{"id":3939,"date":"2015-09-26T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T12:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2020-07-26T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T14:10:04","slug":"well-be-at-hal-con-2015-in-halifax-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2015\/09\/26\/well-be-at-hal-con-2015-in-halifax-nova-scotia\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll be at Hal-Con 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"Hal-Con 2016 logo\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480-585x468.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HalCon-600x480-350x280.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They say that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hal-con.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hal-Con<\/a> is &#8220;the biggest, geekiest SF convention in Atlantic Canada, a sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention run completely by much-too-dedicated volunteers&#8230;&#8221;, which makes it a perfect place for us to go.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be two of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hal-con.com\/guest-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many guests<\/a> (headliners including John DeLancie and John Rhys-Davies, among many other notable actors, artists, writers, comics folks and cosplayers). It&#8217;s our first time in Halifax and we&#8217;re really looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>Besides a fair number of panels and signings, Peter and I will be doing &#8212; at least once, maybe twice &#8212; the two-hour &#8220;Screenwriting 101&#8221; microworkshop: a beginners&#8217; guide focusing on how to write a script and what to do with it once you&#8217;ve got it. Workshopping is always a high spot for us at an event like this, and we hope it&#8217;ll be the same for the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The convention runs from October 30 to November 1 and will be held at the World Trade &amp; Convention Centre + The Scotia Bank Centre in Halifax.<\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say that Hal-Con is &#8220;the biggest, geekiest SF convention in Atlantic Canada, a sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention run completely by much-too-dedicated volunteers&#8230;&#8221;, which makes it a perfect place&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,632,633,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conventions","category-fantasy-and-sf","category-tv-and-film","category-tv-in-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We&#039;ll be at Hal-Con 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia! 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