My schedule for this weekend's Capclave in Gaithersburg, MD. I'm only going to be there for Friday evening/Saturday morning, so they've packed in a lot of programming!
| Friday | 4 PM-4:50 PM | Your Day Job As Your Muse |
| Friday | 5 PM-5:50 PM | Getting Into Short Fiction |
| Friday | 9 PM-9:50 PM | The Right Length For Your Story |
| Saturday | 10 AM-10:50 AM | Tiptree Retrospective |
| Saturday | 12:30 PM-12:55 PM | Reading - Sarah Pinsker |
Expanded below:
Your Day Job As Your Muse (Ends at: 4:55 pm) - Salon A
Panelists: Barbara Krasnoff, Sarah Pinsker (M), Lawrence M. Schoen
SF writers who work for NASA have it easy. What about the rest of us? How does your day job influence what you write when you are off the clock? Do you base characters on coworkers? Turn daydreams of being the corporate hero into your creative works?
(I'm listed as moderator, but I pointed out that I might not make it on time because of said day job.)
Getting Into Short Fiction (Ends at: 5:55 pm) - Frederick
Panelists: Jim Freund (M), Dina Leacock, Sarah Pinsker, Gordon Van Gelder
What are some of the best resources for someone who wants to start reading shorter fiction? What are good habits to adopt, and expectations to foster?
The Right Length For Your Story (Ends at: 9:55 pm) - Rockville/Potomac
Panelists: Scott H. Andrews (M), Sarah Avery, Sarah Pinsker, Gordon Van Gelder
A short story is not a condensed novel. How do you know if your idea will require a story, novella, novel, or trilogy? When you edit, what makes you decide if it should be expanded or shortened? Were you ever surprised what a work took a different form? Which expansions of shorter works into novels work and which do not?
Tiptree Retrospective (Ends at: 10:55 am) - Rockville/Potomac
Panelists: Scott Edelman, Jim Freund, Cathy Green, Sarah Pinsker
Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Triptree Jr. was born 100 years ago. She was a complex individual who kept her true identity secret even from the many writers who communicated with her by mail. Robert Silverberg famously wrote that only a man could have written Triptree's stories. What did she have to say and what was her best work? Why is she important to the field?
| Saturday 12:30 pm | Frederick |
Reading - Sarah Pinsker (Ends at: 12:55 pm) Author: Sarah Pinsker |