Mmmm, yes. Must go to CONduit.

[agilebrit]

Here's the (tentative) writing track for CONduit, a sci-fi con in SLC over Memorial Day weekend:

10 Best Books to give your Muggle Friends
Adjusting the moral subtext of your writing to suit your audience.
Alternate Histories: Analyzing the future by rewriting the past
Beyond European Aristocracy: societies on which to mold your worlds
Characterization: Designing Characters
Comedy in SF/F
Common grammar mistakes by writers
Dark Princess and Shadowy villains: the original fairy tales
Dealing with Editors
Dealing with Interruptions in Your Work: keeping the flow when life intervenes
Desperate Stepford Wives: cliches in SF
Druidism and Goddess Worship in SF&F
Fan Fiction on the Internet
First Aid for your First Page
Foreshadowing
Getting your Manuscript Published
Guildlines: Not Just for Beginners
Have Vampires been sucked dry?
Heinlein Reinvented: How is Heinlein being reinvented for the 21st Century?
How do you create a fantasy society without using real beliefs?
How to Catch and Keep an Editor's (and reader's) Interest
How to do research on the Internet
How to portray computer hacking in your writing
How to use research in your writing
Into the Shadows: writing the post-apocalyptic tale
James H. Schmidt story reading
Jumpstart Tricks for Writers
Manuscript Format Guidelines
Manuscript Preparation
Military SF
Original Fairy Tales: The grim side of Grimm
Point of View
Political Ideologies Expressed in SF
Promoting yourself (books, art, etc) on the web
Psychological Horror vs Slasher Horror
Religion in SF&F
Remainders, Paperbacks and other Inconvenient Truths of Publishing
Researching your story online
Romance in SF
Sex in Horror
The dark side of royalty: evil queens, false princesses and wicked kings
The Shadow side of Fairyland
Tough Guys (and Gals) in SF
Trends in SF/F: what's selling now?
Twisted Fairy Tales
Using the Tarot for Character and Story Development
Webcomics
What is the Allure of Horror?
What you can learn from the Internet: blogs, webpages and chat lists to help writers
When Magic Goes Bad: What can go wrong and why (how) is magic fallible.
Worldbuilding: religion
Writing a Good War: How can you have a good war in your novel without boring the reader?
Writing a Sense of Time
Writing Contests: why you should (or shouldn't) enter them
Writing Old, Writing Young - Writing characters who are different ages

They're also having a four-hour writing workshop the day before. And David Weber is the guest of honor.

Yes, yes, I know. I still need to do my Moab Jeep Safari report. I also need to go to the post office and get our mail, and go to the comic store, which (miracle of miracles) still has a copy of Buffy Issue 2.

Comments

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Oh I am jealous. Have neither the time nor money to get there but it sounds great!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I have a spare bedroom. You're welcome to it, if the cost of the hotel is prohibitive. :)

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

The offer is greatly appreciated but it's the airfare that's prohibitive cost wise.

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wow. That sounds completely awesome. I really, really want to go to a con like that, and while I probably could scrounge up the money if I was really serious about it, I definitely don't have the time. Stupid college.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

But, but... doesn't college get out BEFORE Memorial Day? Just a thought...

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'm taking classes during the summer session too, which starts May 21.