My schedule at Minicon

My panels will all be on Saturday:

2 p.m. The Poetry of Tolkien. I'm quite looking forward to this one, actually. I certainly like and respect my fellow panelists: Ruth Berman, David Lenander, and pameladean.

3 p.m. How [Not] to Form a Writers Group. I will note, however, that my attendance on this one is the most tentative.

5 p.m. How to Talk to Pros. This one I believe actually grew partly out of a LiveJournal entry I made here, which generated many interesting comments. The other panelists will be one of the con's guests of honor, Sharyn November (sdn) and Steve Brust.

6 p.m. Taking your Writing to the Next Level. Not quite sure where we'll go with this one, but we'll see!

Edited to add: Forgot to mention: Fiona and Delia will also be making an appearance at Minicon! They will be part of the roundtable discussion that Sharyn November will be holding on books for young readers. Alas, it is scheduled opposite my Tolkien Poetry panel at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, so I'll be missing it myself. Sharyn, we're reading Heart of the Tanglewood out loud right now, which is one of the books you sent us. Fiona read it and loved it, and she chose it for the next read-aloud book, so that Delia could have the pleasure of hearing it, too.

The worst review of the Lord of the Rings movies that I've seen

The worst review of the Lord of the Rings movies that I've seen.

Wow.

Um, I disagree.

(Have you seen any reviews that are worse? If so, where?)

My first gray hair!

While doing a headcheck on me tonight, Rob said, "Hey, here's a gray hair."

"Really?" I exclaimed. "Let me see it."

So he pulled it out and gave it to me. Sure enough, instead of my usual chestnut brown, it was a lovely silver. "Wow."

"It sure is pretty," Fiona remarked. I agreed. I like gray.

My first gray hair. I'm so proud. I taped it into my paper journal.

random sentence meme

infected by kijjohnson

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

Well, this was sort of tough, because my copies of

1. Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory,
2. The Lay of Bereliand by J.R.R. Tolkien, and
3. The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia, Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (1crowdedhour)

were all sort of equidistant. I picked The Grand Tour:

"My own experience of Thomas might be limited, but Kate had written me quite detailed reports of her acquaintance with him, and I think I can safely say that 'exaggerating' is not a word that either of us would ever use in connection with him."