It's that time of year again.....

[Victoria Victrix]

By which I mean Dragoncon.

This year The Mouse is covering our expenses, since we're promoting the new series that debuts Sept 1.  Which means I'm going to be really working.

Title: This animal seems... familiar...
Description: Companions, fire lizards, telepathic wolves—in fantasy lit, animals always have our backs.
Time: Fri 04:00 pm Location: Embassy C - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Mercedes Lackey, Naomi Novik, Todd McCaffrey, Margaret Weis)

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Title: Collaboration-Benefits and Challenges
Description: What makes a successful collaboration? Learn strategies for developing writing partnerships that result in amazing fiction.
Time: Fri 07:00 pm Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Lynn Abbey, Nancy Knight, John L. Flynn, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Dr. Bob Blackwood, Janny Wurts)

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Title: Worldbuilding 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302
Description: Whatever the fiction project, building a believable world is critical to success. Discussion includes key elements to worldbuilding.
Time: Fri 08:30 pm Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Janny Wurts, Zac Brewer, Mercedes Lackey, Bill Fawcett, Esther Friesner)

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Title: Autograph Session
Time: Sat 02:30 pm Location: International Hall South - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Alethea Kontis, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Mercedes Lackey)
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Title: Reading: Mercedes Lackey
Time: Sat 04:00 pm Location: Vinings - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
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Title: We're here, we're queer, and we're magic.
Not Open to the Public
Description: How was the LGBTQ* perspective once represented in fantasy/spec fic—and how is it evolving? How things stand, and how they could stand to improve.
Time: Sat 05:30 pm Location: Embassy C - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Mercedes Lackey, Zac Brewer)

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Title: Magical Mavens of Fantasy
Description: Women who've proven to be favorites with fans, critics and booksellers talk about their projects and tell their secrets.
Time: Sun 11:30 am Location: Centennial I - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Mercedes Lackey, Laurell K. Hamilton, Nancy Knight, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Katherine Kurtz)

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Title: Mercedes Lackey's Legendaria
Description: Velgarth may be Misty's best-known world, but it's only a drop in the bucket. What's she working on these days?
Time: Sun 01:00 pm Location: Embassy C - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon)

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Title: Magical Women
Description: Brilliant women of fantasy lit on influences, experiences, and fictional women they love the most.
Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: Centennial I - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Naomi Novik, Mercedes Lackey, Janny Wurts, Katherine Kurtz, Margaret Weis)

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Title: Collaborations: Blessing or Curse
Description: Will writing with a buddy make your book go faster? The benefits & pitfalls.
Time: Sun 07:00 pm Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Nancy Knight, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Clay and Susan Griffith, Lynn Abbey, John L. Flynn, Janny Wurts)

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Title: Autograph Session
Time: Mon 10:00 am Location: International Hall South - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon)

In addition there will be more autograph times at the Missing Volume/Baen Books booth.

From there we'll be heading to the BookMarks Festival in Winston Salem North Carolina. Events are only scheduled for Saturday for the public.

And from there we're going to Austin Texas to help flag* the race weekend finalized with the Lone Star LeMans.

*"flagging": know those people standing at every corner of a raceway, out in the heat, breathing exhaust, and with just some chainlink fence between them and mayhem?  The ones waving caution/race stop/hazard and other flags for the drivers.  That'll be us.  Yes, we're crazy.  You needed to ask?

[Paragon Avenger]

Sounds like fun.
Will there be cheese?