WorldCon in the rearview…ArmadilloCon Ahead!

shlomi on September 5, 2026

WorldCon was a sip at a firehose in terms of contacts, and a wonderful opportunity hob and knob with fellow authors and the odd agent. I’ve already registered for WorldCon 2027 in Montreal, and hopefully will be on more panels next year.

Now…ArmadilloCon 2026 (48th year!)… There are about 25 students in the writers workshop, which I’m running, along with about 14 instructors and panelists. The usual schedule of events–one speaker, one panel–has morphed into two speakers, as the ArmadilloCon Guest of Honor, Micaiah Johnson is joining author (and collaborator) Elizabeth Moon.

It’s been a lot of work, complicated by me being out of action for two months earlier this year. The great thing about a convention is that it’s not a lone-gunman effort: There’s a team, and there are folks stepping in to help if necessary (I’m looking at you, Nick).

My critique group, QuickSilver Quills (formerly White Gold Wielders) will be there in force, with a table (two, actually) in the Dealer Room, and a reading slot on Saturday. I’ll probably end up on a few other panels as well.

I’ll have pix and a short recap next week, after the sturm und drang of the week and weekend.

WorldCon Schedule!

shlomi on July 30, 2026

AKA LACon V, But Whatever

The schedule is up and, barring being added to more panels, this is my (paltry) schedule. I’m going to see what I can do in terms of scaring up publicity for Horngard, as that’ll be published (eep!) a couple of months later.

Here’s my rubric:

The Jewish Horror one is interesting because, in my traumatized opinion, the whole Shmuley Myers series is one, long, drawn out horror show. But I’ve got From Generation to Generation (ebook/audio), a Jewish “Lazarus” tale with enough personal history trauma to make it qualify a bit as a horror piece. Speaking of which, if anyone’s interested in free listener codes and is willing to write a review, just contact me and I’ll see if I can make that happen.

I’m guessing the second will be an AMA, but I don’t know if anyone’s going to be moved, at the end of the Con, to come see… We’ll see.