urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2016-10-26T16:58:54Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:679156 2016-10-26T16:58:54Z 2016-10-26T16:58:54Z Captain Tractor, "Gwenivere." I am in Iowa! I am enjoying the company of my adult friends, who are awesome, and their three-year-old, the Skeleton Girl, who is <i>amazing</i>. I am not the biggest fan of tiny humans, which is why I never elected to construct one of my own, but SG? Is the best tiny human. She's just amazing. I could play with her for hours. I <i>have</i> played with her for hours. So Iowa is awesome.<br /><br />But! I came here for a con, and a con I shall have! This weekend in Cedar Rapids, the fun begins. Ain't no party like a corn state party, because in a corn state, I am at the height of my powers. BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.<br /><br /><b>Thursday.</b><br /><br /><i>Pre-con signing event, 6pm.</i> Before the con gets started, a bunch of the attending authors will be signing at the Cedar Rapids Barnes & Noble! No membership required. We hope to see you there.<br /><br /><b>Friday.</b><br /><br /><i>DreamCon Introduction, 1pm.</i> This special con-within-a-con for teens is aimed at teaching writing skills and improving understanding of the science fiction community.<br /><br /><i>DreamCon Community Building, 1:25pm.</i><br /><br /><i>DreamCon Ask Me Anything, 3:05pm.</i><br /><br /><i>Opening Ceremonies, 7pm.</i> Let's get this party started!<br /><br /><b>Saturday.</b><br /><br /><i>Zombie Mania, 10am.</i> Whee.<br /><br /><i>Flipping Fairy Tales, 2pm.</i> Watch me throw things at Jim Hines for an hour while we pretend to be professionals!<br /><br /><i>Author/Artist Meet & Greet, 3pm.</i> Way too early to start drinking.<br /><br /><i>GoH Interviews, 4pm.</i> ...but maybe it's a really, really good idea anyway.<br /><br /><i>Round Robin, 9pm.</i> Once upon a time, there was a girl named Seanan, and she stole her whole panel away to the corn...<br /><br /><b>Sunday.</b><br /><br /><i>In Conversation with Seanan, 11am.</i> I have a moderator? So this is not really an In Conversation... so much as it is some sort of interview that I do not fully understand. There may be a mutiny.<br /><br /><i>Vogon Poetry/Bulwer-Lytton Contests, 2pm.</i> Welp.<br /><br /><i>Closing Ceremonies, 3pm.</i> Goodbye, everybody! See you in the corn!