Diversicon - Day 1
I’m up early, because that’s how my brain works, so here’s a quick look at yesterday’s brief adventure at the con.
The panel on fate and free will turned out a lot more Christian in nature than I’d expected. This is fine, but it’s not a topic that I consider myself remotely acquainted with. Fortunately the moderator and Bryan Thao Worra
(who we drafted to join us)
kept things moving, and once in a while I was able to contribute something.
Bryan is one of the writer guests of honor. He’s an amazing poet and, as we say here in Minnesota, a heckuva nice guy. If you ever have a chance to hear him talk about Laotian mythology, poetry, or cryptids in general, don’t pass it up. He’ll be on the Midwestern monsters of myth panel with me on Sunday afternoon.
@charliejane-anders is the other writer guest of honor, and I really enjoyed the interview with her. She’s engaging and funny, but she’s also genuinely nice. She shared a story about a past experience with the express desire that it not be recorded and shared online because she didn’t want anyone to feel bad. Never mind that it says something about our culture that this kind of sensitivity is remarkable, this made me really happy. She’ll have a YA trilogy coming out in the future, and I’m really looking forward to that.
I’m on a panel this morning with Charlie Jane Anders on the topics of science and magic, and I’m hoping my moderator skills are fully on, because this could be a ton of fun.
It was so fantastic to meet you yesterday and I’m very excited for our witchy sciencey panel!!!!
