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2017-03-25T23:44:31Z

Proposed programming items for Minicon 52.

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	= Proposed programming items for Minicon 52. =		= Proposed programming items for Minicon 52. =

	To sign up to be a panelist, send an email to programming@minicon52.mnstf.org Your email should include the titles of the panels that you are interested in, schedule limitations, and whether or not you would consider moderating any of the panels that you're volunteering for.		To sign up to be a panelist, send an email to '''programming@minicon52.mnstf.org'''.

			Your email should include the titles of the panels that you are interested in, schedule limitations, and whether or not you would consider moderating any of the panels that you're volunteering for.

	== READINGS AND SIGNINGS==		== READINGS AND SIGNINGS==

2017-03-25T23:39:13Z

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	~~The following is the list of panels ideas~~ for Minicon 52.		= Proposed programming items for Minicon 52. =

	To sign up to be a panelist, send an email to programming@minicon52.mnstf.org Your email should include the titles of the panels that you are interested in, schedule limitations, and whether or not you would consider moderating any of the panels that you're volunteering for. If you are an author and would like to schedule a reading and/or signing, send an email to the same address.		To sign up to be a panelist, send an email to programming@minicon52.mnstf.org Your email should include the titles of the panels that you are interested in, schedule limitations, and whether or not you would consider moderating any of the panels that you're volunteering for.

			== READINGS AND SIGNINGS==
			If you are an author and would like to schedule a reading and/or signing, send an email to the same address.


	~~=The following panels are most in need of panelists=~~

	==Art==		==Art==

2017-03-25T22:59:21Z

Orientation

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	===Orientation===		===Orientation===
	A panel or two for neos, hosted by upbeat panelists who are happy to share basic info and answer questions.		A panel or two for neos, hosted by upbeat panelists who are happy to share basic info and answer questions.

			=== Parenting the Non-Neurotypical Child ===

	===Share Your Passion===		===Share Your Passion===

2017-03-25T22:57:58Z

Surviving the End

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	===Surviving the End ===		===Surviving the End ===
	What happens when your book/movie/anime/TV/comic series ends? Can fandom continue without new source material? Should it?		What happens when your favorite book/movie/anime/TV/comic series ends? Can fandom continue without new source material? Should it?

	===The First Con In Space===		===The First Con In Space===

2017-03-25T22:56:52Z

The Business of Writing

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	===Life and Work in an Absolute (Benevolent) Monarchy===		===Life and Work in an Absolute (Benevolent) Monarchy===
	Day-to-day life in the Vatican, with an eye to how that compares to the ways that such things are depicted in fantasy novels.		Day-to-day life in the Vatican, with an eye to how that compares to the ways that such things are depicted in fantasy novels.

			=== Self Publishing: Tragedies and Triumphs ===
			All self publishers face a landscape of challenges. Let's hear some tales from the trenches.

	===The Business of Writing===		===The Business of Writing===

2017-03-25T22:51:29Z

Recent and Upcoming Media

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	===Recent and Upcoming Media===		===Recent and Upcoming Media===
	TV and movies from last year and what's coming up for this year.		TV and movies from last year and what's coming up for this year.


			=== Science Fiction and the TV Revolution ===
			Streaming services have vastly altered the landscape of TV programming with a flood of original short series, many of them SF or Fantasy.

	==Standards==		==Standards==

2017-03-25T22:46:57Z

Surviving the Hero/Heroine

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	What does it take to read aloud to groups of people? Discussing the nuance and skill it takes to make your reading effective and entertaining.		What does it take to read aloud to groups of people? Discussing the nuance and skill it takes to make your reading effective and entertaining.

	===Surviving the ~~Hero/Heroine~~===		===Surviving the End ===
	What happens when your book/movie/anime/TV/comic series ends? Can fandom continue without new source material? Should it?		What happens when your book/movie/anime/TV/comic series ends? Can fandom continue without new source material? Should it?

2017-03-25T04:30:25Z

How To Be A Fan of Problematic Things

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	==Media==		==Media==

	~~===How To Be A Fan of Problematic Things===~~
	~~(Description Missing)~~

	===Monsters From Space===		===Monsters From Space===

2017-03-25T04:03:33Z

Writing Male Characters

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	===Walking Alone: Shirley Jackson, 1916-1965===		===Walking Alone: Shirley Jackson, 1916-1965===
	A centennial-plus-two-years tribute to the genre-straddling author of the novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle and the stories "The Lottery," "The Summer People," and "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts.		A centennial-plus-two-years tribute to the genre-straddling author of the novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle and the stories "The Lottery," "The Summer People," and "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts.

	~~===Writing Male Characters===~~
	~~What are the special needs and veiwpoints to be kept in mind while writing male characters? How is this sometimes an unnoticed challenge?~~

	==Media==		==Media==

2017-03-25T04:00:50Z

Intersection of Art and Law

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	===Striking a Pose===		===Striking a Pose===
	Based on this post [http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/striking-a-pose/] by Jim Hines. Examining the way women are portrayed on SF/F book covers. In particular - Are these poses realistic? Can they be replicated by a male body? What do such images say about the portrayal of women (even in books with strong female protagonists) in SF/F?		Based on this post [http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/striking-a-pose/] by Jim Hines. Examining the way women are portrayed on SF/F book covers. In particular - Are these poses realistic? Can they be replicated by a male body? What do such images say about the portrayal of women (even in books with strong female protagonists) in SF/F?

	~~===Intersection of Art and Law===~~
	~~With J. Boone Dryden~~

	===The Creative Process===		===The Creative Process===