Author: Gregory Wilson

Norwescon

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For the first time I’m heading to one of the longest running fantasy and science fiction conventions in the Pacific Northwest, Norwescon, and I’ve got an active schedule with five panels, a reading and two writing workshops where I critique manuscripts with a group of other pro authors (under the aegis of the Fairwood Writers, […]

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Quick update to my Media section…

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I’ve just uploaded a new item to my academic Media page, a panel I did at Worldcon in Chicago as part of the AboutSF program.  This was an interesting panel tying together my interests in teaching, writing, and fantasy and science fiction, and I’d love to hear what you think.  Otherwise, I’m spending the holidays […]

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Worldcon–September 2, 2012–Teaching SF Focus On Educators

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I’ve been involved with the AboutSF program for about two years now, the description for which is in the notes for the panel above. This panel was an interesting and far ranging one about methods, processes and theories of education in the fantasy and science fiction fields, and David-Glenn Anderson (also the coordinator), Tim Griffin, Violette Malan, Chris Mirell and I covered a lot of ground with a lot of thoughtful questions to answer (and it was nice to have longer than an hour to talk about this stuff, for a change!).

World Fantasy Convention, November 4, 2012–Reality Made Fantastic, Or Fantasy Made Real

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My one panel at World Fantasy Convention 2012 (the Toronto edition) was one of my favorite ones of the year–mostly because of the audience, which was large (the room was packed with well over a hundred people) and highly engaged, and the other participants, who brought a real diversity of perspectives to the question of how fantasy can become more “realistic” and vice versa. Ably moderated by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. and including agent Sally Harding and authors Isobelle Carmody, Karl Schroeder and me, this panel covered topics like genre definitions, magical realism, consistent magic systems and worldbuilding among other subjects…which was a good deal to discuss in an hour. I really enjoyed this panel, which capped off a great WFC for me.

Gen Con–August 19, 2012–Writers’ Symposium–Writing When Inspiration Fails You

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My last panel at Gen Con 2012 was also one of my favorites, involving two of my favorite people. Kelly Swails, Brad Beaulieu and I worked through a number of topics related to the subject of the unglamorous grind of writing, and since this subject has been on my mind a bit over the past few months this was a great way to wrap up Gen Con for the year.