ArmadilloCon Schedule

ArmadilloCon is next weekend, July 27-29, in Austin, Texas.

The major guests are: Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop, Special Guest: Chloe Neill, Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky, Artist Guest: Julie Dillon.

I'm one of the teachers for the writers workshop all day Friday, then my schedule is:

Fr1800T Texas is Fantastic
Fri 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Trinity
Neal Barrett, Joe Lansdale, Carrie Richerson, Wen Spencer, Howard Waldrop, Martha Wells
A discussion of fantasy written by Texans and/or set in the Lone Star State.

Sa1400SB SF/F Mysteries
Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Sabine
Scott Cupp, Marshall Maresca, Rob Rogers, Patrice Sarath*, Martha Wells
A discussion of good examples of this mixed subgenre and the special challenges of writing it.

Saturday, 4:30pm Reading
Martha Wells (I'm not sure yet what I'll be reading from. Probably The Siren Depths since my printer is having problems and I can't print anything else out right now.)

Sa1700SB Building a Fictional Society from the Ground Up
Sat 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Sabine
Anne Bishop, Amanda Downum, Abby Goldsmith, Julie Mandala, Jessica Reisman*, Martha Wells
A discussion of worldbuilding in sf/f.

Sa2030SM Reading
Sat 8:30 PM-9:00 PM San Marcos
Aaron de Orive (Aaron will be reading from the unsold MG fantasy we wrote together.)