It's Arisia time again!!!

Yerp! It's that time of year again -- the time when Catt can do little more than sew, pack, fret, and talk about her panel schedule!

So let's get the schedule out of the way, shall we?

Friday:
5:30 -- Corsets, Hoops, & Other Undergarments: That'll be as it says on the label, I'm pretty sure. For myself, I'll be bringing scans, and a Very Fluffy Bustle. I'll leave the corsets to other folks this time.
7:00 -- The Exiled Character: Again, what it says on the tin. Only they've writ me in as the Moderator for this panel, so you never know what I'll get up to once the power goes to my head. (Note to self: have div-head look up the word 'moderation' in dictionary AFTER the con! Also, no bodies!)

I'll be doing lots of hanging out on Friday, seeing as how I'm not scheduled to the wall this time. So; wanna hook up?* Drop me a comment. Also, there will most likely be filking that night. BeCAUSE; that's why!

Saturday:
11:30 am -- Character Building: This is in the writing track, so y'all can expect to hear me espousing the virtues of Stanislavsky Character Writing Method. I'm just like that.
1:00 pm -- Magickal Traditions: A Review: I'll be there representing the 'Make Shite Up' tradition...
5:30 pm -- Sexual Harassment and Assault in Fandom: We'll be going over what it is, what it looks like when it presents itself in fandom, and what to do about it, whether you're the target, or a bystander. Or a perpetrator.
10:00 pm -- Mud and Blood: The Grittier Side of Fantasy: This will be where I express what an utterly FILTHY place the past was.

Again, probably there will be filking. But there might also be dancing, or possibly hooking up/hanging out in the bar, depending on DJ, bartender, and potential flirt-targets.

Sunday:
12:pm - 2:pm -- I'll be manning the Back Up Project table. For those of you who don't know what the Back Up Project is, come find me at the table, and I'll explain it.
2:30 pm -- Use Your Words: Dialogoue, Prose, and Tone: Another writer's craft panel. And again, pretty much what it sounds like on the label. No sparse prose for me, thank you!
7:00 pm -- READING! I'll be doing a selection from One Saved To The Sea, which will be coming out from Circlet Press sometime this coming year. Spring. I'm going to say it'll be out in the Spring. I'll let you know if I'm mistaken.
10:00 pm -- Fan Etiquette: How Not to Be *That* Fan: We know him, we fear him, and sometimes, despite the best of our intentions, we are him. Come hear us discuss the field identification notes for *That* Fan. I predict highlarious and slightly skeevy stories.
11:30 pm -- "No Sh*t, There I Was!": Oral Storytelling: Who in the world put this panel so late? Ah well. Assuming the panelists and/or audience shows up, we'll have a good time anyhow.

No filking for me on Sunday night, I fear. Instead, I expect there will be sleep, because I have a panel to be at on...

Monday:
10:00 am -- Collaborating Couples: Working with the one you fuck, and not killing them. Yeah, it's about that.
11:30 am -- Setting as Character: From Hogwarts, to the House, there are fantastic places that drive the plot as much as any characters within them. There will be a quiz afterward, to see who can correctly spell Gormenghast.
2:30 pm -- Mainstream Fiction for Fen: Again, they're giving me the Button! The Shiny! Red! CANDYLIKE! BUTTON!!!

After that, I go home.
MWAHkisses!

Now, the rules:

* If you're going to touch me, arm, shoulder, waist, or anywhere, make sure and get my attention first. This will make it less likely that I'll swing on you in alarm. My purse is heavy, my elbows sharp, and I get hypervigilant in crowded public situations. I will be sorry I hit you afterward, but I'm sure we'd both rather you didn't get hit at all.

* I like flirting. It's fun, and I'm quite good at it. However, I do not do hookups. At all. I will flirt like a pub-wench, but that does not mean I'm going to get naked with you, or, in fact, with anyone whom I do not know quite well. If we have amazing chemistry, then I'll really enjoy getting to know you, and going on several dates before the topic of pantslessness will even be set onto the table. I am bi, poly, and kinky, but I am NOT easy.

* If I'm brusque, snappish, or rude to you, please just call my attention to it, and ask what I meant before getting hurt, if at all possible. I might be having a sugar crash, I might be quietly freaking out about too many people and not enough space, and I might just be having a case of Sagittarius hoof-in-mouth disease, and not have realized whereon I trod. It happens. I would far rather set something like that straight at once than have to circle back through a months-old welter of hurt feelings to figure out what happened and apologize.

* If you want to sing with me, have a drink with me, hang out with me, or fansquee with me, by all means do so! That's what cons are for.

* It's ok if you step on my train. Everybody does it. No, really. Everybody.

* Yes, you may take pictures of me when I'm in the halls in costume, or when I'm sitting on a panel. No, you may NOT take pictures of me when I'm eating, or drinking, or making out with someone. Please be courteous with your cameras.