My Readercon 28 Schedule!

I'm about to be on my way to Quincy, MA for my very first Readercon! I'm very thrilled to attend this con (FINALLY) and hope to see some of you there. In order to make it easier for that to happen, here's my schedule for the weekend:

FRIDAY

7:00pm: Reading - Salon B. I will be reading TWO chapters from my upcoming YA novel SO DON'T MISS THIS.

SATURDAY

10:00am: The Life-Changing Magic of Outlining Your Novel - Salon 6/7/8
8:00pm: A Most Readerconnish Miscellany Presents: Sorry, I Haven't a Clue - Salon 5

SUNDAY

10:00am: #OwnVoices Without Limiting Diverse Creators - Salon 5
1:00pm: Recommending Outside the Box: Countering Unconscious Bias in Book Recommendations for Teens - Salon C
2:00pm: Kaffeeklatsch - 9th Floor Concierge Lounge

Hope to see you there!

I'm a Guest of Honor at Penguicon 2018!

The announcement of this went over my head (which is understandable, since the weekend it went live was when I was doing the first round of high-level edits on my book), so I'm glad I can tell you all this exciting news. I've attended Penguicon twice (once as a Special Guest), and they've gone ahead and made me a SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME GUEST OF HONOR FOR 2018!

I love this convention, and it always makes me thrilled to see a community devoted to creating a culture that means what it says. They have a great Code of Conduct (that they're willing to enforce, too!); the atmosphere at the con is very different from practically every SF-style con I've been to; IT IS SO VERY GAY AND QUEER ALL THE TIME; and it is the convention that kicked off my now-infamous tradition of reading Chuck Tingle stories to unsuspecting congoers.

So yeah, I am incredibly thrilled that I get to be a GoH. You can already purchase your membership for next year for the bargain price of $45 for the whole weekend. The convention will take place May 4 - May 6, 2018, at the Southfield Westin in Southfield, MI, which is just outside of Detroit.

SCREECHES EXCITEDLY INTO THE NIGHT.

I'll be Guest of Honor at HELIOsphere in 2018!

Since the news is out, I'm happy to share that I am a guest of honor at HELIOsphere in Tarrytown, NY next year! The convention takes place from March 9 - 11, 2018, and is a mere 37-minute train ride from Grand Central Station. Thus, if you're NYC-based, you should come hang out with us! I'm thrilled and honored that HELIOsphere has invited me and done so alongside Kameron Hurley and Cecilia Tan. (Seriously, I'm geeking out.) Hope to see you next year!