i'm goin' to toontown

So with just under two weeks to go, I have finally gotten around to this: the DW/LJ entry where I post about going to Boskone 2014!

Want to see me there? Here's where I'll be. (Full schedule is up here, if you want to see what else is going on!)

Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 AM: Tie-In Novels: Writing Within the Rules. Nancy Holder (moderator), Ginjer Buchanan, Craig Shaw Gardner, Batya "The Toon" Wittenberg. A panel about "the art of writing original fiction within established and well-known worlds," on which I'm going to be the representative fanfic writer. ahahahahahahaha.

Saturday, 4:00 - 4:50 PM: Chapter and Verse: Songs About Books. Gary D. McGath
Edward L. Stauff, Mary Ellen Wessels, Batya "The Toon" Wittenberg. A round-robin-style concert, featuring short passages from books and stories that inspired songs, and then the songs themselves.

Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 PM: Boskone Filk Fest, Set 2. A concert set with Lady Mondegreen and Featured Filker Bill Roper!

Sunday, 11:00 - 11:25 AM: Kids' Concert with Lady Mondegreen. Pretty much what it says on the tin.

Sunday, 2:00 - 2:50 PM: Nattering About Songwriting. Talis Kimberley (moderator), Mary Crowell, Batya "The Toon" Wittenberg. A panel about the creative process.

I'm also planning to be around at the open filk whenever possible, of course.

So many fantastic people are going to be at this con and I will get to be on panels and in concert with some of them EEEE I CAN'T WAIT IT'S GONNA BE SO AWESOME.

I really should announce these things farther in advance....

Alex and I are going to be at Duckon on June 18-20, where I will be performing as part of Lady Mondegreen on Saturday at 3pm. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.

We're currently scheduled to be in Chicago through that Monday, and might even have a chance to get in some sightseeing. Here's hoping; I haven't been to Chicago proper since I was a very wee Batya indeed.



ETA: Sadly, this means we're not going to make Conterpoint this year. Woe and alas.

So. As I posted here nearly a year ago....

My filk group, Lady Mondegreen, is going to be the International Guests of Honor at the D'zenove Convention over the weekend of February 2nd through the 4th, 2007.

For those of you in the UK, this means I'll be on your side of the pond for about five days; for NY locals and those of you who generally only see me online, this means I'll be away for nearly a week. We're leaving New York on the night of Tuesday, January 30th; arriving in London late morning Wednesday, January 31st; spending a day or two at a hotel in Golder's Green; heading to the con in Basingstoke on Friday, February 2nd; returning to London on Monday, February 5th; and flying home on Tuesday, February 6th.

(We're not sure yet how we're getting from London to Basingstoke and back. Any Brits reading this, feel free to offer suggestions.)

Further plans, and further nervous/excited flailing, shall be posted as they develop.

Ah, the Ohio Valley Filk Festival, last of the autumn holidays.

Here's some highlights of ( this year's. )

More later, perhaps.
Such a good weekend.

Um.

So.

I can't really do a whole lot better than to quote cadhla here:

It is my distinct pleasure and stunned honour to announce that Lady Mondegreen will be appearing at D'zenove Convention, to be held in Basingstoke over the weekend of February 2nd through the 4th, 2007.

Yeah, uh.

That's all I've got, except a whole big lot of high-pitched squeeing.

Lady Mondegreen is going to England.

They asked us to.

This. Just.

Wow.

*incoheres*