WisCon

I'm going to WisCon; I'll be arriving sometime Friday afternoon, and staying through the Sign-Out on Monday.

I'm on three programming items, all of them on Sunday afternoon.

Let's Build a World

We'll start with some categories (tech level, economic system, climate, races, etc.), get ideas about each of them from the audience, select the best ideas in each category, then watch the panelists writhe as they try to figure out how to make them work together.
Sunday, 1:00-2:15 P.M.
Capitol A
M: Benjamin Rosenbaum
doselle young
Naomi Kritzer
Kristine Smith

Workshops and Critique Groups

What makes for a successful critique group? What should a writer look for in a workshop? Is Clarion worth the time and money? How about the shorter/cheaper workshops, like Odyssey and Viable Paradise? Can you find good feedback online? Or should you follow Heinlein's advice and ignore the advice of anyone who isn't paying you for your story?
Sunday, 2:30-3:45 P.M.
Capitol A

M: Naomi Kritzer
Shweta Narayan
Nisi Shawl
Ada Milenkovic Brown
Richard Chwedyk

Writing and parenting, and writing about parenting

How do you balance your writing and the needs/wants/whims of your children? How do your children inform and inspire your writing -- or do you write about child-free warrior maidens and forget the kids for a while?
Sunday, 4:00-5:15 P.M.
Capitol A

M: Amy Thomson
Naomi Kritzer
Vandana Singh
Doug Hulick
Sara Amis