{"id":26816,"date":"2020-05-19T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=26816"},"modified":"2020-05-19T20:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:09:29","slug":"virtual-balticon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/19\/virtual-balticon\/","title":{"rendered":"Join me at this year&#8217;s Virtual Balticon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to COVID-19, there&#8217;ll be no meatspace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balticon.org\/wp54\/\">Balticon<\/a> this year, but the wizards behind that con have been working hard to make sure we&#8217;ll all still be able to enjoy each other&#8217;s company virtually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon-300x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon-1024x186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon-768x140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VirtualBalticon.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry I won&#8217;t be able to feed you jelly beans this year &#8212; because I&#8217;ve always believed a fed audience is a happy audience &#8212; but if you&#8217;d like to experience me virtually, here&#8217;s when you can have me popping up on your screen &#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Writing While Life Rolls Over You<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sunday, May 24, 10:00 a.m.<\/em><br \/>\nHow do you survive unexpected life events while trying to juggle both a day job and a writing career? How do you stay organized and get back to a project when everything is trying to tear you away? Lets share the tricks we use to keep ourselves going.<br \/>\n<em>with Michael Ventrella, Doc Coleman, Hildy Silverman, and Javon Goard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday, May 24, 1:00 p.m.<br \/>\nI will read from my recently published short story &#8220;Answered Prayers,&#8221; which appeared in the latest issue of <em>DreamForge<\/em> magazine.<br \/>\n<em>with Ted Weber<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is No Finish Line: Momentum for Writers<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sunday, May 24, 3:00 p.m.<\/em><br \/>\nExperienced writers who have been on the roller coaster for a while know the big secret: you never really &#8220;make it.&#8221; Just because you&#8217;ve sold one book doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;ll sell the next one, and just because you didn&#8217;t sell the last one doesn&#8217;t mean the next one won&#8217;t hit big. Our panel offers tips and strategies for maintaining the will to keep creating.<em><br \/>\nwith Joshua Bilmes, D.H. Aire, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and L. Marie Wood<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll drop on by!<\/p>\n<p>You can find the full schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balticon.org\/wp54\/programming\/program-schedule\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to COVID-19, there&#8217;ll be no meatspace Balticon this year, but the wizards behind that con have been working hard to make sure we&#8217;ll all still be able to enjoy each other&#8217;s company virtually. 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