I have received my preliminary schedule for
Dragon*Con 2012, my first time back at D*C since 2009. I'm really looking forward to it.
EDITED TO ADD: another panel, plus reading and autographing.
EDITED TO ADD SOME MORE: Parsec Awards presentation.
EDITED TO ADD YET AGAIN: Media tie-in panel Saturday morning.
Still waiting to hear back about a reading and an autographing, and the list I got doesn't say who the other panelists are, but here's my panel schedule:
Friday10am-12.30pm: Film Festival Screening:
Backyard Blockbusters -- I'm in this documentary by John Hudgens about fan films, having been interviewed by John for it the last time I was at Dragon*Con, and I'll be part of the screening of same (Hyatt--The Learning Center)
2.30-3.30pm: "Vampocalypse Now" -- expect me to talk about
V-Wars a lot (Hyatt--Embassy A/B)
4-5pm: "Weird, Amazing, Psychotic Life: The
Farscape Cast Reunion" -- I'm MC'ing this panel that will feature all the
Farscape actor guests at the con: Gigi Edgley, David Franklin, Virginia Hey, and Rebecca Riggs, according to the con web site (Hyatt--International South)
7-8pm: "Showcase: Keith R.A. DeCandido" -- me babbling for an hour; be afraid, be very afraid (Hyatt--Greenbriar)
10-11pm: "
Farscape Fan Forum" -- a look back at
Farscape (Marriott--A703)
Saturday11.30am-12.30pm: "Media Tie-ins: Art or Commerce?" -- a look at tie-ins in a joint panel with
Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, where participants and audience from both cons will be linked digitally (Hyatt--Regency V)
1-2pm: "Science Fiction--The Real Thing" -- discussion of the different types of SF (Hyatt--Embassy D/F)
2.30-3.30pm: reading -- probably from the
Leverage novel, and possibly some other stuff (Hyatt--Marietta)
4-5pm: autographing -- I will have stuff for sale, in addition to being available to scribble on stuff (Marriott--M301-M304)
4-7.30pm: Parsec Awards -- I will be one of the presenters for this podcast award ceremony (I won't be arriving until after my autographing, obviously, but I'm going to be presenting one of the final awards of the evening) (Hyatt--International Ballroom North)
Sunday11.30am-12.30pm: "
Star Trek: The Expanded Universe" -- discussing
Trek tie-ins (Sheraton--Athens)
8.30-9.30pm: "Original Blood: Vampires in 1970s & 1980s TV & Movies" -- this one's gonna be fun... (Marriott--A703)
Nothing currently scheduled for Monday, but that could change, easily.
I've also agreed to be a presenter at the Parsec Awards, which is Saturday at 4pm, but I'm not sure of the location yet, and that conflicts with my autographing, so we'll see.