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    "id": 5952,
    "subject": "Wolfe @ Capricon 2011",
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    "first": "2011-02-08T15:57:53+00:00",
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      "message_id": "<4D516801.4030807@gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "James Wynn",
        "address": "crushtv at gmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2011-02-08T15:57:53+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Wolfe @ Capricon 2011",
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          "text": "http://www.capricon.org/capricon31/CC/index.php/reports/rep_schedule\nIf you're near Chicago, you lucky bastard, Wolfe is supposedly going to \nbe there this weekend.\nThat panel \"Succeeding as a Professional Writer\" looks like it would be \ninteresting. I'll bet it would probably be more interesting if they \ndropped the other panelists and just had Wolfe do it. I predict it will \nbe like other similar panels I've seen: All the other panelists will \ngive airy-fairy advice like \"follow your muse\" while Wolfe gives \nspecific practical advice: \"Do this, and this, and this.\"\n\nAnyway, it is exemplary of how much more approachable Wolfe is at these \nChicago conventions in that he is not even listed among the \"Honored \nGuests\" on the website. If you can go, you should.\n\n*Reading: Gene Wolfe - Friday, 02-11-2011 - 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm - River \nAB (Cafe)*\n\n*Autographing: Gene Wolfe - Friday, 02-11-2011 - 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm - \nAutograph Table*\n\n*Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Circumstances - Friday, 02-11-2011 - 7:00 \npm to 8:30 pm - Lake Michigan B*\nFor decades, readers have devoured stories about what happens when the \nAverage Joe from our world falls into another world and becomes someone \nimportant. What's the appeal of these stories?\n/Richard Chwedyk (M)/\n/Phyllis Eisenstein/\n/Ross Martinek/\n/Gene Wolfe/\n\n*Mainstreaming of SF - Saturday, 02-12-2011 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am - \nBotanic Garden B (Special Events)*\nWhen did SF come out of the closet and start gathering around the water \ncooler? Are we finally escaping the \"ghetto\" of SF?\n/Richard Chwedyk (M)/\n/Phyllis Eisenstein/\n/Gene Wolfe/\n\n*Succeeding as a Professional Writer - Saturday, 02-12-2011 - 11:30 am \nto 1:00 pm - Ravinia B (Teen Lounge)*\nWords. Words. Words. You've got them, you're putting them on paper, and \nyou want to sell them and become a published, professional author. Join \nsome of our pros and get tips on how you can you make your dream come true.\n/Richard Chwedyk (M)/\n/Jennifer Lawrence/\n/Mary Anne Mohanraj/\n/Lawrence Watt-Evans/\n/Gene Wolfe/\n\n*Nice Idea You've Got There... Too Bad You Can't Write. - Saturday, \n02-12-2011 - 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm - Elm*\nIt has been said that part of why SF / F is marginalized by critics is \nbecause the quality of writing is poor. It has also been said that fans \nput up with poor writing if the ideas are cool enough. Is a neat idea \nenough? What options exist for writers to improve the quality of their \nwriting?\n/Walt Boyes/\n/Richard Chwedyk (M)/\n/Dina S. Krause/\n/Joy Ward/\n/Gene Wolfe/\n\n*Book Cover Illustration and Design - Sunday, 02-13-2011 - 10:00 am to \n11:30 am - Botanic Garden A (Special Events)*\nEveryone has opinions about book covers. What's good, what sucks, and \nwhat could be better? Why do you choose certain covers in a buying \nsituation over others? An open discussion and critique of SF / F cover art.\n/Walt Boyes/\n/Mary Anne Mohanraj/\n/John Picacio (M)/\n/Gene Wolfe/\n\n*Tentacle Love - Sunday, 02-13-2011 - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Birch B*\nThe influence of Lovecraft and Cthulhu on today's SF and horror.\n/Brian Babendererde/\n/Valli Hoski/\n/Stephen D. Sullivan (M)/\n/Gene Wolfe/"
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