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I started working at Tor in June 2003 and began attending conventions professionally the following year. I\u2019m probably missing some information here and there, but this list should give you a good sense of the conventions I\u2019ve been to and the panels I\u2019ve participated in.<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Appearances (panel schedule TBD):<\/i><\/p>\n

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10\/09: SteamCon<\/li>\n
11\/09: World Fantasy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Past conventions, in reverse chronological order:<\/i><\/p>\n
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8\/09: WorldCon: \"Steampunk: Fish or Fowl?,\" \"Comics and SF as a Dominant Source of Literary and Entertainment Paradigms,\" \u201cOur long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is over\u201d<\/li>\n
7\/09: ReaderCon: \"Annual Interstitial Arts Town Meeting,\" \"Outsider Artists and Speculative Fiction\"<\/li>\n
7\/09: not really a convention, but I co-designed and ran a game called \u201cSignals on the S\u201d<\/a> in Come Out and Play<\/a>, an annual festival dedicated to large-scale street games<\/li>\n
6\/09: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a> Art Festival: Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n
5\/09: WisCon: \u201cCoffee, Tea, and Subversion,\u201d \u201cSo You Want to Be Published? Are You Your Own Biggest Roadblock?\u201d (moderator), \u201cInternet Publishing for Science Fiction Authors,\u201d \u201cConsistency vs. Variety\u201d<\/li>\n
2\/09: New York Comic Con: \u201cTor.com: Jumping in Headfirst\u201d<\/li>\n
1\/09: Vericon (no panels)<\/li>\n
10\/08: Conflux in Canberra, Australia. Editor GoH. Panels included \u201cWhere are the Laughs?,\u201d \u201cRewriting: the Real Art of a Good Story,\u201d \u201cWithout the Universal Translator,\u201d \u201cAll Aboard the SS Steampunk,\u201d \u201cAuthors and Editors: How to Make the Relationship Work,\u201d a \u201cGuest Spot,\u201d which I ran as an hour-long slot on a general introduction to SF publishing, and opening and closing ceremony.<\/li>\n
9\/08: Brooklyn Book Festival (no panels)<\/li>\n
9\/08: Decatur Book Festival<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
8\/08: DragonCon<\/a>: \u201cWhat Editors Want from You!\u201d<\/li>\n
8\/08: WorldCon (Denvention 3)<\/a>: \u201cWorking with Science and Science Fiction Museums,\u201d \u201cWhat Happened to Novels Under 300 Pages?\u201d (moderator), \u201cWhat's Upcoming at Tor Books\u201d<\/li>\n
7\/08: Comic Con International<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
7\/08: ReaderCon<\/a>: \u201cBreaking Into the Ghetto,\u201d \u201cSteampunk and Beyond: What Would a \u2018Gibson Chair\u2019 Look Like?,\u201d \u201cInterstial Arts,\u201d \u201cPodcasts of Mars.\u201d Audio recording of steampunk panel here<\/a>)<\/li>\n
6\/08: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a> Art Festival: Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n
5\/08: WisCon 32: \u201cDoes It Have to Get Boring Before it Gets Good?\u201d (moderator), \u201cThe Fictional Is Political--Political SF\/F Of Both Sorts\u201d<\/li>\n
4\/08: I-CON 27: \u201cAre There Alternatives to Mainstream Publishing?,\u201d \u201c'Gems\u2019 From the Slushpile: pros share their amusing (and scary) stories of memorable (for the wrong reasons) submissions,\u201d \u201cNew Horizons: will there be new combinations or will an entirely new genre be the next big thing?,\u201d \u201cScalpel to Hatchet: The Joys of Editing,\u201d \u201cThe Agent-Editor-Writer Relationship,\u201d \u201cLies and Myths About Getting Published: A surprising take on \u2018accepted\u2019 ideas about publishing\u201d<\/li>\n
4\/08: New York Comic Con: \u201cLet the Magic Begin\u2014Fantasy in Comics: Creating Alternate Worlds\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
