Discon III Panels or “Mike, I Think I’m Freaking Out.”

(I’ll explain the quote later)

I am going to be a panelist at Discon III, the World Science Fiction Convention held in Washington DC.  This will be my first time appearing as a panelist at an SF convention (though I’ve spoken at client conferences before).  Here are the panels I’ll be appearing on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The ones without a specific ‘room’ are virtual panels, and I’ll be attending by Zoom.

Full descriptions are available here: https://discon3.org/schedule/

Start Time      Duration            Room Name          Session ID                      Title
Fri 10:00 AM   1 Hr          Forum Room                 517         Legal and Actuarial Supernatural Hypotheticals
Fri 11:30 AM   1 Hr          Forum Room                 551         Speculative Noir
Sat 1:00 PM    1 Hr          Harris                            629         Heavy Metal and Fantasy
Sat 4:00 PM    1 Hr          Harris                            636         Speculative F(r)iction
Sat 5:30 PM    1 Hr          Cabinet Room               200         Washington, DC, in Speculative Fiction
Sun 10:00 AM   50 Min        Kress                         879         Representing Multilingual Worlds

I’m starting to meet my other panelists, and discuss the questions for the panels. Also beginning to think about transport given Friday will be a work week day and I’ll be taking the Metro in. (Yes, I’m DMV all the way. Metro if you can, 7000 series cars be damned.)

And I admit, I’m a little freaked out. I’m a baby writer, all things considered, especially compared to some of the folks I’ll be on a panel with. I have to remember to breathe, speak in complete sentences, and let folks finish their thoughts.

So… breathe… relax… and focus on the dancers.

Dancers? Yeah, here’s where the quote comes from: