Graphic novels, writers workshop, diversity, YA, Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading, freelancing and getting beyond sexism, etc.
Thursday
I'll be at the con helping with the Writers Workshop but no other panels. I expect to be at the Small Press Party and of course bar.con with an ice tea in hand.
Friday
Reading: Marta Murvosh
11:30am - 12:00pm @ Cascade 4
I'll be reading "Mothers and Daughters" and giving away chocolate (dark, just like my fiction.) I'll also give away a copy of Tales of the Sunrise Lands, an Anthology of Japanese Fantasy (Guardbridge Books, 2017) which includes my story “Cranes’ Return” and the sublime Richard Parks, as well as other writers you should read. If there is time, I'll read the starting scene from another dark delight.
Writing Comics for the Younger Generation
12:00pm - 1:00pm @ Cascade 7 & 8
Marta Murvosh (M), Adia, G. Willow Wilson
I'm terribly excited about this panel because Adia and G. Willow Wilson! Adia was so much fun last year on the young readers comic panel and G. Willow Wilson! (I will stop fan girling now, really, I'll stop soon.)
Diversity And Representation In Youth Literature/Media
3:00pm - 4:00pm @ Cascade 12
Marta Murvosh (M), Brenna Clarke Gray, Susan Chang, Kate Ristau
Don't miss this panel. This will be a great one and I don't just say that because I'm moderating. This is a great line up of pros.
Intersectionality and Comics
4:00pm - 5:00pm @ Cascade 11
Minim Calibre (M), Marta Murvosh, Donna Barr, Gabriel de los Angeles
Another important panel.
Saturday
YA's Role In Genre
1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Evergreen 1 & 2
Marta Murvosh (M), Jennifer Brozek, Tina Connolly, Susan Chang, Fonda Lee
I'm super excited for this panel. Fonda and I were talking about YA in speculative fiction at World Fantasy and it will be super interesting to discuss this topic with talented writers and editors who are making major contributions to the field.
I Am a Teenage Geek
2:00pm - 3:00pm @ Cascade 5 & 6
Marta Murvosh (M), Gabe, Ryo, Gabe Ewing
Teenagers telling it like it is. Awesome.
Pajama Party
7:00pm - 8:00pm @ Olympic 1
Lisa Mantchev (M), Amélie Mantchev, Marta Murvosh
Lisa is letting me bring a maker project, miniature light sabers made out of glow sticks, duct tape and decorated with a sharpie.
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
8:00pm - 10:00pm @ Cascade 12
Marta Murvosh (M), Dawn Vogel, Amanda Cherry, J Tullos Hennig, Janka Hobbs, Nikki McCormack, Tina LeCount Myers, Chrysoula Tzavelas, Erin Wilcox. Nine writers, each with 8 minutes, come find your new favorite writer, enter the drawing, eat the chocolate.
Sunday
Freelance Chaos
10:00am - 11:00am @ Cascade 11
Marta Murvosh (M), Laura Anne Gilman, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
The writers on this panel will have great advice to share.
Beyond the Chain Maille Bikini
2:00pm - 3:00pm @ Cascade 5 & 6
Marta Murvosh (M), Christen N. Sowards, Liz Courts
This is going to be fun and (I hope) take us to a new level.