3\/08: OmegaCon: \u201cHow to Edit Yourself,\u201d \u201cNightmare Tails of Agents\/Editors\/Publishers,\u201d \u201cTOR Universe\u201d<\/li>\n
11\/07: World Fantasy: \u201cThe Ghosts in Shakespeare\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
9\/07: Brooklyn Book Festival<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
8\/07: Willamette Writers Conference: Editors Q&A, taught a 90 minute class on getting published in SF<\/li>\n
7\/07: San Diego Comic Con: \u201cWhat\u2019s New At Tor\u201d<\/li>\n
7\/07: ReaderCon 18<\/a>(no panels)<\/li>\n
6\/07: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a> Art Festival: Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n
5\/07: WisCon 31<\/a>: \u201cMaking Good Books\u201d (moderator), \u201cSpeculative Fiction Theatre\u201d (moderator), auditions for Juvenilia (staged reading of a play), \u201cBoy Books? Girl Books?\u201d<\/li>\n
5\/07: Nebulas (no panels)<\/li>\n
4\/07: moderated a panel on \u201cInterstitiality and the Comic Book Industry\u201d panel at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art on behalf of the Interstitial Arts Foundation<\/li>\n
3\/07: World Horror Convention<\/a>: individual pitch sessions<\/li>\n
3\/07: Lunacon 50: \u201cHow to Avoid Publishing Scams\u201d, \u201cBook Editors\u2019 Roundtable,\u201d \u201cThe Other Mythologies,\u201d \u201cEscaping the Slush\u201d<\/li>\n
2\/07: New York Comic Con<\/a>: \u201cBreaking into SF\/Fantasy Publishing: GPS for Aspiring Authors\u201d<\/li>\n
1\/07: Vericon VI (no panels)<\/li>\n
11\/06: World Fantasy Convention<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
9\/06: Brooklyn Book Festival<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
8\/06: LaConIV<\/a> (World Science Fiction Convention) (no panels)<\/li>\n
7\/06: Pacific Northwest Writers Association: editor Q&A panel<\/li>\n
7\/06: ReaderCon 17<\/a> (no panels)<\/li>\n
6\/06: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a> Art Festival: Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n
5\/06: WisCon 30<\/a>: \u201cFuture Earth: Realistic world building across age and family,\u201d \u201cThe Moral of the Story\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
5\/06: World Horror Convention<\/a>: \u201cWhere Sword & Scorcery and Horror Meet\u201d (moderator), \u201cWriting Series Fiction\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
2\/06: New York Comic-Con (no panels)<\/li>\n
2\/06: Boskone 43 (no panels)<\/li>\n
1\/06: Vericon VI (no panels)<\/li>\n
11\/05: World Fantasy 2005<\/a>: \u201cI Am The Audience\u201d<\/li>\n
9\/05: SPX (Small Press Expo) (no panels)<\/li>\n
6\/05: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a> Art Festival: Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n
5\/05: WisCon 29<\/a>: \u201cDeath in Myth and Folklore\u201d, \u201cCover letters, manuscripts, and rejections: back to basics.\u201d (moderator), \u201cPromoting Your Novel\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
4\/05: World Horror Convention<\/a>: \u201cThe Path of a Book from Start to Finish through Tor\u201d<\/li>\n
3\/05: Lunacon: \u201cWriting Women in Fantasy,\u201d \u201cAlternate History\/Alternate Fantasy,\u201d \u201cGuilty Pleasures,\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong with Elves?\u201d<\/li>\n
1\/05: Vericon V (no panels)<\/li>\n
9\/04: Noreascon<\/a> (World Science Fiction Convention): \u201cHow Not to Write Science Fiction\u201d, Kaffeeklatsch, \u201cGeek Girls Unite!\u201d (solo discussion), \u201cWhy We Hate Our Heroes\u201d (moderator)<\/li>\n
6\/04: MoCCA Art Festival<\/a>: Festival Director<\/li>\n
5\/04: WisCon 28<\/a>: \u201cDialogue: Back to basics,\u201d \u201cA question of style,\u201d \u201cSquare Pegs - One Size Does Not Fit All!,\u201d \u201cGuilty Secrets, Guilty Pleasures\u201d<\/li>\n
1\/04: Vericon IV: Introduction to Publishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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