Here is my schedule for MidAmeriCon II, the 74th Worldcon:
Mars Needs Poets, Thursday 8/18/2016, 11:00 – 12:00, Room 2205
– Let’s talk science fiction and fantasy poetry! Where can you find it? Who’s writing it? What pieces do we love? And how is science fiction changing the landscape of modern poetry?
– Jim Davidson (M), Mary Soon Lee, Rose Lemberg, Frederick Turner, Dr. Mary A. Turzillo Ph.D., Jo Walton
Spec Fic Poets: A Group Reading, Friday 8/19/2016, 12:00 – 13:00, Room 2203
– Frederick Turner, Michael Substelny, Mr. Robin Wayne Bailey, Mary Soon Lee, Jim Davidson, Symantha Reagor (M), Bogi Takács, Erin Wilcox
Beta Readers, Friday 8/19/2016, 13:00 – 14:00, Room 2206
– What is the best way to choose beta readers, and when are they most useful? Our panel discuss how to get the best out of beta readers, who to avoid and how to deal with their critique.
– Mr. Eric James Stone, Martin L. Shoemaker, Mary Soon Lee, Shanna Swendson (M), Sharon Bass
Autographing, Saturday 8/20/2016, 12:00 – 13:00, Autographing Space
– William Ledbetter, Mary Soon Lee, Sunil Patel, Courtney Schafer, Howard Tayler
4 August 2016: Apex + Ship of Fools
My poem Not Like This is in the latest issue of Apex Magazine. It’s a Xau poem I’m distinctly fond of, in which Xau is heroic. And my poems “Bowl” and “On Vacation” are both in the latest issue of Ship of Fools. “Bowl” is a very quiet Xau poem, and “On Vacation” is a non-Xau poem about reading. I note that I have now had 25 poems published in Ship of Fools!
31 July 2016: Dreams & Nightmares + Confluence
My poem “Wolf Moon” is in the latest issue of Dreams & Nightmares. The poem was first published in “Crowned”.
Also, I have returned from Confluence, the annual Pittsburgh SF/F conference, where I had a good but exhausting time. I was on five panels, plus I held a Kaffeeklatsch on dragons and I gave a reading. I particularly enjoyed hearing other authors read; Saladin Ahmed read one of his short stories, plus I heard Darrell Schweitzer and Timons Esaias, and briefer snippets from others.
