Eastercon stuff

[ffutures]

I seem to be doing quite a lot at Eastercon this year, including a panel with Jim Butcher, Ashley Pollard, and others. Fortunately it's the "game of the book" panel so I shouldn't quite come across as an idiot, but even so...

My past experiences with being on panels with big name authors include finding out (as a panel with Philip Pullman started) that nobody actually involved in running the con was present, and that none of us knew who was supposed to be moderating it. I ended up moderating it myself. And on a panel with Roger Zelazny I recall going into a rant about the lack of imagination shown by authors who always put Jack the Ripper into stories with a Victorian setting, then learning that his latest novel's viewpoint character was JtR's dog.

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, I have no idea who is moderating the panels I am on either. There are two I will not moderate - I have strong opinions on the subjects that do not go well with the moderator's role - and one I would prefer to moderate because I seem to be the 'token female' and have never even thought about the subject before. (The answer to the question posed by the panel title is, actually, 'No.' Just 'No.@)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I asked about one panel and was assured I was NOT moderating it, so I'm assuming that they'd tell me if I was.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

I just got an e-mail confirming the panel I'm on next week, which included the name of the moderator (and it's not me).

At one of the early Dublin Octocons, I got co-opted onto a panel at the last moment when KIM Campbell found she was rehearsing a play at the same time as the panel. As we left the green room, I asked who was moderating the panel.

"Since you asked, you are," came the reply.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That's pretty much happened to me - and I hope it's not happening this time. I'm not a good moderator, and no one is any good at moderating panels where they also have strong opinions on the subject. If I'm interested in the subject, I want to talk about it, not have to bite my tongue all the time...

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

I'm now lokking forward to going through the programme book and seeing how many panels could have "No. Just No." as the response! :-)