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So my friend[personal profile] shveta_writes and I both had an excellent time at Sirens 2010 in Vail, Colorado, last year, and at this year's con Shveta is scheduled to present on "Magical and Monstrous Female Beings in South Asian Myth and Folklore" with[personal profile] rachelmanija. Sirens is awesome, but even in the off-season getting out to Vail and lodging there isn't precisely cheap, and Shveta is offering her copyediting and proofreading and/or critiquing services for hire, at quite reasonable rates, to raise enough money to cover her costs. I've had the privilege of getting some of my work critiqued by her, and Shveta was a professional copy-editor until she recently quit her job to focus on her writing; she's damn good at both. So, if you have some proofing or critiquing you'd like done and would like to support the cause of diversity in fantasy literature, or have a few bucks to spare to the donate button, please check out her post!


ETA: And [personal profile] recessional is having a book sale to fund her upcoming move. Interesting stuff available, check it out!


And because I haven't done this lately, here's my current con-going intentions: 
  • The Mechademia Conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 30 - October 1, 2011
  • Sirens 2011, Vail, CO, October 6-9, 2011

Everything else is completely up in the air, as usual.

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Date: 2011-07-22 14:21 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corneredangel.livejournal.com
You know, I keep forgetting about Mechademia, but maybe it's time I should actually show my face!

And maybe *next* year around, I should pitch an idea out, not on anime and manga studies or whatever, but something along the lines of a workshop or training session on *conducting* research in anime/manga studies - the databases, the indexes, the bibliographies, the useful websites, etc.

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Date: 2011-07-22 14:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
Yeah, we're getting fancy this year, full-bore aca and everything!

(I'll finally be able to put one of these presentations under the Academic Conferences section of my CV…)

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Date: 2011-07-22 19:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] olewyvern.livejournal.com
You know what, I think I'll actually be in CO this October! At least, the only out-of-state conference I have planned at the moment is two weeks before yours.

Mechademia Conference, Go Go Go!

Date: 2011-07-23 14:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merin-chan.livejournal.com
I'll be at the Mechademia conference too, presenting a version of my Hetalia chapter. It'll be so great to see you again! I don't know if I'll make it for the opening roundtable on the 29th though, I have to teach that day. What about you?

Also, I've been putting my SGMS presentations on my CV along with the other academic ones. No one looks that closely. ^^

Re: Mechademia Conference, Go Go Go!

Date: 2011-07-25 01:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
I recently created two separate conference categories, one fan and one academic, for mine. I like it better, at least for now.

I get in at 4pm on Thursday, air travel willing. I have no idea whether that means I'll make it to the roundtable or not. I was told that Tom's public lecture that night is a must-see, though.

Re: Mechademia Conference, Go Go Go!

Date: 2011-07-25 21:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merin-chan.livejournal.com

With luck Marc Hairston will have someone record the talk and share the files, like he's done for past presentations!

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