Darlene's Digest

We were in Baltimore over Memorial Day, enjoying a relaxing weekend with friends at Balticon51, an area science fiction convention. It was my first visit to the city since Worldcon in '98 when I came down with mono. My memories remain mostly fuzzy about that time period. This time though it was all good. Even though we were there primarily to catch up with good friends (I'd list them all but I'm afraid I might leave someone off--they know who they are), it was also a very enjoyable convention. I volunteered for a Green Room shift, because cons run on volunteer power and as a Green Room manager at numerous Worldcons I knew exactly how important it was to have the room well staffed. However, Manager Eileen did a bang-up job and only needed me for a couple hours, so I was free to hang out and visit with people. I even attended some program items, including a valuable one on how to hand-sell your books. I also took time to see some sights. Baltimore, of course, is a his...

Image by selkie30 via Flickr My Worldcon 2009 Schedule I now have my preliminary schedule for Anticipation , the World SF Convention in Montreal, Canada: Researching Your World Description: A discussion of research techniques and pitfalls for writers; what are your best sources and how do you know whether information on the internet is accurate? Sat 5:00 PM All Participants: Aliette de Bodard, Darlene Marshall, Erick R. Buchanan, Hal Duncan, Mindy Klasky Ebooks from draft to final product Description: The process of writing an ebook from the idea to selling it to publication and marketing to collecting those royalty checks. Sat 10:00 AM All Participants: Anne Harris, Darlene Marshall, Kathryn Sullivan, Traci N. Castleberry I hope to see many of you at Worldcon!