There will be an online launch party and reading for my new collection, Anthems Outside Time and Other Strange Voices, this coming Thursday, July 16, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time! There will be Q&A for those watching live. My dear friend Liz Argall, who co-wrote one of the stories in […]
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Here's my Schedule for Readercon 30, July 11-14, Quincy Marriott, Quincy, MA: Writing Craft and Mentoring Programs Jack Dann, Theodora Goss (mod), Kate Maruyama, Kenneth Schneyer, Holly Walrath Fri 12:00 PM, Salon 4 Those who want to learn the craft of writing popular genre fiction have more options then ever. […]
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For anyone who's in the Boston area next weekend, here's my schedule for Readercon: Thursday, July 13: 8:00 PM Salon 5 How to Moderate a Panel. Alex Jablokow, Victoria Janssen (leader), Kathleen Jennings, Tom Purdom, Kenneth Schneyer. The moderator plays a crucial role in making panels run smoothly and […]
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Here's my schedule for Arisia, January 13-16, Westin Boston Waterfront. Hope to see many of you there! Friday, 8:30 PM Reading: Greer Gilman & Kenneth Schneyer – Writing, Reading – 1hr 15min – Hale (3W) Saturday, 1:00 PM In Praise of Unlikeable Characters – Literature, Panel – 1hr 15min – […]
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I will be attending MidAmericaCon II in Kansas City, August 17-21: my first Worldcon ever! I'm very excited. Here's my schedule: Whose DNA is it? Thursday, 1:00 p.m., Room 2206 Helen Pennington (moderator), Marguerite Kenner, Howard Rosenblat, Kenneth Schneyer Panelists discuss DNA and your privacy, from a legal perspective. What […]
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Here's my schedule for Arisia 2016, January 15-18, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel: The Future of Mars – Literature, Panel – 1hr 15min – Faneuil (3W) – Friday 8:30 p.m. We grew up reading about Barsoom and the Mars of Wells and Bradbury. Today, we’re finally exploring the reality of the […]
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This year I'm an (invited!) panelist at Albacon, May 8-10, in Albany, NY. Here's my schedule: Saturday, May 9: Reading, Kenneth Schneyer, 11:00 a.m. (I'm going to read my new not-yet-published story, "The Plausibility of Dragons.") "Borders (if any) Between Fan & 'Original' Fiction", Mur Lafferty, Andre Lievin, Kenneth Schneyer […]
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Here's my schedule for Boskone 52, February 13-15 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. Hmmm, they have me moderating three (!) panels, and doing three (!) readings. I'd better get to work. * * * * * Reading: Kenneth Schneyer Friday 21:30 – 21:55, Griffin Kenneth Schneyer Dune — 50 Years […]
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Here is my schedule for Arisia, January 16-19, Boston Westin Waterfront: Remembering Robin Williams —Friday, 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm — Marina 1 (2E) The world lost one of the great funnymen last year when Robin Williams died. From his start as Mork from Ork through cult hits like Toys […]
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Here are my commitments (so far) for Readercon this year: Thursday, July 10, 9:00 PM F Theater and the Interrupted Ritual. C.S.E. Cooney, Greer Gilman, Andrea Hairston (moderator), Kenneth Schneyer. Theater theorists have put forth the idea that most theater begins with an interrupted ritual. This goes back to […]
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Things I am officially doing at Readercon: Friday July 12: 2:00 PM NH Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop Group Reading. Heather Albano, E.C. Ambrose, James L. Cambias, F. Brett Cox, James Patrick Kelly, Ken Schneyer, Sarah Smith. The Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop, founded in 1980, is the oldest professional SFF writers […]
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My tentative schedule for Arisia 2013, January 18-21: Friday, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. (Bullfinch 3W) A Hero Like Me — Vikki Ciaffone (m), Genevieve Iseult Eldredge, Catt Kingsgrave-Ernstein, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, Ken Schneyer: How much does a reader want to be able to identify with the protagonist of a story? Does […]
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Here is my one panel at this year’s World Fantasy Con in Toronto: Saturday, November 3, 12 noon: THE REAL WORLD IN FANTASTIC FICTION (Ian Drury (Moderator), Donald Crankshaw, Geoff Hart, Kristin Janz, Christopher Kovacs, Kenneth Schneyer) Just because a story is set in a secondary world doesn’t mean its […]
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UPDATE: This schedule is now CONFIRMED. The full Readercon 23 schedule is now up here. A handy grid version is available here. I’m going to be giving four readings at Readercon 23, to be held July 12-15 at the Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA. I’m also serving on two panels. New […]
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Here’s my schedule for Arisia, January 13-16, 2012 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Schools for Magicians Fri 5:30 PM (Douglas) – Cecilia Tan (mod), Charlene Brusso, Victoria Janssen, Bob Kuhn, Kenneth Schneyer A Hogwarts degree isn’t the only path from mundanity to magehood. Let’s consider how writers have portrayed […]
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Here is my schedule for Readercon 22, July 14-17, Burlington, MA. Friday July 15 11:00 AM (Rhode Island Room) What Writing Workshops Do and Don’t Offer Leah Bobet, Michael J. DeLuca, Eileen Gunn, Barry B. Longyear, Geoff Ryman, Kenneth Schneyer (leader) Clarion, Clarion West, Clarion South, and Odyssey all follow […]
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Here is my panel and reading schedule for Boskone, which is being held at the Boston Westin Waterfront Hotel, February 18-20: Friday, 7pm: Reading: Ken Schneyer (0.5 hrs) Not entirely sure what I’m going to read — I think it might be my near-future genocide-denial story, "Curative Measures", just in […]
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It’s still not 100% official, but this is what I think I’ve got for Readercon: Fri 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Panel: Alternatives to the Pay-Per-Copy System of Author Compensation. I’m leading the panel. Panelists: Mary Robinette Kowal, Barbara Krasnoff, Gene Mirabelli, Charlie Stross. Fri 7:30 – 8:00 pm: Solo […]
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With 19 days left to go, we are 53% funded, which is pretty nearly on track. I’m thrilled and amazed that there’s been so much support. This is so neat. Still, we have $1,188 to go, and the project gets nothing at all unless the goal is reached. (Some people have asked me […]
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For those who are attending Boskone, here are the events for which I’m a scheduled participant: Friday, February 12, 10:00 p.m., Independence Room: Reading With the kind permission of , I’ll read "Lineage", my story that will appear in Clockwork Phoenix 3. Sunday, February 14, 12:00 noon, Burroughs Room: Panel: […]
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