{"id":2660,"date":"2017-09-01T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2017-08-31T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:10:18","slug":"what-are-you-doing-for-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/what-are-you-doing-for-labor-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are YOU Doing for Labor Day Weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in Atlanta, Georgia, with thousands of my closest friends &#8212; 70 or 80 thousand, I expect &#8212; at the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">Dragon Con<\/a> science fiction and fantasy convention. In addition to giving a solo concert as part of the Filk Music Track and playing music for folks at the Art Show, I&#8217;ll be telling anyone who will listen about my novel!*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mediarelations.dragoncon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1024x744.png\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my schedule, at least as it exists right now:<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 p.m., Science Fiction Literature track panel, &#8220;Series Here, Series There: What&#8217;s Become of the Standalones?&#8221; with Bill Fawcett, Chuck Gannon, Chris Jackson, and S.M. Stirling<\/li>\n<li>7 p.m., &#8220;Princess Alethea&#8217;s Traveling Sideshow&#8221; with Alethea Kontis, Leanna Renee Hieber, Mari Mancusi, Diana Peterfreund, and Zoraida Cordova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:30 a.m., Concert\u00a0&#8212; mixing a few favorites from <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> with some other fannish tunes, plus some Dragon Con debuts!<\/li>\n<li>2-5 p.m., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> information and author signing booth in association with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themissingvolume.com\/\">The Missing Volume<\/a> bookstore (America&#8217;s Mart booth 1301) &#8212; as a result, and contrary to the official schedule, I won&#8217;t be at the Baen Books Traveling Roadshow and Prize Patrol<\/li>\n<li>6-7 p.m., Bard&#8217;s Tower information and author signing booth (America&#8217;s Mart booth 817)<\/li>\n<li>10 p.m., <em>Star Wars<\/em> Tribute Concert with Mikey Mason, The Blibbering Humdingers, The Brobdingnagian Bards, Tom Smith, and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:30 a.m., solo busking at the Art Show entrance<\/li>\n<li>2-4 p.m., Baen Books booth @ Missing Volume<\/li>\n<li>4-7 p.m., Bard&#8217;s Tower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 a.m., solo busking at the Art Show entrance<\/li>\n<li>1-3 p.m., Bard&#8217;s Tower<\/li>\n<li>4-5 p.m., Baen Books booth @ Missing Volume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As usual, when I&#8217;m not performing or working I&#8217;ll probably be attending concerts by my musical friends, or hanging out with my writerly friends or Baen Barflies. Or trying to catch a little bit of sleep!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the area, I hope I get to say hello &#8212; but whatever you&#8217;ve got going on this weekend, I hope it goes well!<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n*That would be <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Walking-Sea-Clouds-Gray-Rinehart-ebook\/dp\/B074B843JB\/\">Walking on the Sea of Clouds<\/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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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