I mentioned earlier that I am one of the (many) guests at this year’s Conflu­ence — which is going online, and is called C’mon­flu­ence. It’s free — although they’re accepting dona­tions if people both want and can afford them. Most of the sessions will be held on Zoom; some of it will be held on discord — the links of which are also on the web-site.

HOWEVER: all of the zoom events require regis­tra­tion or pre-regis­tra­tion, and there might be a channel limit to the number of people they can reason­ably support. The complete list is avail­able now on the web-site with regis­tra­tion links, and I’ve just cut and paste the parts of the schedule that actu­ally involve me >.>.

I don’t quite know how the discord will work – it might be the on-line version of a hallway. None of us has done this before, so there may be a few glitches. But, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

ETA: All times posted are EDT, so Toronto time. (And also to fix the inevitable typos)

Friday, 2nd October
8:00 – 8:50pm Track 2: Opal; Night Book Recs (not Wrecks)
Looking at newer books and what’s worth reading.

With: Alan Irvine, Rachel Swirsky, Mary Soon Lee, Scott Edelman & Michelle Sagara

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Saturday, 3rd October

12:00 – 12:50pm Track 1: Sanc­tuary Moon; Where Does Your World Come From?

World­building is more than plop­ping a planet in the habit­able zone. What chal­lenges had to be over­come and what influ­ences did the panelists have when they built their worlds?

With: Michelle Sagara, Joe Haldeman, Aliette de Bodard & Tobias Buckell
Dura­tion: 50 minutes. This item will be recorded

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1:00 – 1:50pm Track 1: Sanc­tuary Moon; SF/F Around the World

An exam­i­na­tion of what goes on every­where – in the genre liter­a­ture that we love, of course. With: Michelle Sagara, P. Djeli Clark, Lawrence M. Schoen, Christina Sng & W. Klobah Collins Dura­tion: 50 minutes. This item will be recorded

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4:00 – 4:50pm Track 2: Opal Night; POC – New Diver­sity, New Challenges 

How do we address a more diverse cultural refer­ence without awkward stereo­types and appropriation?
With: Michelle Sagara, P. Djeli Clark, Mary Soon Lee & W. Klobah Collins
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Sunday, 4th October

11:00 – 11:50am Track 1: Sanc­tuary Moon; Let’s get series-ish 

Looking at writing a series. What are Pitfalls and Pluses? What is it about the stories that dictate the need for more stories? Do the char­ac­ters demand it or is there just no end to the plots?

With: Michelle Sagara, Martha Wells, Robert Angell & Jennifer Foehner Wells
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12:00 – 12:50am Track 2: Opal; Night Folk­tales Through a Modern Lens

looking at the old stories and consid­ering that, with a twist and a tweak, the new story may be a surprise for everyone.

With: Alan Irvine, W. Klobah Collins, Catherine Lundoff, Michelle Sagara, Wendelin Gray
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1:30 – 1:55pm Track 3: Kish Karad; Michelle Sagara Reading

Michelle Sagara

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