I don't know. I'm having difficulty getting past the sounding like a pick-up line. "Hey, baby, want to twitter my jetpack?" <flinches from face slap>
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > How about "Twitter My Jetpack! Future Technologies - Expectations, > Disappointments, and Surprises" > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Dave Henn [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
