Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Clare Wood

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

Clare Wood is a partner in Self-Publishing Services, a Missoula-based company that helps writers of all kinds achieve their dreams. SPS offers a suite of services that includes editing, formatting, and marketing. Before she founded SPS, Clare was a journalist for forty years. Her last newspaper was the Austin American-Statesman and her last website was MSN.com.

Scheduled Panels and Games:

Key: =On a Panel =Moderating =GMing

(Tentative)

• Fri 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Ask an Editor!, Rocket Tent
  Panelists: Gwendolyn Nix, Dakota Nyght, Clare Wood

  Bring your questions to our panel of professional editors for real-world answers.

• Break Fri 11:50 - Sat 11:00
• Sat 11:00 - 12:50 PM, First Page Idol a.k.a. Live Action Slush Pile, Rocket Tent
  Moderator: Theresa Miller; Panelists: Lynsey Griswold (Lynsey G), Tod McCoy, Theresa Miller, Clare Wood

  Join us for MisCon's annual First Page Idol! Here's how it works: Hand in the FIRST PAGE of your story at the start of the panel. Pages will be randomly chosen and read aloud. Our panelists will indicate when, had the submission come across their desk, they'd stop reading and tell us why. Submissions will be anonymous and will not be returned. (All submissions may not be read).

• Break Sat 12:50 - Sat 2:00
• Sat 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Many Minds, One Book, Great Hall 2
  Panelists: Esther Jones, Clare Wood

  Our panelists will discuss how they create engaging anthologies, from concept to taking submissions, then sorting, selecting, compiling, and editing them into a finished book.