Lunacon this Weekend!

Hey Tri-Staters! I will be appearing this weekend at Lunacon in Rye Brook NY (March 19 – 21). If you’re in the neighborhood and want to stop by, I’d love to sign your books, chat, or whatever. I try to make it out to Lunacon every year. It’s a fun time with a lot of great guests. I’ll be on a number of panels, and doing a reading and a signing.

Here’s a schedule of my Lunacon events:

How NOT to get published
Friday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Tips on submissions, contacting agents, and all the other myriad challenges that face an aspiring author. What works, what doesn’t, and what will work against you completely.

Peter V. Brett, Chris Evans [M], Violet Haberdasher, Josepha Sherman

Reading: Peter V. Brett
Friday 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Blogging, Writing, and Fandom
Saturday 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The world continues to grow smaller as the internet brings instantaneous access to writers and other professionals. With so many writers maintaining web presence, has there been a detrimental effect on con-going? Why leave your house when fandom is just a click away?

Peter V. Brett, James Chambers, Violet Haberdasher [M], Saul Jaffe, Nathan Lilly

Autographing: Peter V. Brett, Scott Grimando
Saturday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Emma Frost: Disney Princess?
Sunday 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
It was the announcement heard ’round the comic shop: Disney was buying Marvel and the rights to every Marvel character. Immediately, the internet explodes as panicked fans debated if Mickey was going to be the newest member of the Avengers or if Marvel was going to have to make sure all its titles were appropriate material for children under ten. The merger was completed at the end of December, with no obvious effects, but only time will tell. Were these rumors nothing more than fans’ vaunted fear of change, or will the Phoenix come back only after getting love’s first kiss.

Joshua Bilmes [M], Peter V. Brett, Lynn E. Cohen Koehler, Jonathan Maberry

Whither Wander You?
Sunday 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The physical journey can mirror and drive the spiritual journey of the characters, while providing an interesting and amusing source of external conflict. When done poorly, it can devolve into tedium, and wreak havoc on the pacing of the novel. How do you keep one from sliding into the other? What are some of the best travel scenes we’ve written and read? Which have been done poorly? How do you write a compelling travel scene without losing the reader to what seems like a hundred pages of endless trudging through snowy wastelands?

Alma Alexander [M], Peter V. Brett, Sam Butler, Keith DeCandido, Josepha Sherman

Don’t be shy if you want to say “Hi!” between events. I love meeting and talking with readers.

Posted on March 14, 2010 at 3:56 pm by PeatB
Filed under Appearances, Events, Fans, World Traveler
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