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Lee and Miller Boskone 60 Schedule

And! the Final Boskone 60 schedules have arrived.

Things you need to know about this schedule:

1   All panels are 1 hour, by which Boskone means 55 minutes.

2   Our joint reading is 25 minutes, by which Boskone means 20 minutes.

3   The above time-slips are so that the room can be cleared, and allows the next event to start on-time.

4   You will note that there is no separate “autographing” item.  Please do bring your books to the Book Party on Saturday night and we’ll bring our pens.

5   Boskone 60, February 17-19 at the Westin Boston Seaport, featuring  Nalo Hopkinson, Victo Ngai, Tui T. Sutherland, Dave Clement, Jeanette Epps.  Here’s your link

Lee and Miller’s Boskone 60 Schedule

FRIDAY

Building Fandom and Community
Marina 2
Fri 5:30 PM
Duration: 01:00
Janice Gelb (Janice Gelb) mod, Steve Miller, Jen Wilson-Hughes, Scott Edelman, Lisa Hertel
Fandom is a glorious and multifaceted thing that spans generations and genres. It’s become more than a little fragmented over the years, but we are all still part of a larger whole. What have we lost with the fragmenting of fandom? How can its niche groups engage with the wider fan community while still honoring and protecting what makes them unique? This will be an inclusive session aimed at bringing people together.

Reading: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Griffin
Fri 8:30 PM
Duration: 00:25
Featuring Sharon Lee & Steve Miller as they team up for this special Boskone reading from one of their published or in-process works. They will also host an author Q&A as time permits

SATURDAY

Worldbuilding from the Ground Up
Harbor 1 – Hybrid
Sat 10:00 AM
Duration: 01:00
Liz Delton (mod), Marshall Ryan Maresca, Suzanne Palmer, Steve Miller, Paul Di Fillipo
Some spectacular stories take place in worlds very different from our own: from life on (or in) a gas giant to a civilization that lives on a world-tree as big as the Himalayas. But there are perils associated with venturing far beyond human experience. An inconsistent or poorly described worldscape can result in a confusing story or challenge a reader’s ability to suspend disbelief. Hear from writers who have created fully realized worlds that their readers can almost see, touch, and smell.

Writing Romance across Genres
Marina 2
Sat 4:00 PM
Duration: 01:00
Christie Meierz (mod), Darlene Marshall, Sharon Lee, Andrea D Hairston
Romance plays well with other genres, creating threads that weave easily across stories, connecting characters and causing conflict. Our panelists explore the hallmarks of the romance genre, and how to pepper romantic plots and subplots in your fantastic and futuristic worlds. How can we best incorporate romantic tropes into other genres in a way that feels fresh and dynamic? And how do you write romantic conflict in realistic and compelling ways as couples try to survive your next plot twist.

Boskone Book Party
Galleria – Autographing
Sat 5:30 PM
Duration: 01:00
Jane Yolen, Andrea D Hairston, Annalee Newitz, C. S. E. Cooney, Cat Scully, Dana Cameron, Michael Green Jr., Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Theodora Goss, Steve Miller (and Sharon Lee), Mike Allen, Laurie Mann
Come join the fun at Boskone 60’s Book Party. You’ll meet the authors and publishers who have new books coming out at the con! This is your chance to see what’s new from writers you already love, as well as those you have yet to discover.

A Muddle of Mad Scientists
Marina 4
Sat 7:00 PM
Duration: 01:00
Chad Childers (mod), Gillian Lynn Daniels, Sharon Lee, Michael M. Jones
From Faust to Dr. Horrible, genre fiction is filled with crazily creative geniuses. Why do we love them? What makes the mad scientist character so appealing in horror, comedy, and everything in between? Join us for a mad, mad discussion featuring some of our favorite screwy scientists and inventors from the past, present, and future.
Participant information: Wearing of lab coats optional 🙂

SUNDAY

The Shadow of the City
Harbor 2
Sun 11:30 AM
Duration: 01:00
Walter H. Hunt (mod), Carole Ann Moleti, Annalee Newitz, Sharon Lee, Darrell Schweitzer
What are the challenges and benefits of using a real-world city in your urban fantasy or other spec fic? How accurate do you need to be before locals cry foul? London, Tokyo and New York have served as settings for innumerable novels. How would these stories change if the Tube were replaced by the New York subway, or vice versa? And if the setting was Paris, New Delhi, or Sydney, how would the story change?

Kaffeeklatsch 1: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Galleria – Kaffeeklatsch 1
Sun 1:00 PM
Duration: 01:00
Join these writers and a few fellow fans for an informal chat.  Sign up at Program Ops on the Upper Level near Registration, on Saturday after 10am.  You must be attending Boskone in person to sign up for this session, and you can only sign up for yourself.

Adventures in Cat Herding

So, I’m exhausted.

Up early to warm up the house, because The Guys from Dead River will be bound to turn off the heat at some point. Breakfast — braunschweiger on pumpernickel with Cheap Brown Mustard, tea.

