Off to Armadillocon

In just a few short hours I'll be off to Armadillocon in Austin. Friday is the big writers workshop which I understand I am co-chair of for the second year in a row. That tells you what a sad state of affairs it's fallen into. Earlier, I got an email from Patrice Sarath, the co-chair who actually does all the work on the workshop, telling me that Sharyn November, the editor GoH for the con and co-instructor for our break-out manuscript group, has had a change of flight plans and will miss at least the first hour of critiquing. Omph. I'm going to be flying solo with some disgruntled workshoppers, one of whom actually has considerably more publication credits than myself. Talk about pressure.

On the bright side, the Armadillocon beer has turned out quite nicely. I've just got a few more labels to put on and we'll be all set to go. On the not-so-bright side, one of my daughters has a swim meet Saturday morning, which means I'll have to hightail it back home Friday night so as to be the supportive parent, then turn around and drive back up to Austin. Not looking forward to that driving, especially after logging a bazillion miles going up to NASFiC, but hey, we do what we must.

Here's my schedule for the weekend:

ArmadilloCon 29 Schedule for Jayme Lynn Blaschke

Fr2200Dz Group blogging by SF authors
Fri 10:00 PM-11:00 PM de Zavala
Nevins*, Blaschke, Nakashima-Brown, Gould, Spector,
Denton, McHugh
Jess Nevins and Chris Nakashima-Brown, et al. proffer
dueling bloggers, complete with PowerPoint live
blogging.

Sa1200De Revolution SF
Sat Noon-1:00 PM DeWitt
Klaw*, Finn, Bey, Wilson, Blaschke, Porter
Being an editor for a small SF site can be
challenging.

Sa2000De Hypotheticals
Sat 8:00 PM-9:00 PM DeWitt
Porter*, Roberson, Sturges, Wilson, Blaschke, Benjamin
A role playing panel wherein comics professionals take
a set of interlinked and developing hypothetical
scenarios regarding the comic book industry and play
them out. There’s no audience participation, other
than the audience getting a lot of enjoyment out of
it.

Su1300De Mythology/Schmythology
Sun 1:00 PM-2:00 PM DeWitt
Wilson*, Gilman, Blaschke, Denton, Gould, Kimbriel,
Spector
In presupposing that only a "chosen one" and/or
demi-god can save the world, are Star Wars, Harry
Potter, Lord of the Rings and other such works
anti-humanist at the core?

Now Playing: David Byrne Uh-Oh