Nebula Conference Schedule
This year will be my first opportunity to attend the Nebula Conference, so yay! It’s being held in Pasadena this time around, June 6-9. There’ll be panels, office hours, meet-and-greets, and the Nebula Awards banquet on Saturday. The Grandmaster this year is Susan Cooper.
I’ll be participating in a panel alongside fellow authors Erik Grove, Curtis Chen, and Jordan Kurella:
It's No Joke: Honing Humor in Your Work Thursday, June 6 1:30PM - 2:30PM
This is a panel that will discuss the merits of adding humor to any story, as well as the ways to do it in a nuanced way. A well-timed joke can break the ice and bring readers into a story but misplaced humor can do the opposite. Writing "funny" is serious business. From quips to pointed satire, comedy comes in many forms; this panel will offer a sample of them and discuss when and how to use them.
I’m also hosting an Author Meet-and-Greet the same day, Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 4:00PM - 4:30PM. I’ll be at Table E. Since I’m flying in from Minneapolis, I probably won’t have any books to sell onsite, but I’ll bring along bookmarks, maybe a copy each of my books so people can peruse them in person, and plenty of willingness to chat about anything and everything. Come by and say hello!
The full Nebula programming schedule can be found here.
I haven’t been back in California since grad school — just about twenty years! — so I’m very much looking forward to the trip. If you’re a fellow writer of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, hope you can join us either in person or online!
My published work so far:
ALL THE WHYS OF DELILAH’S DEMISE A near-future mystery thriller.
REGARDING DUCKS AND UNIVERSES A parallel universe whodunit.
THE INCIDENT SERIES Three book series. Time-travel mysteries.
THE FELINE AFFAIR Prequel novelette to the Incident series.
