My Norwescon Panel Schedule for Approved Stalking

One of the bonuses of moving to the west coast is a bunch of new conventions become my "locals" - including Norwescon, the weekend of April 2nd-5th.

So if you're going to be there too, and find yourself shut out from all the GRRM-y GoH goodness by the crowds, here's where I'll be....  (all rooms final only after we're actually in them..check your schedule for last-minute changes!)

Thursday

Reading: Laura Anne Gilman
6:30pm-7:00pm - Cascade 1
(There may be cookies.  There may also be minion t-shirts for giveaway....)

Urban Fantasy's Hard-Boiled Detective Roots
8:00pm-9:00pm - Cascade 7&8
Pat MacEwen, Kurt Cagle, Kristi Charish, Laura Anne Gilman

Friday

Believable Magic
2:00pm-3:00pm - Evergreen 3&4
Laura Anne Gilman, Django Wexler, Rosa Acicularis, B. D. Kellmer, Corry L. Lee

Fan Fiction vs Original Fiction
4:00pm-5:00pm - Cascade 5
Diana Copland, Laura Anne Gilman, Rosa Acicularis, Rachael Sabotini

Writing a Series
8:00pm-9:00pm - Cascade 10
Laura Anne Gilman, Rhiannon Held, Esther Jones, Simon R Green

(considering the over-the-yardarm hour, the topic, and the participants, this one might get...amusing.)

Saturday

Biggest Mistakes I Ever Made
10:00am-11:00am - Evergreen 1&2
Laura Anne Gilman, Simon R Green, Jack Skillingstead, Nicole Dieker

(bring a pad, take notes.)

Autographing
Sat 3:00pm-4:00pm - Grand 2
Jeff Sturgeon, Django Wexler, Randy Henderson, G. Willow Wilson, Kristi Charish, Frog Jones, Richard Hescox, Darragh Metzger, David J. Peterson, Esther Jones, Jeremy Zimmerman, John (J.A.) Pitts, Kevin Radthorne, Laura Anne Gilman, Michael G. Munz, Rhiannon Held, Leannan Sidhe, Steven Barnes, Tim McDaniel

The Heroine's Journey
8:00pm-9:00pm - Cascade 3&4
Laura Anne Gilman, Marta Murvosh, Catherine Cooke Montrose

(I may have raised my hand for this panel so fast I threw my shoulder out...)

On Sunday I'll be participating in the Writer's Workshop, and then heading for home, so if you're going to catch me it'll have to be at breakfast..... (yeah, breakfast on the Sunday of a convention. We'll be the ones with our faces down in the bowls of coffee...)

This is not news to me but I should read it every morning....

Yesterday I had the renewed revelation that when I get my backside out of bed and at the desk by 7ish AM, by noon I'll generally have logged a full day of work (presuming the average 9-5er only actually works ~4 hours, which studies have asserted). That allows me to either do more work in the afternoon, or do things non-work-related (aka 'relaxing').

When I DON'T hit the desk in the morning, though? No matter how many hours I work I still feel like I screwed up/didn't get anything done. And generally I'm NOT as efficient.

So here I am, at my desk, working. Adulting at its finest.

(the promise of a nap around 2pm is also adulting at its finest. Shut up, it is.)