appearances

Readercon

I will be at Readercon in Boston this summer! Here’s my schedule:

Thursday July 13
9:00 PM    B   
Reading.
Yoon Ha Lee reads excerpts from a novel in progress.

Friday July 14
3:00 PM    AT
Autographs.
Alex Jablokow, Yoon Ha Lee.

Saturday July 15
10:00 AM    6
The Life-Changing Magic of Outlining Your Novel.
Daryl Gregory, Elaine Isaak (leader), Yoon Lee, Mark Oshiro, Terence Taylor.
Developing a novel outline can be nearly as complex a process as writing the novel itself. Our panel of plotters will discuss the many techniques they’ve used for developing the skeletons of books, and consider which outline creation skills and tools lend themselves to particular genres and styles of writing. Hybrid methods of outlining and making decisions on the fly will also be discussed.

Sunday July 16
2:00 PM    BH
How I Wrote Ninefox Gambit.
Yoon Ha Lee.
Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris’s best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fortress. The bad news is that Jedao went mad in his first life and massacred two armies, one of them his own. As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how far she can trust Jedao—because she might be his next victim. Author Yoon Ha Lee will talk about how he wrote Ninefox Gambit, which has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel.