World Fantasy posted its schedule today, and I have a panel!
9:00 PM Thursday
Pacific 1: Out From Under the Bed: Monster as Protagonist
Writing from the perhaps less than sympathetic point of view of a true monster is a unique challenge. The writer is asked to bring the monster out into the light, and write from the point of view of a creature whose history is inherently alienating. Panelist discuss the history of the monstrous protagonist in literature: John Gardner’s Grendel, Ann Carson’s Autobiography of Red, and, of course Frankenstein, and of ways of creating empathy for monsters – even when, perhaps, they are doing horrible things.
Peter Brett (M), Christine Cody, Maria Headley, Nick Mamatas, Shannon Page
(thanks to Nick Mamatas for pointing this out to me, though he doesn’t realize he did this, as he doesn’t know me at all, but thanks anyway!) 🙂
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Meanwhile: I’m in Seattle, after a lovely train ride, bookended by two fascinating bus rides. Ah, transit. Disappointingly, I wasn’t able to do much proofreading on the train…the tray table setup was suboptimal, but worse, the rocking movement of the train started to make me queasy. Reading a novel worked just fine. Go figure.
Anyway, it is delightful to see Mark again, so I’m going to go concentrate on doing just that. Later, everyone. 🙂