Category: Convention Sightings

Story Hour Reading February, 10th!

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Is this my first post of 2021? I think it is. Happy New Year, everyone! We made it through 2020, so that’s something.

In all honesty, I’m not sure what this next year looks like for writing and appearances. I have three stories coming out in the next three months and I’m planning on attending both ICFA and the Nebula Conference virtually. But I’ll have seperate posts for all of those stories and events in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, I’m excited to say that I’ll be doing another online reading for Story Hour on Wednesday, February 10th, at 10pm EST/7pm PST. I’ll be reading with Barbara Krasnoff! Barbara is a fantastic writer and I’m thrilled to be sharing a reading with her. So, if you’d like to hear some stories, the reading is free and open to anyone who’d like to attend.

Anyway, stay safe, healthy, and find joy where you can.

Schedule for Philcon 2020

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Next weekend one of the oldest east coast cons will be holding a virtual convention. Philcon is running from Nov 20th to Nov 22nd. It’s free to attend and has many different tracks. Check out the program here.

I will be on two panels and have one reading. Here’s my schedule:

  • How to Sell the Story You Wrote vs How to Write a Story ‘That Will Sell: Saturday, Nov 21st, 8:30 pm EST
    • Where: Plaza 3
    • Panelists:  A.T. Greenblatt (moderator), Brenda W. Clough, Ty Drago, Alex Shvartsman, Barna William Donovan
    • Description: Many books provide tips to improve your likelihood of selling a book or a film treatment by making the story follow a certain formula. But what if you’re looking to sell something that intentionally breaks the popular molds, rather than conforming to them?
  • How Do You Make Your Work Stand Out: Sunday, Nov 22nd, 10 am EST
    • Where: Plaza 2
    • Panelists:  A.T. Greenblatt (moderator), Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Avril Dannenbaum, Christine Norris, Aaron Rosenberg
    • Description: A thousand different books land at the doors of editors, publishers and agents every day. What can you do to improve the chance that they’ll decide yours is a “must-have” for their company?
  • Author Reading: Sunday, Nov 22nd, 3:30 pm EST
    • Where: Readings
    • Panelists:  A.T. Greenblatt
    • Description: Let me read you a story!

As always, if you’re planning on attending, please feel free to come say hello to me!

Hope you are all staying safe and healthy wherever you are.

My Schedule for IEEE and Capclave

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Greeting all! I mentioned in my post last week that I will be attending two other online conventions this month. Here’s my schedule for both of them.

First up, IEEE. A one day cross over convention between electrical engineers and science fiction writers.

  • Panel: Does Science Fiction Influence Technical and Social Change? – Sat 10/10, 3pm EST
    • Panelists – Mary Turzillo, A. T. Greenblatt
  • Panel: Round Table Discussion with All Panelists – Sat 10/10 4pm EST

Second, Capclave, which is one of the local conventions I enjoy attending every year. Also, “Give the Family My Love” is a finalist for the Washington Science Fiction Small Press Award, which will be presented Saturday night. I’m so honored to be among such excellent finalists!

  • Panel: Ask Me Anything – Author Edition – Sat 10/17, 9:00 AM
    • Ask our panel of authors absolutely anything about what they do – writing, getting published, elevator pitches, getting an agent, dealing with writers block, writers workshop etc. Includes many non-writer-parts-of-being-a-writer, such as being your own boss, setting schedules, and so on.
    • A. T. Greenblatt (mod), Bjorn Hasseler, Ken Liu, Lawrence M. Schoen, Mary G. Thompson
  • Author Reading– Sat 10/17, 1:00 PM
  • Panel: Writing Time Travel and Paradoxes – Sat 10/17, 3:00 PM
    • Time travel stories date to the 19th century. How can you make your type of time travel unique, or have all the twists already been mined? How do writers keep everything (relatively) straight for the writer and readers, even while the characters are facing convolutions? How can you explain worldbuilding challenges, such as why time travellers don’t mob every historical event? Panelists will discuss what makes some time travel stories work and which ones do not.
    • A. T. Greenblatt, Ian Randal Strock, Iver P Cooper, James Morrow
  • Kaffeeklatsch with Cato, Colter & Greenblatt – Sat 10/17, 4:30 PM
    • Beth Cato (mod), A. T. Greenblatt, L. D. Colter
  • Panel: Intro to Short Fiction Markets – Sun 10/18, 3:00 PM
    • Where can writers go to sell their short fiction? How do new authors find out about markets? What new markets have opened up? Are there too many online sources that pay less than market rates? Are print magazines still dying or are they in recovery with new print publications opening up?
    • A. T. Greenblatt (mod), Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, Neil Clarke, Sarena Ulibarri, Scot Noel

That’s it for me for the month of October! As always, stay safe and healthy and Americans, please vote!

