DARKOVER^® GRAND COUNCIL MEETING XXXI
DARKOVERCON MAIN PROGRAMMING

FRIDAY

1:00 PM - Gaylactic Spectrum Awards: Past, Present & Future. Carl Cipra and Nancy Berman.

2:00 PM - Brave New World. Creating a unique world, civilization, and culture.
C. S. Friedman, Katherine Kurtz, Tamora Pierce. Catherine Coker, moderator.

3:00 PM - Sequels without end. When is it time to retire a series or a character?
Patricia Briggs, C.S. Friedman, Heather Rose Jones, Katherine Kurtz, Scott MacMillan. Carl Cipra, moderator.

4:00 PM - Writing for TV and movies.
Nancy Berman and Scott MacMillan.

5:00 PM - Artist GoH Speech - Ruth Lampi

6:00 PM - The Wonder of Wolves.
Patricia Briggs, Alanna Morland, Tamora Pierce. Carl Cipra, moderator.

7:00 PM - Getting Started. You've got a great idea for a book! Now what do you do?
C. S. Friedman, Esther Friesner, Tim Liebe Don Sakers, Elisabeth Waters. Jack Frost, Moderator.

8:00 PM - Costume Competition

9:00 PM - Continued

10:00 PM - John Huff, Cliff and Dennis. Music performance.

SATURDAY

10:00 AM - Writing a ___ (anything but a standard F&SF book). Movie, comic books, game, e-books, etc.
Nancy Berman, Tim Liebe, Tamora Pierce, Elisabeth Waters. Carl Cipra, Moderator.

11:00 AM - Swashbuckling Heroines.
Patricia Briggs, Esther Friesner, Alanna Morland, Diana Paxson. Jennifer Heise, moderator.

12:00 Noon - Mining the Bible. We use mythic archtypes in writing, but rarely the bible. Is this an untapped vein?
C.S. Friedman, Herbert Gerjuoy, Heather Rose Jones, Katherine Kurtz, Tamora Pierce. Don Sakers, moderator.

1:00 PM - GoH Speech - Patricia Briggs

2:00 PM - The YA Market.
Esther Friesner, Timothy Liebe, Holly McLure, Diana Paxson, Tamora Pierce, Don Sakers. Carl Cipra, moderator.

3:00 PM - High Fantasy, Modern Urban Fantasy. Everything in between. The pros and cons of different kinds of fantasy.
Patricia Briggs, Katherine Kurtz,Scott MacMillan, Alanna Morland, Diana Paxson. Carl Cipra, moderator.

4:00 PM - Autograph session - all authors.

5:00 PM - Regency Ball.

6:00 PM - Continued.

7PM-9PM - Set up for concert

9:00 PM - CLAM CHOWDER CONCERT

11:00 PM - Continued

Midnight - HALLELUJAH CHORUS - ATRIUM

SUNDAY

10:00 AM - How Do You Say That? Creating new languages and building off old ones.
C. S. Friedman, Heather Rose Jones, Diana Paxson. Herbert Gerjuoy, Moderator.

11:00 AM - Making It Real. What do they wear? What do they eat? DO they eat? Ways to add realism to your fiction world.
Patricia Briggs, C. S. Friedman, Esther Friesner, Katherine Kurtz, Diana Paxson. NN, moderator.

12:00 Noon - Respect the Source. Using indigenous mythology in fiction.
Patricia Briggs, C. S. Friedman, Esther Friesner, Heather Rose Jones, Tamora Pierce, Don Sakers, Elisabeth Waters. Carl Cipra, moderator.

1:00 PM - ART AUCTION

2:00 PM - Art Auction Continued

3:00 PM - Talk to the Chair Alton about this and future Darkovercons - Yes, there will be one next year!