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GU-3 Details

Grand Unification 3 is taking place Feb 5-8 2004 at the Radisson Hotel O'Hare in Chicago. We are taking advantage of the Love Is Murder convention, which is taking place at the hotel that weekend and features F. Paul Wilson as a guest, and are planning some of our events around that. However, the GU-3 and LIM Con are separate events and are not officially related.

Hotel link: http://www.radisson.com/rosemontil
Love Is Murder Convention link: http://www.loveismurder.com/
F. Paul Wilson message board: http://www.repairmanjack.com/forum/config.pl

GU-3 goody bags are $10. The tote bag will have the GU-3 logo on it and will hold a variety of trinkets ordered and put together by Susan and I. We are keeping the contents a surprise, but we can say that at least one item in each bag will be something that was personally handed to us by FPW at the first GU. Being the generous souls that we are, we've decided to share the love.

CONFIRMED GU-3 ATTENDEES:

  • Tony -- getting in at 12:25PM Thurs Feb 5 AA #3959 from Little Rock
  • Lisa -- getting in at 1:40PM Thurs Feb 5 United #749 from Hartford
  • Susan -- getting in at 1:46PM Thurs Feb 5 United #785 from Atlanta
  • Dave -- getting in around 2:45PM Thurs Feb 5 AA #67 from London Heathrow
  • Mike -- getting in at 2:59PM Thurs Feb 5 AA #1641 from Newark
  • Marc -- Chicagoan
  • Joe -- Chicagoan, LIM guy, Saturday dinner only
  • Scott H -- Chicagoan, Friday and Saturday
  • Keith R -- Chicagoan, Saturday dinner only
  • Paul S -- All day Saturday and Sunday breakfast
  • Jim W -- Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast
  • Brett M -- Everything except Thursday pizza

    (Note: If there is no specification after your name, I have you down for full attendance Thurs-Sun. Let me know if you need me to change your times.)

    Goody bags: Tony, Lisa, Susan, Dave, Mike, Paul S, Keith R, Scott H., Marcus Maximus

    OUR SCHEDULE

    THURSDAY

    1-4PM Meet up at airport and take shuttle to hotel
    5pm Have pizza delivered from Gino's East (847-698-4949) (GUers only/not LIM-related)

    FRIDAY

    Breakfast, lunch and whatever with the GUers (GUers only/not LIM-related)
    2-2:30pm How To Get Published (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    3:30-5pm Psychopaths & Predators: Fact and Fiction (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    6:30pm Welcome to LIM Reception (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    9-10:30pm Stump the Stars (with FPW) (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)

    SATURDAY

    7-8:30am Breakfast: Joe Konrath Interview with FPW (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    10-11am Paranormal is the Norm (FPW) (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    12-1pm Lunch & Speaker (Warren Murphy) (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    1-2pm Horrors!!! (FPW) (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    2-2:30pm Pitch meetings **See bottom of page for details (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    4:30-5:30pm Writing Violence (FPW) (LIM Event; must be registered with LIM to attend)
    6ish-Dinner (either at the CON or in Joe's room) and Hang Out with FPW (GUers only/not LIM-related)

    SUNDAY

    Breakfast with the GUers (GUers only/not LIM-related)
    Leave hotel by 11am

    **Details on pitch meetings (from LIM staff): "A pitch meeting is where you get a short amount of time to pitch you book to a publisher and/or agent. You will only get from 7-10 minutes with each to really talk up your work. You should also have a detailed outline of your book to hand them and all of your info, maybe even a sort of query letter. Since you only get a very short amount of time, make sure that you practice your pitch ahead of time and get all of the uhms and humms, and likes out of your spiel." Joe Konrath has also put a page together for folks who were wondering about pitch meetings. Thanks, Joe!

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    • Last updated January 25, 2004.