{"id":3237343,"date":"2015-11-13T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2015-11-13T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T15:35:11","slug":"tws334-hal-con-2015-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws334-hal-con-2015-part-one","title":{"rendered":"TWS334: Hal-Con 2015 Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TWS334-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TWS334-logo-258x300.png\" alt=\"TWS334 logo\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>It was my pleasure to attend the annual science-fiction convention Hal-Con again this year, and I had the chance to talk to some very interesting people. This is the first of two episodes filled with those interviews, as well as a few musings about the nature of conventions as well.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I speak with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/\"><strong>Diane Duane<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ebooksdirect.dianeduane.com\/\"><strong>Peter Morwood<\/strong><\/a> about writing for television, for teens and for Star Trek.<\/li>\n<li>I speak with <a href=\"http:\/\/katkruger.com\/\"><strong>Kat Kruger<\/strong><\/a> about finding sudden success online &#8212; and finding a new way to tell an old tale.<\/li>\n<li>I spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amberbensonwrotethis\/\"><strong>Amber Benson<\/strong><\/a> about being a constant creative and being Tara.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4937\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4937','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237343-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of two interview episodes from Hal-Con 2015. I spoke with Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Kat Kruger and Amber Benson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4938\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4938','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3237343-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/tB2SxYsvu6Q\/TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS334-2015-11-07.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws334-hal-con-2015-part-one\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[592,46],"tags":[3171,2353,1889,2033,1534,491,2325,478],"class_list":["post-3237343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-tws","tag-actor","tag-author","tag-convention","tag-episodes","tag-hal-con","tag-interview","tag-science-fiction","tag-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3237343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237344,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237343\/revisions\/3237344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3237343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3237343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}