Norwescon schedule, and I teach a class
Norwescon starts tomorrow. I’ll be at the convention about 5pm. Busy weekend ahead of me.
First off, my buddy Ken Scholes has had to take a pass on the convention this year due to life complications. He’s fine, just a bit overwhelmed with new babies, book deadlines, etc. This left a hole in the convention schedule that I’ve agreed to step in to. I’ll be teaching a class from noon to three on Friday called The Evolution of a Writing Career. Come along and join the fun. Worse case, you can heckle me.
Here’s my weekend.
Friday, 12:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m.
Evolution of a Writing Career
(not sure where yet)
Friday, 3:00 p.m., Cascade 4
Crossing the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla
Valhalla: home of the fallen heroes and central focal point of Norse Mythology. We review the various concepts and conceits of Valhalla in pre-Christian Scandanavia and what the promise of living in the Halls of
Heroes meant to average Norse men.
Jeff Davis, John A. Pitts, Ben Thompson
Friday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Evergreen 3 & 4
Autograph Session #1
Friday, 6:00 – 6:30 p.m., Cascade 3
Reading: John Pitts
Black Blade Blues, Urban Fantasy Novel excerpt, Rated: PG
John A. Pitts
Friday, 9:00 p.m., Cascade 6
Gender Queers in Urban Fantasy
Where are the novels that discard the gender binary in this genre? Where are the drag queens and other gender queers?
K.C. Ball (M), A.M. Dellamonica, John A. Pitts
Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Baker
Writer’s Workshop Round Robin #2
James Mead – Pathfinder, Stephanie Weippert – Desperation, Douglas Rudoff –
Shade btw Blue & Green
John A. Pitts (M), James C. Glass, Mary Rosenblum
Saturday, 10:00 p.m., Cascade 7
Avoiding Cliches in Urban Fantasy
How many hard-boiled PIs does one genre need? Gritty locales are fun, but why can’t we ever be at the beach? Magic users, vampires, and werewolves, oh my! Do we need something more original?
K.C. Ball (M), John A. Pitts
Sunday, 10:00 a.m., Baker
Writer’s Workshop: Jeremy Zimmerman
Court of the Red King,
Rhiannon Held (M), Andrea Howe, Rosemary Jones, John A. Pitts
I hope to see the lot of you there.