World Fantasy Convention
Oct. 15th, 2002 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrI am going to be at the World Fantasy Convention, which is being held, conveniently enough, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 31-November 3. At this point, I will be on one panel (on something re: children's fantasy, I believe--wonder why they put me on that???[yuck, yuck, yuck]). I will be sharing a reading with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kijjohnson. Of the hour and a half that we will have for the reading, kijjohnson will spend about a half hour reading from her newly completed novel (which, unless she changed it again, will be called Fudoki). We will spend most of the rest of the time reading from our collaborative novel, the partially-completed letter game book set at the beginning of the Civil War. This is a very exciting project that we've had to set aside for the time being, due to Kij's contract with Tor, but we both think it's viable and plan to get back to it some day. For those not familiar with the term, a letter game book is created when two authors write to one another in character. The only rule of the game is that they cannot tell each other what they think the plot is! For published examples, see Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, and Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull.
Since I'm just starting this new novel, I don't have much to read by myself. I have a completed short story, but have decided not to read that. I have decided, instead, to commit to completing the first scene of this novel by World Fantasy, and I will read that: the scene where Solveig breaks through the ice and her father saves her, but drowns himself. I've already started writing it. I am not quite sure how long it will be--sort of a prologue, probably a third to a half of the length of a standard chapter. Anyway, that's my promise to you all, and my first writing commitment on this book: by World Fantasy, this first scene will be complete and I will read it. Come to the reading to hear it! That much at least it a rock-solid commitment, but I hope to have even more by then.
Cheers,
Peg
kijjohnson. Of the hour and a half that we will have for the reading, kijjohnson will spend about a half hour reading from her newly completed novel (which, unless she changed it again, will be called Fudoki). We will spend most of the rest of the time reading from our collaborative novel, the partially-completed letter game book set at the beginning of the Civil War. This is a very exciting project that we've had to set aside for the time being, due to Kij's contract with Tor, but we both think it's viable and plan to get back to it some day. For those not familiar with the term, a letter game book is created when two authors write to one another in character. The only rule of the game is that they cannot tell each other what they think the plot is! For published examples, see Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, and Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull.Since I'm just starting this new novel, I don't have much to read by myself. I have a completed short story, but have decided not to read that. I have decided, instead, to commit to completing the first scene of this novel by World Fantasy, and I will read that: the scene where Solveig breaks through the ice and her father saves her, but drowns himself. I've already started writing it. I am not quite sure how long it will be--sort of a prologue, probably a third to a half of the length of a standard chapter. Anyway, that's my promise to you all, and my first writing commitment on this book: by World Fantasy, this first scene will be complete and I will read it. Come to the reading to hear it! That much at least it a rock-solid commitment, but I hope to have even more by then.
Cheers,
Peg
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Date: 2002-10-15 06:11 pm (UTC)That means I'll get to hear the first scene of your novel!!! (Not to mention, to actually say "hi" in person.) :) :) :)
- Darice
Excellent!
Date: 2002-10-15 06:28 pm (UTC)Cheers,
Peg
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Date: 2002-10-16 10:06 am (UTC)