Started gathering the trash to take out, because Tuesday, whereupon The Guys arrive in two work trucks and an attack wagon. Reroute self to start gathering cats into Steve’s Wing. Firefly was taken by surprise. Trooper — ran. Trooper never runs. Sprite took shelter under the middle of the dining room table — which is a really good spot if you’re a cat who doesn’t want to get swooped up and Transported. Belle was in her heated and sunny bookshelf. She tried to run (Belle never runs, either), but I had her. Got her to Steve’s Wing, opened the door a crack and stuffed her into the hallway.

In the meantime, Sprite makes a break for?

The basement!

Oh, no! The basement is where the Guys are and the outside basement door is open. Happily, she’s headed off by Steve, who is supervising Guys. She runs back upstairs and ducks back under the table. I slam the basement door shut, figure that’s good enough for right now, and finish taking out the trash and recycling.

When I come back in, Steve has Trooper cornered in the bedroom. I make the snatch, and we stuff him through the door into Steve’s Wing of Wrongfully Imprisoned Felines.

We go Looking For Sprite, who is in my office, under the comfy chair, which is another excellent place, but — inexplicably, she throws away her advantage and makes a bolt for — the basement! But the door’s closed. She skitters, pulls a 180 and races into the bedroom, where — she disappears.

I, however, see the telltale bump in the covers at the foot of the bed, and have her out. She squeaks! I am Unmoved. Steve cracks open the door to his wing, pushing Firefly back, and I pour Sprite through the opening.
So, anyway. All cats now in Steve’s Wing with Steve. The Guys from Dead River are in the basement, engaging drills. My second cup of tea is brewing.

When it’s done, I may take it over to the office comfy chair where I can soak up some sunshine, and enjoy the view down the snow-covered yard to the trees down back.

Launch Party! Rembrandt’s Station

Saturday!
Party day!
That’s right — party day!
You are of course aware that Rembrandt’s Station, Christie Meierz’ fifth Tolari novel, debuted this week.
Today, Christie is throwing a launch party, and you’re invited! That’s right — you. Steve and I will be there, and so will Scott Coatsworth, R.K. Throne, Carol Van Natta, among others, and we expect to have a blast!
The action starts at 2pm EST today, and you can attend two ways — via Facebook or Youtube. Go here, scroll down and make your choice.
Hope to see you soon!
 

Story Count!

. . . because there have been Questions Asked.

Lee-and-Miller’s 100th collaboration: Salvage Right, July 4, 2023, Baen
101st collaboration: “The Last Train to Clarkesville,” The Last Train Outta Kepplar 283C, edited by David Boop, Fall 2023, Baen
102nd collaboration: “Songs of the Fathers,” in From Every Storm:  Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 35, November 2022, Pinbeam Books
103rd collaboration: “Interventions,” awaiting acceptance for a possible August 2023 publication
In process: Collaborations 104 and 105: Nameless novel set in the Redlands; Trade Lanes
And while we’re counting, let us not forget Lee-and-Miller collaboration number 99:  “Gadreel’s Folly,” Chicks in Tank Tops, edited by Jason Cordova, January 3, 2023, Baen

Adverts

The new year is coming right on down the tracks, and that means — lining up good reading for 2023 and! making travel plans.

Here are a few datapoints to help you plan.

January 3, 2023:  Chicks in Tank Tops publication date.  Edited by Jason Cordova, with brand new stories from Esther Friesner, Kevin Ikenberry, Jody Lynn Nye, Joelle Presby, Marisa Wolf, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and?  More!  No, honestly, there’s a whole lot of good reading in this book, and you don’t want to miss out.  Available from your favorite bookstore.

January 5, 2023:  Rembrandt’s Station by Christie Meierz releases, a happy fact that will be celebrated by a Zoom launch party on January 7.  Steve and I will be there, and hope that you will, too.  Party details here

February 17-19, 2023:  Boskone 60.  GOHs: Nalo Hopkinson, Vito Ngai, Tui T. Sutherland, Dave Clement.  Steve Miller and Sharon Lee will be attending in person after a several year gap.  We cannot yet reveal our schedules, but we can say that we will be reading from Salvage Right, the 100th Lee and Miller collaboration; participating in a few panels, and hosting a kaffeeklatsch.  Hope to see you there.  Here’s your link to register

February 28, 2023:  The anniversary re-issue of the classic Liaden Regency, Scout’s Progress, with a new and exciting cover by Sam Kennedy, and! a new foreword by the authors, releases from All the Usual Suspects.

Looking a little further down the line — April 28-30, 2023:  Heliosphere 2023.  GOHs: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, David M. Mattingly.  Registration is open and though it is a thought over four months away, we urge you to register now.  Heliosphere is a small con and depends on its pre-registrations.  Here’s your link.

And, going way, way out, now — July 4, 2023, Salvage Right, the 25th novel set in the Liaden Universe® created by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller back in the last century, releases from all of your favorite bookstores.

. . . I think that’s enough to get us started.

Here ends the year-end advertising special.