You're Joking, Right?

Wait, the President's limo only has a top speed of 60mph? You've got to be kidding, right? I mean, what happens if terrorists attack and they need to speed away from all of the explosions as Jack Bauer intervenes and starts kicking some terrorist butt? Jack can't be bothered to trot along beside the damn car as it moseys out of the line of fire! He's got places to be, people to kill, entire worlds to save!

And I guess the installation of the flux capacitor was a waste of money as well. More taxpayer dollars down the drain. Didn't anyone tell them it doesn't kick in until 88mph?

BOSKONE!! (Preliminary Schedule)

I've got my preliminary Boskone schedule right here. Subject to change of course, but a good place to start planning your stalking. Look who my Kaffeeklatsch is with! I don't care if no one else shows up; I'll take Juliet E. McKenna all to myself. *grin*

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Friday, THE THIRTEENTH!!! 9pm Reading from Vacant Throne or Well of Sorrows, depending on the crowd Joshua B. Palmatier (obviously)

Saturday, Valentine's Day!!! 10am Men Writing Women Chris Howard; Paul Melko(M); Joshua B. Palmatier; Alisa Kwitney Sheckley; Joel Shepherd

What is it about "strong female protagonists" that appeals to so
many male authors? (And what do they think is "stong?") ((And, why
don't they ever write about "weak female protagonists", huh?) Does
gender (of author or character?) make a difference, anyway?

Saturday, 1pm Kaffeeklatsch Juliet E. McKenna; Joshua B. Palmatier

Saturday, 3pm Exploring the Other? - Gay Themes in Science Fiction and
Fantasy Suzy McKee Charnas; Katherine Macdonald (M); Elise Matthesen; Joshua B. Palmatier

What are some of the most interesting and important examples of the
GBLT world in the modern genre? How do gay characters/gayness speak
to everyone, and elucidate themes hard to express in other ways.
Discuss.

Sunday, Day of Recover, 11am Writing the First-Person Point of View Debra Doyle; Darlene Marshall; Joshua B. Palmatier (M); Paul G. Tremblay; Ann Tonsor Zeddies

What are the plusses and minuses of writing in the first person?
Sure, you may gain a sense of immediacy, but what might you lose?
How is it done well? Badly?

Sunday, 12noon Autographing

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And I just realized I'm the moderator on my last panel. Hmmm . . . At least it's a topic I should be fairly familiar with. *unlike the other two panel topics, he says dryly, with an eyeroll*

You'd think the people doing programming had read my books and knew me.