Registration for Gen Con opens this Sunday, May 1, at noon Eastern time. I’ll be a guest of honor there again, helping out with a raft of Industry Insider panels, which have yet to be scheduled. However, I’ve also signed on with the Writers’ Symposium, which has a full slate of events already set up.

I’m scheduled for four Writers’ Symposium panels. They are:

August 4

2:00 pm: Roleplaying Games Make Better Writers

3:00 pm: Writing RPG Short Stories and Novels

August 5

3:00 pm: Swords and Sorcery

4:00 pm: Pick Our Brains: Matt Forbeck, Tobias Buckell, Wes Nicholson

If you’ll be at the show, come on out and join us! Hope to see you there.

The Gen Con Writers’ Symposium just launched a spanking-new website for this year’s events. I’ll be taking part in it again this year, helping out with four slots. Tossing this on top of my guest of honor seminars and my other duties/events makes for a busy Gen Con weekend, but that’s how I love it.

My Gen Con Writers’ Symposium schedule.

August 4

2 PM: Roleplaying Games Make Better Writers

3PM: Writing RPG Short Stories and Novels

August 5

3 PM: Swords and Sorcery

4 PM: Pick Our Brains: Matt Forbeck and Tobias Buckell

I hope to see you there!

This year, the World Fantasy Convention (which starts tomorrow!) marks the end of the 2010 convention season for me. After that, I’m going to burrow into my den and write, write, write for months on end. I’m already making plans for when spring comes back around though.

For instance, the fine folks at the brand-spanking-new new Three Rivers Game Convention — better known as 3Con — have made me a guest of honor at their inaugural show. That puts me in excellent company with Marc Miller, Skip Williams, Jeff Siadek, Andy Hopp, and Dan the Bard.

If you’ll be anywhere near Fort Wayne, Indiana, on April 1–2, 2011, be sure to join us!

I haven’t done one of these con reports for a while. Usually I’m swamped getting ready for the show, and deluged when I get back. Plus, tweeting while I’m at the show dulls the sharp edge of the need. Still, I enjoy writing them up, if only to remind myself of how lucky I am to be able to attend these shows, and I hope you do too.

I had a fantastic time at Archon 34 last weekend. The folks there were kind enough to fly me down, put me up, and stuff me silly with food and drink, for which I’m always grateful. The staff was helpful and unflappable, and everywhere I looked it seemed like people loved the show.

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I’ve been asked to be the gaming guest of honor at Archon, a fantastic gaming and genre fiction convention in St. Louis. It’s just two weeks from now, October 1–3, and I’m already itching to hit the road.

Other guests include Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, Kurt Miller, and Vic Milán. If you’re anywhere near the area, come on out and join us for a weekend of fun and games. I hope to see you there!