{"id":1752,"date":"2014-04-16T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2014-04-16T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T14:29:13","slug":"in-richmond-next-weekend-come-out-to-ravencon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/in-richmond-next-weekend-come-out-to-ravencon\/","title":{"rendered":"In Richmond Next Weekend? Come Out to RavenCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RavenCon science fiction and fantasy convention is next weekend &#8212; 25-7 April &#8212; in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ravencon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SmartRavenWeb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Richmond, stop on by the DoubleTree by Hilton, Richmond-Midlothian, and check out what&#8217;s happening. The Guest of Honor will be Elizabeth Bear, recipient of two Hugo Awards, the John W. Cambell Award for Best New Writer (2005), a Sturgeon Award, a Locus Award, an Asimov\u2019s Reader\u2019s Choice award, a Spectrum Award, and an honorable mention for the Philip K. Dick Award.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be on several panels throughout the weekend, plus one intensive workshop. Here&#8217;s the rundown of what I&#8217;ll be doing, starting on Friday the 26th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 pm: Signing<\/li>\n<li>8 pm: Panel on 3D-printing (I&#8217;m moderating)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Saturday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 am: Panel on Real-life Star Trek inventions<\/li>\n<li>10 am: Panel on &#8220;Exomusicology,&#8221; about music in alien cultures (I&#8217;m moderating this one, too)<\/li>\n<li>4-6 pm: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Traveling Road Show<\/li>\n<li>10 p.m.\u00a0until midnight: Workshop, After the First Draft: The Next Step for the Aspiring Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then on Sunday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 am: Praise &amp; Worship Hour<\/li>\n<li>10 am: Reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravencon.com\/\">RavenCon web site<\/a>. 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