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Lunacon Schedule
Here's my schedule--as always it's subject to change. It's an interesting mix of topics. Note that I'll be celebrating Saint Patricia's Day at the con....
Friday, March 16th 7:00 PM
Title: Across Art Forms
Description: What aspects of art/film/theatre can be useful to the writer? (e.g. theatre improv to develop dialogue? film editing to understand pacing? exploring folk ballads for inspiration). Participants: Patricia Bray, Barbara Campbell[M], Jonathan Maberry, David Mack, Joshua Palmatier.
Saturday, March 17th 11:00 AM
Title: Jane Austen in SFF
Description: While Austen's work seems about as far from speculative fiction as you can get, multiple genre writers have used her characters, books - or Austen herself - in genre stories. Where does the crossover appeal come from? Participants: Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Patricia Bray, Esther Friesner, Peter Heck, Andrew Wheeler[M].
Sunday, March 18th 11:00 AM
Title: Danger in Children's Fantasy
Description: What's an acceptable level of danger in a children's book? The later Oz books are disappointing to readers today because the characters never seem to be in any danger, but isn't there something disturbing about how matter-of-factly students in J. K. Rowling's universe are told they will be killed if they step into the wrong room? Participants: Patricia Bray, Sarah Beth Durst, Amy Goldschlager[M], Tamora Pierce.
And why yes, we're bringing our own dart board, why do you ask?
Friday, March 16th 7:00 PM
Title: Across Art Forms
Description: What aspects of art/film/theatre can be useful to the writer? (e.g. theatre improv to develop dialogue? film editing to understand pacing? exploring folk ballads for inspiration). Participants: Patricia Bray, Barbara Campbell[M], Jonathan Maberry, David Mack, Joshua Palmatier.
Saturday, March 17th 11:00 AM
Title: Jane Austen in SFF
Description: While Austen's work seems about as far from speculative fiction as you can get, multiple genre writers have used her characters, books - or Austen herself - in genre stories. Where does the crossover appeal come from? Participants: Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Patricia Bray, Esther Friesner, Peter Heck, Andrew Wheeler[M].
Sunday, March 18th 11:00 AM
Title: Danger in Children's Fantasy
Description: What's an acceptable level of danger in a children's book? The later Oz books are disappointing to readers today because the characters never seem to be in any danger, but isn't there something disturbing about how matter-of-factly students in J. K. Rowling's universe are told they will be killed if they step into the wrong room? Participants: Patricia Bray, Sarah Beth Durst, Amy Goldschlager[M], Tamora Pierce.
And why yes, we're bringing our own dart board, why do you ask?
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Personally, I think being turned into a marble statue or dropped into a bottomless pit are chilling fates!
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Baum made his debut as a novelist with Mother Goose in Prose (1897), based on stories told to his own children. Its last chapter introduced the farm-girl Dorothy. In the preface Baum wrote that he wanted to create modern fairy tales, and not scare children like the Brothers Grimm did. "Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident."
(I got it here: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lfbaum.htm )
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Let me tell you the story of Dorothy and her hunt for the weapons of mass destruction....
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