For a con topic, sounding like a pickup line is probably a good thing. Especially a bad one.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Dave Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > > > > -- eric scoles ([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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
