{"id":217,"date":"2013-09-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/09\/08\/orycon-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2013-09-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T16:00:00","slug":"orycon-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/09\/08\/orycon-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"OryCon is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s now two months until OryCon 35<\/a>, and DeeAnn and I are once again volunteering! We hope to see some of you lovely people at the con. (But not on Sunday. See below for details.)<\/p>\n

DeeAnn has been acting as pre-con liaision for all the Guests of Honor (GoHs)<\/a>, including author Anne Bishop<\/b>, artist Larry Elmore<\/b>, editor Liz Gorinsky<\/b>, and media GoH Matt Vancil<\/b>. This seems to involve lots of e-mail, intermittent telephone calls, and making maps and gift baskets. I do my best to help where I can, and stay out of her way otherwise.<\/p>\n

Myself, I’m running the Open Read and Critiques (ORCs)<\/b> again, as I have since 2009<\/a>. Here’s this year’s blurb:<\/p>\n

An Open Read & Critique (ORC) is an opportunity to read the first 750 words of your short story or novel aloud to your peers and receive a Clarion-style critique of your work. Our theme is “How to Hook a Reader.” All writers and genres are welcome! Look for sign-up sheets outside our meeting room starting Friday morning (first come, first served). Content should be rated PG-13 and contain no explicit sex, graphic violence, or excessive profanity. More info online at: http:\/\/35.orycon.org\/activities-events\/orc\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because I can’t resist tinkering with the schedule, this time around the one-hour ORC sessions will happen:<\/p>\n