Fanfic Reading

[mijan]

I'm going to a convention in Boston next weekend. At that convention, I'm going to be on several panes, but in addition to that, I'm doing a fanfiction reading. Yep, people are going to listen to me while I read my fanfic. Why would anyone want to do that?

So, I have 25 minutes in which to present a group of listeners with the best possible selection of my writing that I can read in that 25-minute window.

SUGGESTIONS???

Comments

[dracavia]

Forgive me if I'm forgetting something mentioned in a previous post, but is this convention centric on a specific fandom (HP, ST, etc), or a general (fantasy, sci-fi?) con?

[mijan]

It's a general sci-fi/fantasy con. It's Arisia, the con I go to every year in Boston.

[dracavia]

I wondered if that was the one, a couple other people on my flist are heading there.

I haven't really read much of your Trek stuff, so focusing on HP and the time limit... I'd put a vote in for excerpts from Stop the World and Only Your Shadow. Amongst your shorter stories I found both of those to be stories good at pulling out a reaction, but they pull out some very different reactions, thus highlighting two different sections of the emotional spectrum.

[mijan]

Hmmm... I hadn't even really considered reading my old Harry Potter stuff. I might do a snippet from one of those. :D

And if you're anywhere within striking distance of Boston, you MUST go to Arisia someday. Heck, even if you're not local, you should go. I live in Kansas City, and Arisia is so good that I fly back to Boston every year.

[dracavia]

I've been hearing good things about it lately, so I'll certainly have to keep it in mind. It wouldn't be any time soon, as I moved over to the UK last summer, but I do have friends in Boston that I want to visit there some day. I'm planning to do a visit to San Diego in the future to visit friends/family near there in conjunction to ComicCon, so timing the visit to Boston with Arisia would be a possibility as well, especially since Trans-Atlantic airfare is generally cheaper in the winter. :)