Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: exhausted
  • Music: The Last 5 Years, "Goodbye Until Tomorrow."

Mosquitoes and me: Seanan goes to Minnesota.

Tomorrow morning I shall rise, bright and early, and head for the airport, where a plane will be waiting to take me (and a bunch of strangers, that being the way of air travel) away to glorious Minnesota, where the state bird, the mosquito, will no doubt be waiting to carry me away.

Why am I going to Minnesota? Why, 4th Street Fantasy, of course. My schedule for the weekend:

Friday.

I will be doing the Writer's Seminar all day. Now, since this starts at 9am, and I will be several hours ahead of my normal time zone, I do not promise coherency before around noon. But hey, that's where some of the best advice comes from, right?

Saturday.

Originality and Micro-genre, 9:30am. To quote the con: "Readers who are versed in a sub-genre and its conventions can find what outsiders see as minor variations on a theme to be significant and original differences. How does this relate to the frequently expressed desire among critics for originality and ambition, and how is the perception of originality informed by the breadth/focus of readers' experiences?" To quote me: "Why do you hate sleep?"

Sunday.

Influence, Tropes, and Prior Art, 11:30am. To quote the con: "Authors who came before them influence nearly every author. Is it easier to be influenced by certain styles of work, or in certain ways? To what extent do we model our works on existing texts or narrative templates, and how often are those influences visible when reading the finished product?" To quote me: "Hooray! Sleep!"

So this should be a super-fun weekend, and all the programming looks great. Plus you'll get to see me in a sleep-deprived haze, and that's gonna be awesome. Hope to see you there!
Tags: con prep, conventions, in the wild, schedule, where's seanan
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ckd

June 19 2014, 12:05:37 UTC 3 years ago

I'll see you there, possibly from within my own sleep-deprived haze (got paged twice last night, and my flight tomorrow is rather early) even though I'm going to be the beneficiary of the difference in timezones. Luckily for me, I'm not on any 0930 panels....

I just hope we don't repeat last year's rendition of "the world's premier dark fantasy convention", where by "dark" I mean "without power in the hotel for 24 hours after a raging thunderstorm hit the Twin Cities".

seanan_mcguire

June 24 2014, 14:36:23 UTC 3 years ago

It was lovely to see you. See you in London!