FogCon is coming up, and I’m on panels! Come stalk me. Also, feel free to let me know about anything you think I absolutely must make sure to mention/not mention.
Friday
4:30 p.m.
Equal Time for Non-Vampires
Vampires, werewolves, zombies, fairies: they all have great stories, but surely there are other kinds of monsters out there. What are the best of the less-familiar monsters, in fiction or in legend? Who are the authors doing a great job with creatures we haven’t yet seen thirty times over?
Mickey Phoenix, Anaea Lay, Marie Brennan, Jaym Gates
Saturday
9:00 a.m.
What I Reread and Why
When many readers start slipping into depression, we compulsively re-read a set of books and series that comfort us. For example, each of these books/series may have a strong female protagonist who, after being misunderstood or rejected by her birth family, goes on to create a new family that understands. Do other people find themselves re-reading certain books or series under specific conditions? What books? What do we gain by this re-reading? Is it different than random re-reading? More generally, what books, or types of books, do we re-read? Are there books that you really enjoyed that you will never again pick up? What do we gain by revisiting a story when we already know the plot?
Lynn Kendall, Anaea Lay, Jackie Gross, Andrew Clark
Saturday
10:30 a.m.
Who Are You?
Exactly what is a body? Is it just the usual two arms and two legs? How does how we look or how we are shaped affect what we think of as us? Does a wheelchair become part of a person over time? Let’s also discuss cybernetics, and their integration with a person’s self-image.
Betsy Lundsten, Courtney Eckhardt, Guy Thomas, Anaea Lay
Saturday
4:30 p.m.
Reading 8
Liz Henry, Anaea Lay, Julia Dvorin
Anaea Lay 
Enjoyed being on the panel with you. Also really liked the “body” panel. Thanks again!
Thanks!
I’m glad you liked the Body panel. That was the one I felt least confident about afterwards, so it’s nice to hear it worked for the audience.