{"id":2509,"date":"2017-04-28T06:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2017-04-27T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:24:06","slug":"whats-going-on-in-williamsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/whats-going-on-in-williamsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Going on in Williamsburg?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RavenCon, baby!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this weekend I&#8217;ll be at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravencon.com\/\">RavenCon<\/a> science fiction and fantasy convention in Williamsburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/135040704\/raven2circleright.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a few events to keep me busy:<\/p>\n<p>Friday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5:25 p.m. &#8212; Reading (Room 4)<\/li>\n<li>7 p.m. &#8212; Opening Ceremony (Large Auditorium)<\/li>\n<li>10 p.m. &#8212; Panel: &#8220;The Dystopia is Already Here\u2026&#8221; (Room E)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:30 p.m. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Traveling Road Show (Room 8)<\/li>\n<li>6 p.m. &#8212; Panel Moderator: &#8220;As You Know, Bob\u2026: The Fine Art of Exposition&#8221; (Room G)<\/li>\n<li>10 p.m. &#8212; Panel Moderator: &#8220;How to Read Aloud&#8221; (Room G )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 a.m. &#8212; Panel: &#8220;Should J.J. Abrams be Beaten with Hammers\u2026&#8221; (Room E)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only open filking session is on Sunday morning from 10-12 a.m., so that&#8217;s a little odd, but maybe I&#8217;ll be able to find a quiet corner and play some tunes. Regardless, it should be fun &#8212; hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nRelated Items of Interest:<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Speaking of filk, watch the music video of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jU0_ThP2X-A\">Tauntauns to Glory<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Also speaking of filk, listen free to both of my albums, <a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/distorted-vision\">Distorted Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/truths-and-lies-and-make-believe\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Speaking of reading aloud, watch my <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BPAVZNg-Yd8\">Public Speaking Tip: The Value of Inflection<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Speaking of nothing in particular, visit my <a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.com\/\">Online Store<\/a><\/em><\/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\" 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Yes, this weekend I&#8217;ll be at the RavenCon science fiction and fantasy convention in Williamsburg, Virginia. I have a few events to keep me busy: Friday: 5:25 p.m. &#8212; Reading (Room 4) 7 p.m. &#8212; Opening Ceremony (Large Auditorium) 10 p.m. &#8212; Panel: &#8220;The Dystopia is Already Here\u2026&#8221; \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/whats-going-on-in-williamsburg\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[57,164,386],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-fiction","tag-convention","tag-fantasy","tag-science-fiction-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}