2012 PROGRAMMING
2012 PROGRAMMING
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THURSDAY
2:00 p.m. Registration opens
7:00 p.m. *Les Daniels: A Special Remembrance*
10:00 p.m. Saugies!
FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Mini-golf (Necon Olympic Event)
9:00 a.m. Dealer’s Room & Art Show open
Noon Lunch; Dealer’s Room & Art Show close
1:00 p.m. Dealer’s Room & Art Show open
1:00 p.m. *Who Was That Masked Man?* Campers (who can remember!) tell
stories and talk about writers who no longer attend Necon behind their
backs. John McIlveen (mod.), Hank Wagner, Jack Haringa, Nick Kaufmann, Bob
Booth
2:00 p.m. *Necon Mixology 101 *How to blend other genres with horror (i.e.
romance, comedy, erotica, etc.) into a brilliant literary cocktail. Mike
Myers (mod), Jeff Strand, Heather Graham, Hal Bodner, F. Paul Wilson**
3:00 p.m. *Filling the Generation Gap ... with H.P. Lovecraft *Four young
Lovecraftians get grilled by Necon’s resident Elder God himself.* *Darrell
Schweitzer (mod.), Gregory Norris, Karen Dent, Roxanne Dent, Scott Goudsward
**
4:00 p.m. *Size Doesn’t Matter *Poets and Flash Fiction writers discuss
scaring the holy heck out of a reader in as few words as possible.* *Matt
Bechtel (mod.), Dallas Mayr, Linda Addison,* *Jill Bauman, Janet Joyce
Holden**
5:00 p.m. Dinner; Dealer’s Room & Art Show close
7:00 p.m. Necon Update with Matt Bechtel
7:30 p.m Necon Hall of Fame Induction
8:00 p.m. Meet the Authors 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. Dealer’s Room & Art Show open
9:00 a.m. *GOH Interview ** *Toastmaster Nick Kaufmann goes “Barbara
Walters”* *on Heather Graham and Jeff Strand.**
10:00 a.m. *Lights ... Camera ... Panel! *Craig wanted to talk about horror
movies, so we* *found him some willing film geeks to play with ...* *Craig
Shaw Gardner, (mod), Nick Cato, Matt Schwartz, Michael Arruda, L.L. Soares,
Jason Harris**
11:00 a.m. *THE MYSTERY TOPIC PANEL!!! *The most esteemed group of writers
we could gather ... And they have no clue what they’ll be discussing!* *Drop
questions or topics into the suggestion box at Registration and see how the
“giants” respond!* *Ginjer Buchanan (mod.), F. Paul Wilson, Chet
Williamson, Tom Monteleone, Dallas Mayr**
Noon Lunch; Dealer’s Room & Art Show close
1:00 p.m. Dealer’s Room & Art Show open
1:00 p.m. *Let’s See Just How Wrong We Can Be! *** A panel of contemporary
horror writers gaze into their crystal balls to make fearless (and mostly
incorrect!) predictions on the future of the genre. Monica O’Rourke (mod.),
Rio Youers, James Roy Daley, John Harvey, Richard Dansky
2:00 p.m. *Y.A. Authors’ Greatest Fear: Facing Their Audience!* Young Adult
authors discuss the market and writing for their target audience ... WITH
their target audience! Jillian Booth (mod), Dan Waters, Elizabeth Massie,
Lisa Manetti, Lynne Hansen
3:00 p.m. *Let There Be Art! *First, Dan Waters interviews Artist GOH
Matthew Dow Smith; then, the panel members commence to make spontaneous art
in front of our very eyes! (NOTE: This panel is schedule for two hours.)* *Dan
Waters (mod.), Matthew Dow Smith, Jill Bauman, Cortney Skinner, Steve
Gervais, Rick Sardinha**
5:00 p.m. Dinner; Dealer’s Room & Art Show close
7:00 p.m. Artists Reception
7:30 p.m. *Necon Movie Night: A Double Feature!* First, a screening of ABED
(written by Elizabeth Massie, directed by Phil Nutman); then, CHRISTMAS
WITH THE DEAD (based on Joe Lansdale’s story, starring Chet Williamson).
Then, a quick Q&A with Beth and Chet. The total running time for these
movies is approximately 2:10 combined.
(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. Dealer’s Room & Art Show open
10:00 a.m. *E-Magine the Possibilities ... *The world of e-publshing
changes so quickly that what’s said at the beginning of this panel will be
outdated by it’s conclusion; still, a learned group of experts discuss new
publishing opportunities presented by technology. Bob Booth (mod), John
Douglas, Matt Schwartz, Lori Perkins, Dan Foley, T.J. May, Gary Frank**
11:00 a.m. *Necon Town Meeting*
Sara and the committee talk about this year and listen politely to
suggestions from the Campers (which will then promptly be ignored ...)
Noon Dealer’s Room & Art Show close
Noon Lunch
** NOTE — Yes, we’re kidding. We’re not really going to make Nick Kaufmann
host the GOH Interview Panel in his customary 9AM Saturday time slot (not
to cut him a break, but just ‘cuz we’re not gonna punish Heather and Jeff
like that). The GOH Panel is Saturday at 1PM, and the “Fearless
Predictions” Panel is, in fact, Saturday at 9AM.