My FOGCon schedule

[hrj]

FOGCon will be my first convention as a published novelist, which will be more of a private than a public thrill. (I have no illusions that this fact makes me Important in any way.) Evidently FOGCon does a "theme" for its programming every year and this year it's "secrets". I'll be on two panels on Sunday:

9:00-10:15 (Salon A/B) "The Love that Dare not Speak its Name Says 'Hi'!"

When did you first know you were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered? Was there anyone you could tell? What was it like to carry such a secret? When and why did you first start telling people? Are there still some people you won't tell?
M: Crystal Huff. Heather Rose Jones, Kaylia Metcalfe, Tim Susman, Rowan Thunder

1:30-2:45 (Salon A/B) "Secrets in Science"

Leibniz kept the calculus a secret -- or so he claimed. Alchemists were notorious secret-keepers, writing down their discoveries in complicated code. From those antecedents has grown a long history of secrecy in science, whether to claim priority, or for more sinister reasons -- such as the Manhattan Project. What kinds of secrets do scientists keep, and why? How have we seen this play out in the real world, as well as in fiction?
M: Daniel Marcus. Courtney, Heather Rose Jones, Colleen T. O'Rourke

I'm not sure who-all that I know will be there, but I'll be doing my usual shy "why would anyone want to talk to me anyway?" thing** so I'll be glad of anyone who wants to prove otherwise.

**Mitigated by the fact that my girlfriend will be out visiting from New York and cheerfully forming part of my entourage for the weekend.

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

We'll be in the bar, most of the weekend. Come and entourage with us.

[brooksmoses]

I'll be there, and would be quite happy to have lunch or dinner with you sometime. (Let me know if you'd like to pick one out in advance so as to avoid last-minute scrambling to find people.)

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

If I weren't teaching down south this weekend, I'd happily attend and hang out. Where is recreational cloning when we need it?

[katerit.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I can come to any part of it, but I want to. I'll say hi if I see you - though what you describe as your shy behavior is exactly what I do. I'll keep it in mind.

Entouragette

[scotica.livejournal.com]

I'll be there Sunday, at a minimum, forming part of your entourage :-)

Will you be there on Saturday, too?

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Of course!

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Since I have no programming commitments on Saturday, lunch would be a good time to make non-specific plans to meet up with folks.

Re: Entouragette

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Yay. I'll be there from Friday late afternoon. (And I'm being silly and having a hotel room despite it being 30 minutes from my house.)

[brooksmoses]

Saturday lunch sounds good to me! Let's plan on that.

[brooksmoses]

So, meet in the lobby after the panel gets out at 11:45?