Where to Find Me (Virtually) at C’monfluence.

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Usually, I’m traveling up and down the east coast for various conferences in September and October. I’m really going to miss that this year, but fortunately, many cons are still happening online.

The first of which is C’monfluence – the virtual incarnation of Confluence. It’s runs from Oct 2nd-4th and registration is free.

Here’s my schedule:

  • Friday Oct 2, 2020 8:00pm-8:50pm EST – Old Dogs, New Tricks
    • Track 1: Sanctuary Moon
    • There may be some newer ways to organize, develop and build your story than using pen and paper. And I ain’t talking about that new-fangled computer thing either. With: Julie Czerneda, Steven H Silver, A.T. Greenblatt, Robert Angell & J. Thorn.
  • Saturday Oct 3, 2020 11:00am-11:50am EST – Kaffeeklatsch/Literary Beer with A.T. Greenblatt & Aliette de Bodard
    • Track 4: Indigo Cloud
    • Bring your beverage of choice and come hang out with A.T. Greenblatt & Aliette de Bodard. This interactive, social chat is limited to 15 lucky participants. Spaces may be determined via a lottery system. Duration: 50 minutes.
  • Saturday Oct 3, 2020 5:00pm-5:25pm EST – Reading by A. T. Greenblatt
    • Track 3: Kish Karad
  • Saturday Oct 3, 2020 8:00pm-8:50pm EST – A. T. Greenblatt Author Interview
    • Track 2: Opal Night
    • A.T. Greenblatt will be interviewed by Maddy Dietz.

As always, please feel free to say hello to me. I really like meeting new people and seeing old friends

I’m also going to be participating at two other virtual conferences in the coming weeks, but I don’t think they posted their schedules yet. So, I’ll hold off on talking about those.

I hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy. And for those of you in the USA, please, please, please vote.

Schedule for the 2020 Nebula Virtual Conference

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I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe these last few months. I’m one of the lucky ones who is able to work from home. It’s both great and lonely and I’ve never been so grateful to have a dog. Tilly is making sure I’m getting up for walks a few times a day and going to bed a reasonable times because there’s no better alarm clock than an alarm clock dog.

Most of the conferences I was planning on going to this year have been cancelled. Fortunately, the Nebula Conference put on by Science Fiction Writers of America is going to be virtual the weekend. In addition to the awards ceremony on Saturday night (which will be streamed live and free to all), they have put together a wonderful list of panels.

I’ll be on two panels on Sunday:

Moving the Line: Advanced Imposter Syndrome – May 31, 2020 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST

Panelists:Mike Chen (He/Him), G. V. Anderson, K.M. Szpara, A. T. Greenblatt and Karen Osborne (moderator)

Authors discuss strategies to cope with their own Imposter Syndrome as their careers evolve and they branch out into new areas of writing.

Forming and Sustaining a Successful Writing or Critique Group – May 31, 2020 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm EST

Panelists:A. T. Greenblatt, A.C. Wise, Vylar Kaftan, Curtis C. Chen and Rebecca Gomez Farrell (moderator)

Panelists will discuss the factors that go into building a successful group, both online and in-person, and what they’ve learned about keeping one going.

I’ll be around at the con all weekend “hanging out.” If you’re going to be there too, please feel free to say hello to me.

ICFA Schedule 2020

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I’ll be attending the International Conference of Fine Arts (ICFA) again this year. I’m excited and looking forward to meeting new and old friends. Also, I’m going to be reading with some awesome people! Here’s the schedule:

What: Author Reading!

When: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m

Where: Vista A

With Who: Grace Wagner, Gregory Bossert, Stephanie A. Smith, A. T. Greenblatt

Yes, it’s a very early reading on a Saturday morning, but I’m planning on bringing some cookies as lures.

If you’re going to be at ICFA, please feel free to say hello!