Windycon schedule and other things
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ksmithWindycon schedule arrived today, courtesy of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shsilver. Looks good, especially that last item, which begs for the panelists to meet in the Green Room beforehand to synchronize.
Friday 16:00 Heathrow: Humans: We all know what humans are and how
they behave. How will alien races look upon us? What will they find
normal or strange. B. Johnson, Kirstein, Sawyer, Smith
Saturday 12:00 Grand Foyer: Autographing
Saturday 14:00 Shannon: Reading
Saturday 16:00 Narita A: Character Creation: Speculative fiction has
come a long way from the cardboard creations which populate the earliest
pulps. How does an author go about creating a living, breathing
character the reader will want to get to know and share adventures with?
Hines, Reimann, Knight, Sawyer, Smith
Sunday 10:00 Michigan: Scanning the Headlines: Newspapers and
magazines. Everyone reads them, but some people get ideas for stories.
What can be gleaned from the black and white headlines of today for
writing stories of the future? Smith-Ready, Sawyer, Blom, Smith
Sunday 12:00 Orly: Perverse Implications: In this discussion, our
h/e/r/o/e/s/ panelists will look at mainstream books and movies and
explain the science fictional and fantastic back stories that you would
never know existed. Nye, Resnick, Smith, Gilliam,
The con is in a month. First one since Wiscon. Should be fun.
This was a lawncare weekend, what with moving mulch left behind from ground tree stumps and cutting the lawn for what will, with luck, be the last time this year. Now I'm achy and tired and my allergies have ramped up *whinewhinewhine*. Back to the day job tomorrow, an even bigger cause for whining.
Over 200 words on ENDGAME last night. Lucien made his appearance in this chapter, the moonlight flashing off his white-blond hair and all that.
Much has been said pro and con about NaNoWriMo, the Novel in a Month contest. I entered it informally when I was working on CI, meaning that I tried to keep pace so as to make the 50K word goal. I didn't quite manage it--it works out to 7 pages a day, which is a lot for me to hit on a weeknight. But, hope springing eternal and all that, I plan to informally enter it again this year and use it as a way to jumpstart ENDGAME. My tech writing class will be over by then, and the amount of yardwork should lessen considerably. Here's hoping I can funnel the energy into this %^$#@ book.
*sigh* Want to watch a Buffy episode. Have to practice guitar and get a jump on the homework assignment that's due tomorrow.
And so it goes...
shsilver. Looks good, especially that last item, which begs for the panelists to meet in the Green Room beforehand to synchronize.Friday 16:00 Heathrow: Humans: We all know what humans are and how
they behave. How will alien races look upon us? What will they find
normal or strange. B. Johnson, Kirstein, Sawyer, Smith
Saturday 12:00 Grand Foyer: Autographing
Saturday 14:00 Shannon: Reading
Saturday 16:00 Narita A: Character Creation: Speculative fiction has
come a long way from the cardboard creations which populate the earliest
pulps. How does an author go about creating a living, breathing
character the reader will want to get to know and share adventures with?
Hines, Reimann, Knight, Sawyer, Smith
Sunday 10:00 Michigan: Scanning the Headlines: Newspapers and
magazines. Everyone reads them, but some people get ideas for stories.
What can be gleaned from the black and white headlines of today for
writing stories of the future? Smith-Ready, Sawyer, Blom, Smith
Sunday 12:00 Orly: Perverse Implications: In this discussion, our
h/e/r/o/e/s/ panelists will look at mainstream books and movies and
explain the science fictional and fantastic back stories that you would
never know existed. Nye, Resnick, Smith, Gilliam,
The con is in a month. First one since Wiscon. Should be fun.
This was a lawncare weekend, what with moving mulch left behind from ground tree stumps and cutting the lawn for what will, with luck, be the last time this year. Now I'm achy and tired and my allergies have ramped up *whinewhinewhine*. Back to the day job tomorrow, an even bigger cause for whining.
Over 200 words on ENDGAME last night. Lucien made his appearance in this chapter, the moonlight flashing off his white-blond hair and all that.
Much has been said pro and con about NaNoWriMo, the Novel in a Month contest. I entered it informally when I was working on CI, meaning that I tried to keep pace so as to make the 50K word goal. I didn't quite manage it--it works out to 7 pages a day, which is a lot for me to hit on a weeknight. But, hope springing eternal and all that, I plan to informally enter it again this year and use it as a way to jumpstart ENDGAME. My tech writing class will be over by then, and the amount of yardwork should lessen considerably. Here's hoping I can funnel the energy into this %^$#@ book.
*sigh* Want to watch a Buffy episode. Have to practice guitar and get a jump on the homework assignment that's due tomorrow.
And so it goes...
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Date: 2004-10-12 12:00 pm (UTC)Median annual earnings for salaried technical writers were $50,580 in 2002. The middle 50 percent earned between $39,100 and $64,750. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,270, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $80,900. Median annual earnings in computer systems design and related services were $51,730.
According to the Society for Technical Communication, the median annual salary for entry level technical writers was $41,000 in 2002. The median annual salary for mid-level non-supervisory technical writers was $49,900 and for senior-level non-supervisory technical writers, $66,000.