{"id":1819,"date":"2014-08-27T07:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T11:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2014-08-27T07:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T11:30:45","slug":"going-to-dragon_con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/going-to-dragon_con\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to Dragon_Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a shout-out to my classmates who will be gathering for a multi-year reunion this weekend,* here&#8217;s my schedule for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">Dragon_Con<\/a> 2014 &#8212; the largest science fiction and fantasy convention in the Southeast! &#8212; being held this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mediarelations.dragoncon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logosmal-300x232.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I will be attending as many of my writing and musical friends&#8217; sessions as I can fit into the schedule, I&#8217;m taking an active part in these events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, 7 p.m. (Dragon_Con Eve) &#8212; &#8220;Spaceships &amp; Zombies,&#8221; a Baen Books launch party for ISLANDS OF RAGE &amp; HOPE by John Ringo and A CALL TO DUTY by David Weber &amp; Timothy Zahn &#8212; Peachtree Ballroom, Atlanta Westin<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 8:30 p.m. &#8212; &#8220;Princess Alethea&#8217;s Traveling Sideshow,&#8221; hosted by Alethea Kontis (whose book of essays, <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beauty-Dynamite-Alethea-Kontis\/dp\/1939840155\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1403572268&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=beauty+%26+dynamite \">Beauty and Dynamite<\/a>, was recently re-released) &#8212; Room A707, Marriott Marquis<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, 1:00 p.m. &#8212; <strong>SOLO CONCERT!<\/strong> &#8212; including songs from <a href=\"http:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/truths-and-lies-and-make-believe\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a> and the hopefully-soon-to-be-recorded new album &#8230; including the DEBUT of a new song based on Howard Tayler&#8217;s &#8220;Schlock Mercenary&#8221; webcomic &#8212; Baker Room, Atlanta Hyatt<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, 2:30 p.m. &#8212; &#8220;Baen Books Slide Show and Prize Patrol!&#8221; with Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf and the rest of the Baen crew &#8212; Regency V Ballroom, Atlanta Hyatt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, here&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/filk.dragoncon.org\/2014\/08\/everything-is-filk-with-andrew-mckee-episode-2-5-gray-rinehart\/\">interview with yours truly on Andrew McKee&#8217;s &#8220;Everything is Filk&#8221; Podcast<\/a>. Hope you like it!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re coming to the convention, I look forward to seeing you! 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