Right. I think I've only mentioned twice or thrice already how helpful that particular panel was for aspiring writers, so I think I'll mention it one more time, since I think it was that good.

"Her-storically Speaking: Meet the Women of War"
"Her-storically Speaking: The Lost Women of History"
"A Woman's Guide to Rebuilding Civilizaton"
"Women in Illustration"
"Awesome Women in Digital Media"

That's just panels from one third into that guide, after which I gave up because DragonCon apparently is a black of hole of a thousand panels. Quite overwhelming.

In any case, is anybody offended by those women-centric panels staffed by (surprise) only women? Of course not. So why would anybody be offended by an all-male panel? Though the panel was clearly not about anything male-related, anyway, except the gender of the participants.

In any case, if somebody here got offended at the title of the panel, please also get equal-opportunity offended at the title of those panels mentioned above. Otherwise, go a little more spare on the hipocrisy.

Hm, yeah. I found those stories about the YA publishing world pretty upsetting when I heard about them. One controversy was over a novel called "The Black Witch", where the author was accused of all sorts of terrible things because she depicted racism, even if it was in a completely negative way.

Anyway, aside from I guess one sentence from Kevin J. Anderson about him not being wild about those "sensitivity readers" being required by some publishers for some genres, the panel was, as I've stressed already, very informative and really helpful for me. Especially some of the stuff Jim said, but then again he is always awesome and informative on his panels.

Well, the moderator was female. All in all, it was a panel very much worth watching.

The "Male Stars of Fantasy/SF" panel with Jim, Michael A. Stackpole, Brandon Sanderson, Kevin J. Anderson and Robert J. Sawyer was great as well, with very useful advice for aspiring writers. Jims advice was especially good and encouraging for someone like me, who aspires to write his first novel.

I hope Priscilla brings some spare batteries for her camera. That's a lot of panels Jim will be participating in!

Of course the Q&A, the one with Michael A. Stackpole and the one with David Weber are the most important ones to record. 

Woo, discovering these videos makes my Sunday! Alright, off to watch them!

As soon as possible. Preferably just before I go on vacation at the end of October, but still in a way that I can get it in Germany before I leave.