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Constitution
It's less than a week to go to Constitution at New Hall college, Cambridge and I'm looking forward to it. The draft programme is up on their website. Here are the panels I'll be taking part in:
Fri 7pm War in SF and fantasy
War is all too often a backdrop in fiction, a quick and easy way of shaking up your characters and getting the plot going. How do you escape the cliches and address conflict realistically and sensitively?
Sat 11am New myths for old
Myths and folklore have a great influence on many modern writers. This panel discusses how to incorporate the old into the new. How do you bring fresh life to familiar old stories? Can we reference without rehashing?
Sat 2pm Guest of Honour interview
Steph Swainston interviewed by Owen Dunn.
Sat 5pm Creating characters workshop
If you start with good characters, your story practically writes itself. Steph Swainston gives some tips on how to build characters and how they can set your plot zipping along. (Limited to 8 places, please sign up at the front desk.)
Sun 10am The king's grouter, and other jobs you never hear about
Where are all the little people in fantasy? Who washes the king's socks and does his accounts? The panel discusses fantasy which focuses on the the less glamorous jobs.
Sun 12 noon Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll
Indulgence, hedonism and addiction. How do you write about excess without going over the top?
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Blast, wish I could be there.
Just to thank you for dealing books out of the back of your car in an unlit carpark after your describtion of your sister, what would she have thought if she had seen it from afar, anyway thanks for the books and your contibutions at the con, the four Kingdoms are more accessible now.
Rod, I hope you enjoy the third book, now it's in readable format.
Yes, it looked like a dodgy deal but it was fine, so I'm safe from my sister. I buy the books from Blackwell's with an Author's Society discount - that way the sales are counted on BookScan, the publishers still get their cut, you get the best editions, and everyone is happy.
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