2011 PROGRAMMING
2011 PROGRAMMING
Here's the Programming info. As is becoming a Necon tradition, stuff is always subject to change. We (yes, that includes you, the dude or dudette reading this) are adults. We can deal with it.
THURSDAY
(Art Show and Dealers Room will not be open.)
2:00 p.m. Registration opens
9:00 p.m. Tryouts for Necon Idol (C’mon. You can do it!) Practice your pipes for Saturday
night and Valuable Prizes!
10:00 p.m. Saugies!
FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Mini-golf (Necon Olympic Event)
9:00 a.m. Dealers Room & Art Show open
Noon: Dealers Room & Art Show close
Noon: Lunch
1:00 p.m. Dealers Room & Art Show open
2:00 p.m. E-publishing, or The New Age — Is this the end of brick and mortar bookstores?
And how can an e-book writer be a true professional? Bob Booth (mod), Lori Perkins,
John Douglas, John Skipp, Nanci Kalanta, Matt Schwartz (suggested by James ____)
3:00 p.m. Unearthly Geometries: a Demonstration — Watch our artists’ panel create drawings
of the unspeakable before your eyes! Jill Bauman, Rick Sardinha (mod.), Steve Gilbert,
Matthew Dow Smith, Keith Minnion (suggested by Richard Sardinha and James Moore)
4:00 p.m. Get Off My Lawn! How to survive in the horror field — Essential advice from
some “old pros” Rick Hautala, (mod.) Jack Ketchum, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Keene,
Darrell Schweitzer (suggested by Rick Hautala)
5:00 p.m. Dealers Room & Art Show close
5:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Necon Update with Matt Bechtel
7:30 p.m. Necon Hall of Fame Induction
8:00 p.m. Meet the Pros Party and Hawaiian Shirt Competition! (Win semi-valuable prizes!)
10:00 p.m. Darts (a Necon Olympic Event)
SATURDAY
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Dealers Room & Art Show open
9:00 a.m. The Let’s Wake Up Nick Kaufmann Necon Debate — Are the classics of the
horror genre still relevant in the modern age? Nick Kaufmann, moderator. Team A:
James Roy Daley, Lisa Manetti, Gary Frank, Lois Gresh . Team B: Hal Bodner, Hildy
Silverman, Morven Westfield, Tracy Carbone. In the grand Necon Debate Tradition,
Team A will argue that the classics are relevant, while Team B will point out how
modern horror has left these classics behind. At the 30 minute mark, the two teams
will switch positions. (Suggested by a bunch of people.)
10:00 a.m. Film Collecting: Classic Horror Film — Films everyone should see and
maybe own! Craig Gardner (mod.) Mike Arruda, L.L. Soares, Nick Cato, Dan Keohane,
J. T. Petty. (Suggested by Andy Dangeles)
11:00 a.m. Technology for Writers; Threat or Menace? What modern communications
can do for you, and to you. Matt Schwartz (mod.), Brett Savory, Monica O'Rourke.
Lucien Soulban, Jonathan Maberry, Bev Vincent (Suggested by the mysterious Jay)
Noon: Dealers Room & Art Show close
Noon: Lunch
1:00 p.m. Dealers Room & Art Show open
1:00 p.m. GOH interview — Toastmaster Matt Bechtel grills Sarah Langan and J
onathan Maberry.
2:00 p.m. Catching Them While They’re Young: Dark YA Fiction — Chris Golden,
Jim Moore, Dan Waters (mod), Mark Steensland, F. Paul Wilson (Suggested by
Mark Streensland)
3:00 p.m. How to Get Away with Horror: What do you call it now? John Douglas (mod.),
Heather Graham, Caitlin Kittredge, Sarah Langan, Craig Gardner (suggested by
John Douglas)
4:00 p.m. Touching a Nerve: Emergent Fears — Forget about what is being published
today. What sort of horror is coming tomorrow? Richard Dansky, Jack Haringa (mod.),
Jonathan Maberry, Douglas Winter, Chris Golden (suggested by the mysterious Jay)
5:00 p.m. Dealers Room & Art Show close
5:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Artists Reception
8:00 p.m. Scary-oke with Doug and Craig — Be afraid. (Followed by Something Else.)
10:00 p.m. Hi-Lo-Jack (a Necon Olympic Event)
10:00 p.m. Foosball (a Necon Olympic Event)
10:00 p.m. More saugies!
SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Dealers Room & Art Show open
10:00 a.m. Your Roots Are Showing – What literary works have most inspired your
own work? Why? Sarah Langan (mod.), Linda Addison, John McIlveen, Rio Youers,
Mary Sangiovanni, John Harvey (suggested by Rick Hautula)
11:00 a.m. Necon Town Meeting. Sara and the committee talk about this year and
Necons to come.
Noon: Dealers Room & Art Show close
Noon: Lunch