These are my activities at TriCon: The Trident Conference for Speculative Fiction:
Friday, 15 May 2026, 1 pm: Moderator, Going Solo: Publishing Without an Agent, with panelists Joe Mahoney, Kate Phillips, and Vanessa Ricci-Thode. The Lunenburg Room, The Westin Nova Scotian. These days even a lot of smaller indie presses are refusing un-agented submissions, but getting an agent can feel next to impossible in the current market. What is it like building a career without an agent? Is it even possible in 2026 to be self-represented? And what can self-representation do for you and your creative vision?
Saturday, 16 May 2026, 5 pm: TriCon Reading Series with Phoebe Barton, Madona Skaff-Koren, Joe Mahoney, and Eric Choi. Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 1256 Hollis St.
Sunday, 17 May 2026, 8 am: Panelist, The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty, with moderator Sonia Urlando and panelists Terese Mason Pierre and Tiffany Morris. The Maritime Room, The Westin Nova Scotian. We delve into the world of speculative poetry as its own practice, separate from the use of diegetic poetry in prose novels, and tease out its nature as a true hybrid genre. We will discuss what makes a poem distinctively speculative and look at how to use form and diction to express fantastic elements like world-building, magic, and mythological meta-text.
