{"id":158,"date":"2018-09-08T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2019-04-28T22:45:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T03:45:26","slug":"the-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/?page_id=158","title":{"rendered":"The Writers&#8217; Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/erniecline_signing01-300x212-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Ernie Cline at a book signing\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/strong>The\u00a0<strong>Writers\u2019 Block<\/strong>\u00a0is a convention-run bookstore devoted to the promotion and sale of books by our Guests of Honor, Featured Guests, and any attending authors who wish to participate, free of charge. Staff will be on hand to help readers find just the right book. The Writers\u2019 Block bookstore is located in the hotel\u2019s old gift shop just past the hotel registration desks. Attend the Writers\u2019 Block readings on the third floor, mingle with authors at the Saturday afternoon coffee hour, or drop by office hours in the bookstore to ask authors your burning questions about life, the universe, and publishing. (Be sure to check the schedule for dates and times of all the Writers\u2019 Block events!)<\/p>\n<div><strong>Writers&#8217; Block hours:\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday from 4pm to 9pm<\/li>\n<li>Saturday from 10am to 9pm<\/li>\n<li>Sunday from 10am to 1pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Participating authors so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Guests of Honor Saladin Ahmed and Zed Shaw<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured Guest Brigham Vaughan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>E.D.E. Bell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicole E. Castle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Cieslak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ophelia Crane<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Christine Daigle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jean Davis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3d3d47; font-family: Source Sans Pro;\"><b>Hank Edwards<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Skeeter Enright<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>C. Flynt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary Lynne Gibbs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3d3d47; font-family: Source Sans Pro;\"><b>Lee Gull<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jen Haeger<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Merrie Haskell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>BluRaven C. Houvener<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ericka Kahler<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Kemner<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael W Lucas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stefani Manard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cassandra Morgan \/ CP Morgan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Erik Nelson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3d3d47; font-family: Source Sans Pro;\"><b>Colleen Nye<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diana Kathryn Plopa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nemo Rathwald<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ken Schrader<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>G. S. Scott<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><b>R. G. Thomas\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>C.R. Vine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>V.K. Walker \/ Vik Walker<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong> The Writers\u2019 Block is being provided as a\u00a0<strong>100% free service<\/strong>\u00a0to authors who attend Penguicon \u2013 we will sell your books at retail price (plus sales tax) in order to allow you to enjoy our convention, participate in readings, and get to know our attendees without having to sit at a table. About 1,600 people attend Penguicon every year, so if you\u2019ve written a book and you\u2019d like to participate, please fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1KIzLZpuSFJw_Z2xN6qJfUp6v8wCcG-TR2F5tMz-hr7o\/\">Writers&#8217; Block application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3961\" src=\"http:\/\/2018.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/erniecline_signing01-300x212.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2018.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/erniecline_signing01-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2018.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/erniecline_signing01-768x543.jpg 768w, http:\/\/2018.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/erniecline_signing01-1024x725.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2018.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/erniecline_signing01.jpg 1132w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Writers\u2019 Block\u00a0is a convention-run bookstore devoted to the promotion and sale of books by our Guests of Honor, Featured Guests, and any attending authors who wish to participate, free of charge. Staff will be on hand to help readers find just the right book. The Writers\u2019 Block bookstore is located in the hotel\u2019s old gift shop just past the hotel registration desks. Attend the Writers\u2019 Block readings on the third floor, mingle with authors at the Saturday afternoon coffee hour,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":127,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007,"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/1007"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}