{"id":1972,"date":"2015-07-03T13:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T17:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2015-07-03T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T19:26:04","slug":"next-weekend-congregate-2-scoundrels-and-rogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/next-weekend-congregate-2-scoundrels-and-rogues\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Weekend: ConGregate 2, &#8216;Scoundrels and Rogues&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in the vicinity of High Point, North Carolina, next weekend, come out and see me and many of my science fiction and fantasy friends!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/con-gregate.com\/images\/Gregnoglassforweb.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(The ConGregate mascot, Greg-8.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.con-gregate.com\/\">ConGregate<\/a> will run July 10-2, and features Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole as Writer Guests of Honor. I&#8217;m very pleased that the convention is allowing me to return as a guest, and I&#8217;m going to be plenty busy!<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, I&#8217;ll barely have time to breathe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 p.m. &#8212; Signing &#8212; come by and snag a CD or a copy of my story!<\/li>\n<li>5:30 p.m. &#8212; Reading &#8212; audience choice of what I&#8217;ll read, plus I always sing at least one song<\/li>\n<li>6:30 p.m. &#8212; Workshop, &#8220;Beyond the First Draft&#8221; &#8212; 2 hours of intensive editorial discussion<\/li>\n<li>8:30 p.m. &#8212; &#8220;HollyWeird Squares&#8221; &#8212; fun and games, and hopefully a few laughs!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Saturday, I&#8217;ve got several more events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 a.m. &#8212; Signing &#8212; come by again, even if just to say hello!<\/li>\n<li>11:00 a.m. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Traveling Road Show &#8212; art, previews, and free books!<\/li>\n<li>2:00 p.m. &#8212; &#8220;Filk and Cookies&#8221; &#8212; featuring songs for children (believe it or not)<\/li>\n<li>9:00 p.m. &#8212; Panel, &#8220;Ask an Editor&#8221; &#8212; and maybe an editor will answer<\/li>\n<li>10:00 p.m. &#8212; Open Filk &#8212; all welcome to play, sing, or just listen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And Sunday I get to rest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:00 p.m. &#8212; Panel, &#8220;Engineering by Government Bureaucracy&#8221; &#8212; your tax dollars at work (so to speak)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going, I hope you&#8217;ll stop by and chat. If I&#8217;ve already told you about my new CD, <em>Distorted Vision<\/em>, coming out later this summer, I&#8217;ll be happy to tell you more! You can snag a copy of my <em>InterGalactic Medicine Show<\/em> story, &#8220;Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium,&#8221; or my first album, <a href=\"http:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/truths-and-lies-and-make-believe\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a>, or even &#8220;Another Romulan Ale&#8221; and &#8220;Tauntauns to Glory&#8221; bumper stickers &#8212; and, of course, you can also <a href=\"http:\/\/mad.ly\/signups\/99761\/join\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a> to get the latest info on my different projects.<\/p>\n<p>And whatever you do, have fun doing it!<\/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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(The ConGregate mascot, Greg-8.) ConGregate will run July 10-2, and features Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole as Writer Guests of Honor. 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