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Janna Silverstein
Janna Silverstein grew up on Long Island, where her parents encouraged her to watch Star Trek, to read National Geographic, to pursue her creative urges, and to write...a lot. In third grade, she edited her class newspaper, and has been telling writers what to do ever since. She has worked for more than two decades as an editor and writer in print and Web publishing, first as an acquisitions editor for Bantam Spectra followed by stints at Wizards of the Coast, WizKids, Microsoft, and NCsoft on their MMO Aion. She has edited books on a freelance basis for Night Shade Books and Pocketbooks. Her own writing has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, 10Flash Quarterly, and in the anthologies Swordplay and The Trouble With Heroes, among others. She has worked as a volunteer in Kenya on lion conservation research, sold original jewelry on Etsy, and created a penguin sculpture as part of the Penguins on the March project for Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Though she'll always be a New Yorker, she lives in Seattle with two assertive cats and many, many books.
Programming for Janna Silverstein
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| Thu | 16:00 | (A13) | 1 hr |
SF and Fantasy Poetry
There is a lot of SF and fantasy poetry being written. Sometimes it seems that there is a yawning chasm between SF poetry and fantasy poetry. The panel looks at SF and fantasy poetry, and discusses the differences and similarities. |
| Fri | 11:00 | (D04) | 1 hr |
Many Styles of Writers Workshops
Writers workshops and critique groups have many shapes and forms, from weekly meetings of local writers to annual sessions lasting days or weeks. Writers and workshop leaders discuss what works for them. |
| Sat | 11:30 | (A15) | 30 min |
Reading: Janna Silverstein
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| Sun | 11:00 | (A10) | 1 hr |
Fantasy and the Personal View
Experiences inform a writer's work with authenticity and insight in a way that research in the library never could. The reader’s experiences then color their perception of the text. Panelists will discuss their background and experiences and the ways in which they and others translated those experiences to and from the page. |
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