{"id":26272,"date":"2021-09-20T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2021-09-20T07:48:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:48:04","slug":"ill-be-at-milehicon-as-a-guest-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=26272","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll be at MileHiCon as a Guest of Honor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"8l2hv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"8l2hv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8l2hv-0-0\">I\u2019m a Guest of Honor at MileHiCon in Denver in two weeks&#8211;the weekend of October 1. I\u2019ve got a packed three-day schedule with lots of interesting panels.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"d5r04-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"d5r04-0-0\"><strong>Friday<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"fgeib-0-0\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"fgeib-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fgeib-0-0\">6 pm &#8212; Opening Ceremonies\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"63qls-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"63qls-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"63qls-0-0\"><strong>Saturday<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\">12 pm &#8212; Gender Beyond the Binary Panel, a panel<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\">1 pm &#8212; An Hour with Rachel Swirsky<\/li>\n<li class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\">4 pm &#8212; Art as Resistance, a panel<\/li>\n<li class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ldqv-0-0\">5 pm &#8212; Starfish Out of Water, a panel about alien biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"8prst-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"8prst-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8prst-0-0\">It\u2019s exciting&#8211;and a bit intimidating!&#8211;to be going to a convention in person again. (Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ve got a mask, my shots, and doctor approval.) It\u2019s kind of hard to believe there\u2019s even still a world outside Portland. Well, really, it\u2019s kind of hard to believe there\u2019s even still a world outside of like a couple miles from my house!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"b2i6\" data-offset-key=\"e4h46-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"e4h46-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"e4h46-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e4h46-0-0\">Is anyone going? Any experiences from MileHiCon to share? Any thoughts on what I should make sure to cover on my panels? 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I&rsquo;ve got a packed three-day schedule with lots of interesting panels. Friday 6 pm &mdash; Opening Ceremonies Saturday 12 pm &mdash; Gender Beyond the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/2021\/09\/ill-be-at-milehicon-as-a-guest-of-honor\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=26272\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,264,279,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convention","category-events","category-guest-of-honor","category-milehicon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26273,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272\/revisions\/26273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}