{"id":199,"date":"2013-10-23T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/10\/23\/my-orycon-35-schedule\/"},"modified":"2013-10-23T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:45:00","slug":"my-orycon-35-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/10\/23\/my-orycon-35-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"My OryCon 35 Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>ETA(2013-11-04):<\/b> better link destinations for co-panelists, sign-up info for ORCs, Twitter stuff.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re anywhere near Portland, Oregon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifc.com\/shows\/portlandia\/blog\/2012\/01\/portland-science-fiction-capital-of-america\">the science fiction capital of America!<\/a>) during the second weekend of November, stop by <a href=\"http:\/\/35.orycon.org\/\">OryCon 35<\/a> and have some fun&#8211;not <i>necessarily<\/i> involving steampunk cosplay, though I&#8217;m sure there will be plenty of that.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHfwxuf3b30?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><i>As seen on <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/hHfwxuf3b30\">Portlandia<\/a><i>.  Sort of.  Not really.<\/i><\/small><\/div>\n<p>As usual, my major activity is running the <a href=\"http:\/\/35.orycon.org\/activities-events\/orc\/\">Open Read and Critique (ORC) sessions<\/a>: two on Friday, two on Saturday.  The second Friday session is at 8PM, to better accommodate volunteers and panelists who are too busy earlier in the day.  Sign up each morning (or the night before) to get some quick feedback on your writing!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where you&#8217;ll <a href=\"http:\/\/orycon35.sched.org\/speaker\/curtis_c_chen.6c5v5ms#.Umd4ypTF0qh\">find me at the con<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h2>Friday, November 8th<\/h2>\n<p>2:00pm-3:00pm<br \/><b>ORCs: Open Read and Critiques (Session A)<\/b><br \/><i>Madison<\/i><br \/>Friday afternoon Open Read and Critiques (ORCs) allow writers of all skill<br \/>levels to read the first 750 words of their work to a round table group of<br \/>the same.  <b>Sign-up sheets will be outside Madison no later than Friday morning!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>8:00pm-9:00pm<br \/><b>ORCs: Open Read and Critiques (Session B)<\/b><br \/><i>Madison<\/i><br \/>Friday evening Open Read and Critiques (ORCs) allow writers of all skill<br \/>levels to read the first 750 words of their work to a round table group of<br \/>the same.  <b>Sign-up sheets will be outside Madison no later than Friday morning!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Saturday, November 9th<\/h2>\n<p>11:00am-12:00pm<br \/><b>Social media, time suck or revolution<\/b><br \/><i>Idaho<\/i><br \/>Social media played a major roll in the Arab Spring, oppressive<br \/>governments have turned off the internet. What is next?<br \/>(panel with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autographedcat.com\/\"><b>Rob Wynne<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbandrew.com\/\"><b>Jason Andrew<\/b><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>1:00pm-2:00pm<br \/><b>ORCs: Open Read and Critiques (Session C)<\/b><br \/><i>Madison<\/i><br \/>Saturday afternoon Open Read and Critiques (ORCs) allow writers of all<br \/>skill levels to read the first 750 words of their work to a round table<br \/>group of the same.  <b>Sign-up sheets will be outside Madison no later than Saturday morning!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2:00pm-3:00pm<br \/><b>ORCs: Open Read and Critiques (Session D)<\/b><br \/><i>Madison<\/i><br \/>Saturday afternoon Open Read and Critiques (ORCs) allow writers of all<br \/>skill levels to read the first 750 words of their work to a round table<br \/>group of the same.  <b>Sign-up sheets will be outside Madison no later than Saturday morning!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Complete convention schedule online at: <a href=\"http:\/\/orycon35.sched.org\/\">orycon35.sched.org<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be tweeting from the con &#8220;officially&#8221; as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curtiscchen\">@curtiscchen<\/a> and just-for-fun as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparCKL\">@sparCKL<\/a>.  Double your pleasure by following both accounts!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETA(2013-11-04): better link destinations for co-panelists, sign-up info for ORCs, Twitter stuff. 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