Conduit

I'll be at Conduit on Friday and Saturday.  (That's Salt Lake City's spring SF convention, for those who are curious.)  Here's my schedule:

Friday at 3:  Playing in other people's sandboxes.  Some book franchises have multiple authors writing stories set in the same world.  How do you create a great story that is true to you as a writer and the world created by someone else?  (Michael A. Stackpole, Dan Willis, Brandon Sanderson, Elisabeth Waters, Bev Hale, Lee Allred (M))

Saturday at Noon:  Worldbuilding 101.  Where you set your story is often as important as what happens in it.  What do you really need to know to create a world for your writing? (Dan Willis, Julie Wright (M), Brandon Sanderson, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Bev Hale, Greg Park)

Saturday at Four: Story in an Hour.  How can you plot a story in only one hour?  Come learn some tips and tricks to help you become a more productive plotter.
(Nathan Shumate, Brandon Sanderson (M), Brook West, Julia West, Paul Genesse)

I don't think I have a reading scheduled, I'll have to ask.  However, Dan, Howard and I are planning to do some Writing Excuses podcasts from the convention, so if you're interested, the goal is to record them at 6:00 on Friday.  You can stop by and fire questions at us.  Should be fun!