My BayCon Schedule

[hrj]

I'll be enjoying hanging out with friends and fellow writers at BayCon this weekend. It's at a new venue this year (the San Mateo Marriott) and I'll be trying to add a bit of relaxing down-time by checking in Thursday after work. If you're going to be there, by all means find me to say "Hi!" and if you're there Thursday evening as well, by all means ping me for a meet-up. But even moreso, if you think I might have entertaining things to say on any of the following topics, check out the panels listed below.

I don't typically volunteer for costume-related panels because my costuming activities tend to be in other venues, but there was an interesting one on dealing with clothing in world-building, and another that was on a topic I've enjoyed discussing before (in SCA contexts) that revolves around compromise trade-offs depending on what your costuming goals are.

The panel on "marketing ghettos" is certainly likely to be lively, given how much work I do to climb over the walls of the various marketing categories I fall into. And I've ventured a little out of my comfort zone to plunge into the debate over why/whether non-normative sexualities have a knee-jerk association with "kink" (however one interprets that) in SFF contexts. (Hint: I can see both sides of the thesis and will cheerfully talk about both, although one can probably guess which side I fall on personally.)

And if you spot me sitting alone in the lobby of the coffee shop with my laptop, don't hesitate to introduce yourself! If I didn't want to talk to people, I'd be hiding in my room.

Friday

Connections From The Past and How We Deal With Them
Friday 13:00 - 14:30, Synergy 5

Hey, that creepy ex-boyfriend just found me on facebook. Wow! That beloved, long lost buddy is at an SCA event. Oh... you're THAT Sally! The good, the bad and the chew-your-own-leg off aspects of people from your past and how they shape your present. Is it good or bad that Facebook puts us back in contact with people we'd never have seen again?

Panelists: Colin Fisk (M), ElizaBeth Gilligan, Heather Rose Jones, Ja Shia

Saturday

Costume in Fiction - Creating the total package
Saturday 14:30 - 16:00, Synergy 5

Your hero from another world isn't going to be wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt (most likely), nor will your altermate history ... come discuss the bare bones of costuming challenges as they are found by writers.

Panelists: ElizaBeth Gilligan (M), Heather Rose Jones, Denise Tanaka, Debbie Bretschneider

​Marketing Ghettos
Saturday 16:00 - 17:30, Collaborate 2

Just what is the difference between Dark Fantasy and Horror Thriller? Modern Fantasy vs. Alternate History?

Panelists: Jay Hartlove (M), Heather Rose Jones, Kyle Aisteach

Sunday

Does That Come In Vanilla?
Sunday 13:00 - 14:30, Synergy 4

18 AND OVER ONLY, PLEASE!

There's an inherent assumption that polyamory or homosexuality come paired with kink. Why is that and is it a sterotype worth debunking?

Panelists: Lance Moore Mr. (M), Heather Rose Jones, Tory Parker, Jean Batt

Monday

Historical Costuming- Make it Perfect or Make it Pretty
Monday 11:30 - 13:00, Convene

Historical costuming frequently runs into a choice between modern aesthetics and precise historical accuracy. Panelists will cover a variety of views on finding the balance.

Panelists: Jean Martin (M), Ms Sandra Durbin, Stacy Ferguson, Heather Rose Jones, Jim Partridge, Fr John Blaker

Comments

[irina (from livejournal.com)]

ENVY ENVY ENVY!!!

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

That Costume in Fiction panel looks interesting.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Yes -- I need to look up the other panelists (the only person I know is the moderator) to see what sort of genre balance to expect.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

And if you spot me sitting alone in the lobby of the coffee shop with my laptop, don't hesitate to introduce yourself! If I didn't want to talk to people, I'd be hiding in my room.

THIS! But oh gosh, I hadn't realised how much it needed actually to be said until I read it.

I wish I were going - I would totally be chatting :)

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much good it does to point it out. I certainly fall into the camp of, "Oh, they look busy, I wouldn't want to bother them!" Although if I'd seen a specific invitation/request along the lines of mine above....

BayCon is actually one of my "comfort zone" conventions, even though I do regularly find myself sitting in the lobby/cafe alone and trying to make friendly eye-contact with passers-by without looking too desperate. (And I keep reminding myself that if I leave all my socializing up to whoever approaches *me*, then I may find myself at the mercy of really boring people.)

[lferion]

Have fun! One of these years I will get back to BayCon...