resnick

My program schedule got a bit messed up (double scheduling some things, etc), so I don't know my exact panels yet. I'll do a blog post when I do. I hope I get to stay on the panel I was on with Brad. That one would be a hoot.

I know at least 3 Writers of the Future will be at Chicon . . .

Mike, I think the former winners will number more like three dozen. I spotted 19 in a quick scan of the list of program participants, and at least another dozen in the list of registered members (although some of those could be supporting members).

I know at least 3 Writers of the Future will be at Chicon . . .

Mike, I think the former winners will number more like three dozen. I spotted 19 in a quick scan of the list of program participants, and at least another dozen in the list of registered members (although some of those could be supporting members).

And there will even be at least one Loser of the Future. Hi!

My probably final but subject to change schedule is posted here: http://overactive.wordpress.com/2012/08 ... -schedule/ . I also have a workshop section on Friday, I think, so I'll have some victims to crit.

Mike, I think the former winners will number more like three dozen. I spotted 19 in a quick scan of the list of program participants, and at least another dozen in the list of registered members (although some of those could be supporting members).

I'm talking about -my- Writer Children, who total 3 from here, not L. Ron's.

-- Mike

One of Mike's three, checking in with my schedule:

Thu Aug 30 6:00:pm - 7:30:pm = The Short Story as Testing Ground
Betsy Dornbusch, Brad R. Torgersen, D.H. Aire, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Vylar Kaftan

Fri Aug 31 1:30:pm -3:00:pm = Autograph Session for Win Some, Lose Some: The Complete Hugo Nominated Short Fiction of Mike Resnick
Bob Garcia Brad R. Torgersen Catherine Asaro Connie Willis David Brin Eric Flint Gardner Dozois Harry Turtledove Jack McDevitt James Patrick Kelly Kay Kenyon Laura Resnick Lezli Robyn Mike Resnick Nancy Kress Nick DiChario Robert J. Sawyer Robert Silverberg Sheila Williams Steven H Silver

Fri Aug 31 4:30:pm - 6:00:pm = Writing the SF Novelette
Brad R. Torgersen, Bud Sparhawk, Connie Willis, Eleanor Arnason, Michael Coorlim

Sat Sep 1 1:30:pm - 1 3:00:pm = Effective Habits for Aspiring Authors
Brad Aiken, Brad R. Torgersen, Cecilia Tan, David McDonald, Lillian Cauldwell

Sun Sep 2 10:30:am - 12:00:pm = The Future of Analog Magazine
Brad R. Torgersen, Mike Flynn, Richard A. Lovett, Stanley Schmidt

Sun Sep 2 1:30:pm - 2 3:00:pm = SF and science now
Brad R. Torgersen, Howard Davidson, Joseph P. Martino, Ramez Naam, W A (Bill) Thomasson

Sun Sep 2 6:00:pm - 7:30:pm = Military Fantasy and Science Fiction
(Capt.) Joseph Zieja, Brad R. Torgersen, David Voderberg, John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell, Robert Buettner

Mon Sep 3 12:00:pm - 1:30:pm = Military Members On Military Science Fiction
(Capt.) Joseph Zieja, Brad R. Torgersen, John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell, Mike Shepherd Moscoe

Mon Sep 3 1:30:pm - Sep 3 3:00:pm = Collaborating with the Guest Of Honor
Brad R. Torgersen, Eric Flint, Harry Kloor, Jack McDevitt, Lezli Robyn, Mike Resnick, Nick DiChario

Looking forward to it! It ought to be fun.

So am I correct in thinking that all of these are open to any Worldcon member who wishes to attend, then?

For example, can anybody who wants to listen in on "Writing the SF Novelette" just show up?