{"id":1957,"date":"2015-05-29T07:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2015-05-29T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T11:31:19","slug":"heading-to-concarolinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/heading-to-concarolinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading to ConCarolinas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to the convention this weekend? I am. Not too long after posting this, in fact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.concarolinas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2010.jpg\" width=\"774\" height=\"948\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(Love this badge logo from the 2010 ConCarolinas, by Bob Snare.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concarolinas.net\/\">ConCarolinas<\/a> is always a great convention &#8212; &#8220;science fiction, Carolina style&#8221; &#8212; and this year it&#8217;s moved into a new facility in Concord (just north of Charlotte). My schedule on Friday is wide open, so after I set up my merchandise table I plan to drop in on a panel or two and eventually join the filk circle!<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, I&#8217;ve got several panels and events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 a.m. Panel &#8212; Editors and Agents<\/li>\n<li>11:00 a.m. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Traveling Road Show<\/li>\n<li>5:30 p.m. Panel &#8212; What&#8217;s An Award Worth?<\/li>\n<li>7:30 p.m. Panel &#8212; The Short of It<\/li>\n<li>11:30 p.m. Panel &#8212; The Problem of the Controversial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early a.m. (usually 9:00) &#8212; Fans for Christ worship service &#8212; I&#8217;ll be leading the singing<\/li>\n<li>4:00 p.m. Panel &#8212; Do I Need A Writing Group?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to the con, stop by and see me! I&#8217;ll tell you whatever you want to know about my new album, <em>Distorted Vision<\/em>, coming out this summer; you can <a href=\"http:\/\/mad.ly\/signups\/99761\/join\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a> to get the latest info; you can snag a copy of my <em>InterGalactic Medicine Show<\/em> story, &#8220;Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium&#8221;; and of course you can also pick up a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/grayrinehart\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a> as well as &#8220;Another Romulan Ale&#8221; and &#8220;Tauntauns to Glory&#8221; bumper stickers.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re not going to the convention, then I hope you have fun this weekend with whatever you get to do!<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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