Michael A. Ventrella

Ravencon is a fun convention held each year in my old hometown of Richmond, Virginia, held this coming weekend (April 26th). The Guest of Honor this year is Ursula Vernon / T. Kingfisher, who I interviewed recently. I’m looking forward to being on panels and seeing old friends. (EDIT: Unfortunately, I caught COVID and had to cancel, and I was really looking forward to it)

Here’s my schedule for this year’s convention:

Laughter Matters (Friday 4 pm): The panelists will discuss some of their favorite comedic science fiction and fantasy novels, why we need comedy, why writing comedy is so difficult, and what types of humor age well (or don’t). With Samantha Bryant, Fraser Sherman, Ken Schrader, and Ursula Vernon.

What Every Editor Wished Authors Knew (Saturday 4 pm): At some point in your writing career chances are you are going to work with an editor, but many authors know next to nothing about the field of editing. Copyeditors, acquisition editors, managing editors, line editors, developmental editors… What do they all do? How do you know what kind of editor you need? How do you find a good editor? How do you work with an editor of a magazine, anthology or publishing house? Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask. With Ellen Datlow, David Keener, Monica Louzon, and Gray Rinehart

Reading  (Saturday 5 pm): I’ll be reading my humorous short story ‘Horseman, Horseman, Horseman, and Horseman, Attorneys at Law’ from the new anthology THE THREE ??? OF THE APOCALYPSE

The Eye of Argon (Saturday 11 pm): Can our panelists and audience members read this story without making a mistake or cracking up?

The Biggest Mistakes Made by New Writers (Sunday 11 am): I quickly go through a list of the biggest mistakes new authors have made: writing mistakes, editing mistakes, publicizing mistakes, printing mistakes….

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