News

As is usually the case, there’s been some movement here and there on the schedule. The important thing is that it looks like everything is bolted down now, and we’re good to go. If you’re looking to find me at Lunacon, the following provides your prime stalking opportunities:

Friday, March 16th:
20:00 – 21:00 | Grand Ballroom ? |Meet the Pros
 Grab a drink, have a nosh, and come say “howdy”

Saturday, March 17th
11:00 – 11:30 | Bartell | Reading
 In honor of the recently released ERB film, I will likely read “A Buffalito Of Mars”

12:00 – 13:00 | William Odelle | Hadley Rille Press: Meet the Authors (M)
 Terri-Lynne DeFino, Karin Rita Gastreich, and I share tales of this midwestern small press

13:00 – 14:00 | Westchester Assembly | Autographing
 w/ Terri-Lynne DeFino, Karin Rita Gastreich

16:00 – 17:00 | Westchester Ballroom A1 | Neuroscience Fiction
 w/ Lawrence Kramer, Linda Zimmermann, Shara Zoll (M)

Sunday, March 18th
12:00 – 13:00 | Elijah Budd | Creating Believable Fantasy Animals
 w/ Karin Rita Gastreich (M), Robert J. Howe, Keira Sokolowski

13:00 – 15:00 | Grand Ballrom North | Charity Book Raffle (MC)
 GoH Howard Tayler and I will vie for privilege of drawing your ticket? (sorry about the pun)

Still no sign of any programming for Barry. In past years, Mr. Shirt has threatened to put him on the schedule. I, in turn, have threatened to leave him sitting on podium in front of an empty room. Nothing good can come of this, I’m sure.

Despite rumors (started by me) that my stint last year as GoH had broken Lunacon, the fine folks at Programming have come through with a schedule. No doubt there will be some changes before the actual event (now less than a week away), but for your edification and amusement, here is where I think you can find me, at least as of right now.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my pre-final schedule for Lunacon 2012:

Friday, March 16th:
20:30 – 21:30 | Grand Ballroom ? |Meet the Pros
 Grab a drink, have a nosh, and come say “howdy”

Saturday, March 17th
12:00 – 13:00 | William Odelle | Hadley Rille Press: Meet the Authors (M)
 Terri-Lynne DeFino, Karin Rita Gastreich, and I share tales of this midwestern small press

13:00 – 14:00 | Westchester Assembly | Autographing
 w/ Terri-Lynne DeFino, Karin Rita Gastreich

16:00 – 17:00 | Westchester Ballroom A1 | Neuroscience Fiction
 w/ Lawrence Kramer, Linda Zimmermann, Shara Zoll (M)

Sunday, March 18th
10:00 – 10:30 | Bartell | Reading
 In honor of the recently released ERB film, I will likely read “A Buffalito Of Mars”

12:00 – 13:00 | Elijah Budd | Creating Believable Fantasy Animals
 w/ Karin Rita Gastreich (M), Robert J. Howe, Keira Sokolowski

13:00 – 15:00 | Grand Ballrom North | Charity Book Raffle (MC)
 Will I draw your ticket? You’ll just have to come by and see

For good or ill, Barry believes he is the convention’s unofficial Plushie GoH (I’ve tried explaining it to him, but he just won’t listen — I doubt they’ll even have a badge for him). If you’d like to humor him, the odds are good that you can find him riding on my shoulder throughout most of the convention (at least when he’s not in the bar, drowning his sorrows in barbecue sauce). I would consider it a kindness if you’d stop and pose for a photograph with him.