COSine Schedule

We have achieved a schedule for COSine (and the crowd roars!) Pending a few last minute tweaks and twitches, this is what we'll be doing, when.

Hope to see y'all there!

FRIDAY

4-5 Characterization through dialogue: Sarah Hoyt, Sharon Lee (mod), Steve Miller, Carrie Vaughn
Panelists discuss how dialog helps (or hurts) characterization and plot development in short stories and novels

7-10 Opening Ceremonies, ice cream social

SATURDAY

10-11 GOH Interview: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, pam potter (mod)

11-12 How Hard is Hard SF: Wil McCarthy (mod), Dan Hoyt, Sharon Lee, mike potter
How hard does the science in Hard Science Fiction need to be? Our panel of experts will explore what steps they take to make sure their "hard" science is workable, or at least believeable.

12-1 Honor in Heinlein's Universe: Sarah Hoyt, Kent Bloom, Steve Miller (mod), Wil McCarthy
Robert Heinlein's use of personal honor and the pros and cons of following the societal mores. Did it help or hinder his fiction?

2-3 Building a relativistic spaceship, or Why bother, can't I just warp? Steve Miller, Wil McCarthy (mod), Dan Hoyt, John Stith
Panelists discuss the "hard" science of writing in a relativistic universe. Are all our SF stories of warp drives and Faster-Than-Light spaceships really fantasy? Without a premise of FTL drive, we are locked into either our own solar system or into the use of generation ships. How much of our modern SF assumption of FTL travel is actually possible within the real world of physics? And if some sort of FTL drive is possible, what will be the effects of relativity on those who travel the stars?

3-4 I'm finally published, now what? Carrie Vaughn (mod), Alan Lickiss, Steve Miller, Theresa Crater, James Townsend
Panelists discuss what's next after they've published. What do publishers expect, and what they may be doing to promote their works.

5-6 Mass autographing

7-9 Regency Dance

SUNDAY

10-11 Co-Authorship, O Joy! Sharon Lee, Steven Miller, Alan Lickiss, Rebecca Lickiss, Sarah Hoyt (mod)
Panelists discuss the pros & cons of writing with a partner.

11-12 Researching your novel: library, experts, or the Internet? Sharon Lee Wil McCarthy, Alan Lickiss, Pamela Potter (mod), sheila
Panelists talk about what resources they use (other than their imaginations) to give their creations a touch of reality

12-1 Fighting in Writing: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Wil McCarthy, Carrie Vaughn, Al Tegan(mod)
Panelists discuss how they research and re-enact action scenes.

1-2 Denver in 2008 WorldCon Bid

2-3 Art Auction

3 Closing Ceremonies Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Mem Morman