Boskone, yes!
Yep, I’ll be going to Boskone.  It’s one of the two east coast conventions that I rarely miss (the other being Readercon).
Here’s my schedule:
Saturday3pm       The Heroine’s Journey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Greer Gilman
Rosemary Kirstein       (M)
Margaret Ronald
Jo Walton
Is it different from that of the hero? If so, in what ways?
Yes, I’m the moderator of that one — always an adventure.
Saturday5pm       Autographing
Sunday 12noon    When The Magic Goes Away
David Anthony Durham
Rosemary Kirstein
Tom Shippey       (M)
Jo Walton
Jane Yolen
There is magic and mystery and great beauty. And then the Old Magic
slips away from the forests, the gates to Faerie close, and the last
ships sail to the west. There is a bittersweet memory, perhaps, of
what it was to be more than merely mortal. Explore this theme, and
why it is so potent.
Sunday 1pm       Long Series: What Gives Them Staying Powers?
Jeffrey A. Carver
John R. Douglas       (M)
Alexander Jablokov
Rosemary Kirstein
Alastair Reynolds
Is it just the comfort of returning to a familiar place….or something more? Expound.
I’m pleased that I’m sharing the panels with this particular collection of writers.  It should be really interesting.
Downside: I won’t be staying at the actual hotel this time, but commuting from the hither side of yon.  So I won’t have my guitar.  Or a place to take a nap, should the pressure of fame overcome me.
(edit: the convention is in Boston, February 12, 13 & 14.)
Hey, come to Boskone! Â Here’s the info.