Our Panels At PhilCon

by Jared Axelrod
December 6th, 2005

As you are probably aware, the writers of 365 Tomorrows has been invited to be guests at PhilCon 2005. PhilCon will be held on December 9th to 11th, at theMarriot Hotel in downtown Philadelphia. Here’s a list of the panels we shall be speaking at:

• Fri 9:00 PM in 306—Science Fiction about “Touchy” Subjects (146)
Why is science fiction good at talking about things people don’t want to address?
Myke Cole (mod), Stephanie Burke, Camille Anthony, J.R. Blackwell, Tony Ruggiero

• Fri 10:00 PM in 306—The Impact of Online Magazines on the Genre (143)
Save our trees!
Rob Balder (mod), J.R. Blackwell, Robert Jeschonek, James Patrick Kelly, Mike Pederson, Alyce Wilson

• Sat 10:00 AM in Liberty C—Science Fiction: Gen X (179)
Does the 80s generation have a different idea of what good science fiction is?
Tony Ruggiero (mod), Stephanie Burke, Mike Pederson, Jared Axelrod, Joe McCabe

• Sat 2:00 PM in 303—Writing for an Online Audience (283)
In today’s high tech world a writers audience may just as easily be reading their work on a monitor as a page. Four writers and a publisher who have worked on online publishing talk about their experience writing for an online audience, managing forums, publicity, writing for a deadline, merchandising and nurturing ones fanbase.
J.R. Blackwell (mod), J. Loseth, Nick Popio, Brian York, Jared Axelrod

• Sat 5:00 PM in 413—In Their Own Words (100)
Many of these panels will dwell on the look or content of anime. But what about the sound? Here’s your chance to get to know what happens in the recording booths from the mouths of the professionals themselves.
Amy Howard-Wilson (mod), J. Loseth, Kristen Nelson

• Sun 1:00 PM in Salon G—Flash Fiction (284)
The cutting edge of fiction, Flash Fiction, has the heart of a short story and the soul of a poem. The writers of 365 tomorrows, a website that deal exclusively in flash fiction discuss the differences between writing a short story and a short, short, short story. How much story there possibly be in 500 words? The answer may surprise you!
J.R. Blackwell (mod), J. Loseth, Jared Axelrod, Nick Popio, Brian York