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My Boskone 47 Schedule

Boskone is February 12-14 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. You can still buy memberships here.

Friday  7pm        Seriously, Where *Do* Your Ideas Come From?
      Lois McMaster Bujold   
      David Anthony Durham        (M)
      Darlene Marshall   
      Paul G. Tremblay   
      Mary A. Turzillo   
  We know ideas don't come from a mail box in upstate New York. So,
  seriously, where do they come from? Do you muse on "what if's"? Are
  there personal inspirations for your tales? Do you find a particular
  setting evocative, and just waiting to be detailed in a story?

Friday  8pm        Paranormal Romance: Threat or Menace....Or??
      Ginjer Buchanan        (M)
      Rose Fox   
      Toni L. P. Kelner   
      Shariann Lewitt   
      Darlene Marshall   
  It seems that they're beginning to dominate the shelves, doesn't it?
  Many people find this fusion of the romance and sf/fantasy field
  *wrong*....but is it really? Will it expand the audience (and/or
  possibilities) of the field, or simply destroy it? Is any of it any
  good? What is your opinion of this new (marketing?) category?


Saturday 3:30pm     Reading (0.5 hrs)
      Darlene Marshall   


Sunday 11 am     Autographing  (My novels will be on sale in the Dealers Room at Old Earth Books)


Sunday  1pm        Believable Relationships
      Beth Bernobich   
      Lois McMaster Bujold   
      Geary Gravel   
      Darlene Marshall        (M)
      Jo Walton   
  How can believable relationships between characters be best
  depicted? Does sexuality matter much to you when setting up these
  encounters, i.e., if said characters are straight/LGBT, mono/poly,
  etc., etc....? Or, can you build characters and connections in such
  a way that everything else is incidental? How?? Participants explore
  these and other knotty (naughty? Heh) questions, as they talk about
  the steamier side of fiction.



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