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Schedule for Daytime Programming Friday, May 16, 2014 Time Willow Glen II –III Willow Glen I Blossom Hill Comics, Films and Games: Writing for Other Media 10 am – 11 am Gregory N. Bossert (m), Samuel R. Delany, Daryl Gregory, Erin Hoffman, Helen Stringer Fact vs. Fiction: Researching Your Book 11 am – 12 noon Andy Duncan (m), Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Klages, Diana Paxson, Veronica Schanoes 12 noon – 1 pm Lunch Break New Directions in Fantasy Cops and Spies: Intelligence and 1 pm – 2 pm Matthew Kressel (m), Gregory N. Bossert, Counterintelligence in SF Daryl Gregory, Helen Pilinovsky, Griffin Barber and Charles E. Gannon Helene Wecker Writing Workshops: The Business of the Book Trade From Alpha to Clarion 2 pm – 3 pm Jacob Weisman (m), Michael Armstrong, Eileen Gunn (m), Susan Ee, Naomi Kritzer, Barry Goldblatt, Laurie McLean, Henry Lien, Rachel Swirsky Francesca Myman Writing About Other Cultures, 5 Science Experiments in 15 Minutes Real or Imagined Ellen Klages 3 pm – 4 pm Amy Thomson (m), Chaz Brenchley, Nancy Kress, Diana Paxson, Tad Williams, Juliette Wade Saturday, May 17, 2014 Time Willow Glen II –III Willow Glen I Blossom Hill What Can All Writers do to Estate Planning: Universities vs. the Increase Diversity? Private Sector, or what to do with all 9 am – 10 am Sunil Patel (m), Nalo Hopkinson, Emily Jiang, that paper! Anne Leonard, Sofia Samatar Lynne Thomas and Pam van Hylckama Vlieg Book Editors: Meet the Playboy Advisor! 10 am – 11 am Jennifer Brehl (m), Deborah Beale, Robin Wayne Bailey interviews David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Jim Minz Special Guest Frank M. Robinson 11 a m–12:30 pm SFWA Business Meeting 12:30 pm – 1 pm Lunch Break “I’d buy that for 5 cents a word” Gender in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Fiction Editors 1 pm – 2 pm Charlie Jane Anders (m), Nicola Griffith, Scott Edelman (m), John Joseph Adams, Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Klages Ellen Datlow, Trevor Quachri, Sheila Williams Remembering Our Friends: Frederick Writing While Blocked Mid-Career Writers Symposium Pohl, Jack Vance, and others 2 pm – 3 pm Eileen Gunn and Cat Rambo (recommended for authors who have been Connie Willis (m), Terry Bisson, Steven Gould, publishing for 5+ years) Richard A. Lupoff, Charles Platt Pat Murphy and Debbie Notkin Writing for Young Adults How Might Science Change From Soup to Nuts: Bookview Cafe’s Cynthia Felice (m), Erin Hoffman, Science Fiction? Cooperative Publishing Model 3 pm – 4 pm Bennett Madison, Carrie Sessarego, Linda Nagata (m), Michael Blumlein, Madeleine Robins (m), Deborah J. Ross, Ysabeau Wilce Howard Hendrix, Daniel Marcus, Dave Trowbridge, Dave Smeds Laura Mixon Keeping the Science in Science Fiction Don’t Forget to Pay Your Taxes: Tips for Front Line Forensics: Kickstarters and Self-Publishing Tales of a Real CSI 4 pm – 5 pm Stanley Schmidt (m), Dr. Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, Larry Niven, Rudy Rucker Cliff Winnig (m), John D. Berry, Criminologist Cordelia Willis John Klima, Josh Wilson Sunday, May 18, 2014 Time Willow Glen II –III Willow Glen I Blossom Hill Project Heiroglyph: Optimistic Visions of the Future 10 am – 11 am Lee Konstantinou (m), Dr. Gregory Benford, Eileen Gunn Politics in Science Fiction 11 am – 12 noon Terry Bisson (m),Howard Hendrix, Eileen Gunn Schedule and participants subject to change; please check signage at each room for updates..

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