Con DFW programming

I got the link to my panel line-up for ConDFW in Dallas. I'm very pleased. I'm only going to be there Saturday and Sunday because I plan to work a regular day Friday, but I'll get to Dallas that evening and then I have five panels in two days, plus a reading and a signing.

The panels are a good fit for me, and I will be the moderator for three of them.

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Lou Antonelli

SATURDAY:
PROGRAMMING 2 (Chinaberry)
Saturday, 10am: Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
Panelists: Gloria Oliver, Jaye Wells, K Hutson, Lou Antonelli (M), Paul Black

A popular panel from last year, we bring the perennial topic back: what does one do to survive while waiting for the big break? Our panelists talk about what they had to do to survive, and if there was video evidence to prove it.

PROGRAMMING 2 (Chinaberry)
Saturday, 12pm: Researching the Past: Creating Historical Fiction Panelists: Taylor Anderson, Larry Atchley, Jr., Lou Antonelli (M), Sabine Starr, Melanie Fletcher

It is hard to recreate the past without doing research into it. This is simply because we, the readers and authors, didn’t LIVE in that past. Thus, to understand what it was like to live in those times we must look to other sources for information – journals, pictures, drawings, anything we can get our hands on. Our panelists explain where to go and what to look for when trying to create another time in our heads.

AUTORAPHS (Dealers Room)
Saturday, 4pm: Martha Wells, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel, Lou Antonelli

PROGRAMMING 2 (Chinaberry)
Saturday, 5pm: Is Anything Pure? Western Mashups Explained

Panelists: Ethan Nahte, Thomas Knowles (M), Lou Antonelli, Linda Donahue, Mark Finn
Why is the mashup style so popular? And why does the Western seem to never be “just” a Western any more? Our authors talk about Western mashups and why they are so attractive to write.

SUNDAY:
READING (Trinity VIII)
Sunday, 12pm: Linda Donahue, Lou Antonelli

PROGRAMMING 3 (Trinity VII)
Sunday, 1pm: Escape from the Slush Pile

Panelists: Scott A. Cupp, Mary Gearhart-Gray, Stormy Stogner Medina, Sabine Starr, Lou Antonelli (M) We bring back this popular panel from the last several years to tantalize people with mistakes and errors you should try to avoid. Beware: someday you may end up here if you do not learn from your mistakes. Come and learn from our editors on what to avoid so you don’t end up on – the slush pile.

PROGRAMMING 3 (Trinity VII)
Sunday, 3pm: Upwardly Mobile: Writing about Dirigibles and Other Flights of Fancy

Panelists: Larry Atchley, Jr. (M), Lou Antonelli, Rachel Acks, Rie Sheridan Rose, Shanna Swendson
One of the most common sights in both Steampunk and Cyberpunk is the dirigible. Otherwise known as zeppelins or blimps, the hydrogen or helium filled craft lazily float through the sky. It is one thing, however, to imagine it. It is entirely another to be able to write about it believably. For instance, which of the above named craft has NO internal supporting frame? (Blimps!) Our authors talk about the differences and other things to know about when writing about semi-rigid airships.