Several people have asked where/when I’ll be at BaltiCon. Here’s the list
Friday (2010-05-28)
Introduction to Second Life
Room: Derby
Start time: 17:00
Basic interaction within SL
SL For Newbies: How to get around and find interesting things to do. How to build an avatar, shop for clothes, books, and land. A visit to Help Island, the place where new Second Life residents start. This preparation for getting the most out of SL.
Social Media for the Midlist Author
Room: Chesapeake
Start time: 18:00
Why are you passing up other marketing venues?
Words of wisdom about social media from authors: published or about to be published. They’ve built themselves a huge loyal audience, why haven’t you? If you’re a published author, mid-list or not, why aren’t you taking advantage of these thriving communities to grow your own readership?
Our new media savvy authors will help you figure out where you can focus your efforts to get the best bang for that most precious commodity: Your time!
Whether it’s gathering “friends” on Facebook, sending tweets on Twitter, or podcasting your own fiction you’ll learn which aspects of social media are the best investment of your time and money.
Second Life – See The You You Want To Be
Room: Derby
Start time: 22:00
How virtual worlds like SL affect you in real life
Second Life presents obstacles and benefits for people with disabiilties. How can you possibly take yourself into a virtual world if you can’t operate a mouse or can’t see the screen? But for those who can get past the hurdles, virtual worlds like SL present a chance for people to relate to a whole world outside of the confines of their own body. What’s more, the effects of the virtual world have impacts on the real world. Come and learn more about the benefits some people with disabiilties are getting from SL.
Saturday (2010-05-29)
From New Media to Old
Room: Derby
Start time: 12:00
The journey from Podiobook to Print
Anyone with a microphone and a story to tell can create a podcast novel, but what is the next step in publishing? From vanity presses to publishing contracts, there are many avenues to success for modern novels. How much does a podcast novel help your publishing? How do you get an agent? Do you need an agent? What kinds of publishers are out there, and how can you approach them if your story is already available online? This panel lets podcasters who have published their stories tell about what they went through, what went right, and what went wrong, and give suggestions on how podcast novelists can take the next step in publishing.
NaNoWriMo for Noobs
Room: Chesapeake
Start time: 15:00
How it was won or lost
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a motivational novel-writing program for anyone who has wanted to write a novel but doesn’t know how to get started. The program provides guidelines, structure and countless tools for success yet many still do not complete the 50,000 words required to be a winner. This panel of NaNoWriMo participants and winners will discuss their strategies for success, and if finishing even matters.
Sunday (2010-05-30)
Nathan Lowell Reading
Room: Pimlico
Start time: 19:00
Using Second Life to Expand Your Audience
Room: Derby
Start time: 20:00
Whether your gig is music, photography, art, or writing there are a thousand ways you can expand your audience using the free virtual world called Second Life. Our panelists explain the many ways they have used SL to keep in touch with their existing fans and make new ones.
Monday (2010-05-31)
Nathan Lowell and Jonathan Maberry Autographing
Room: Maryland Foyer
Start time: 10:00
Are you going to the SL ones because your interested, or becaue you already use them. I’ve never look at SL as I have too much happening in my First Life to get a second :-)
I’m very active in SL for a variety of purposes, probably the least of which is podiobook promotion.
I didn’t realize you were in-world that much! I’ll have to look around for you. I don’t recall having run into you in my TaraLi Jie alt, but sounds really interesting! Funnily enough, at one point I was working on creating a 3-D version of the Dunsany Roads sector from your maps here on the website in-world. I think some of the coordinates aren’t quite right, though, or else the two images aren’t strictly on the defined planes. I really should go back and finish that little exercise up, and then I was considering building a Lois McKendrick custom for my 7Seas fishing hole.
Actually there’s already a 3d map of dunsany there — I’m trying to remember if I set it up at Podiobooker or not.
Nate,
Where do you hang out in world? I named three of my space stations after places in the Traders Tales. Neris, Dumare, and Diurnia. Check out http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belmeade/24/246/2607.