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Alicai On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Rick Taubold wrote: > Nancy, > > Thanks for the suggestion. This sounds wonderful! I'll bring it up > at our con meeting today and let you know. I suspect we'll want to > do it. > > Rick Taubold > www.ricktaubold.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: Astronomicon-11--call for workshops and presentations > > Dear Rick, > I do have a suggestion for you. This is a workshop that was done > years ago at Astronomicon, was a great success, and then somehow > never got repeated. It was called "Maim 'Em Right," and it featured > medical personnel answering questions from the audience, all writers > and aspiring writers, on the real consequences of various injuries, > operations, and future alterations to the human body. The idea was > that writers could get help with realistic details for the mayhem > they were causing to their fictional characters. > If you decide to go with this, I know at least one nurse- > practitioner (with a lot of emergency room experience) who would > probably consent to be on the panel. And maybe we could dig up a > doctor from somewhere? > Best, > Nancy Kress > > In a message dated 6/13/2009 9:39:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] > writes: > Hi, everyone. > > As some of you know, I'm doing the programming for Astronomicon-11. > I'm looking for people interested in giving workshops or > presentations. > > My goal at this Con is to provide a good variety of programming for > everyone. We're only doing two tracks of programming this year, so > I want to make every time slot count. I want attendees to have a > difficult time choosing what to go to because they're all good, not > trying to decide between the lesser of two evils. > > I also want more workshops and presentations than we've had in the > past. People should come away from this Con feeling that it was > time and money well spent and that they gained something from it in > addition to having a great time. If I do my job right, no one will > be bored. > > So, if you have an idea for workshop or presentation that you'd like > to give or that you'd like to see done, please let me know. I'd > especially like more activities for writers, since we have a lot of > them in the area. > > Rick Taubold > www.ricktaubold.com > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
