my WisCon schedule!

Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
Sat, 1:00–2:15 pm (Conference 2)
Karon Crow Rilling (moderator), Kimberley Long-Ewing, Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, Ada Milenkovic Brown, Gwynne Garfinkle, Deirdre M. Murphy, Michelle Murrain, Larissa N. Niec, Katherine Mankiller, Phoebe Wray.

Short Stories vs Novels
Sat, 4:00–5:15 pm (Senate B)
David D. Levine (moderator), Benjamin Billman, Richard Chwedyk, Gwynne Garfinkle, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Victoria Janssen.
Some writers claim they can only write short, others insist they can only go with longer works. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each form? Should you force yourself to try the length that doesn't seem natural for you? What benefits are there to those who can successfully write both types of story? At one time, authors were told they needed three short story sales (of the pro variety) before they should try to sell a novel. Is this true? If short isn't your form of choice, are you just screwed?

Really looking forward to WisCon...

happy Frid-iversary

Forty-five years ago today, Jonathan Frid made his first appearance as Barnabas Collins at the end of Dark Shadows episode 211:

I keep meaning to post about the upcoming Tim Burton/Johnny Depp Dark Shadows film. The trailers look beautiful but are way too jokey for my liking (akin to a trailer for a remake of Wuthering Heights in which Cathy runs through the moors calling "Heathcliff!"...and then the cartoon cat shows up and they start dancing to Barry White).

Maybe the movie will be great. Maybe it won't. Hopefully it will at least interest some new people in watching the original show, which I continue to adore.