One of my goals in 2011 was to “attend at least one [science fiction] convention as a participant.” I started attending science fiction conventions in 2007 after the sale of my first story to Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show. The first convention I attended was RavenCon in April 2007 and it set the bar…
While out walking yesterday, Barry Malzberg asked me, “So what did you learn this year?” Well, I couldn’t really answer him at the time, but having given it some thought, here are ten things I learned from Readercon 22: Being a panelist can be fun. This was my first time, but I really enjoyed being…
Sunday seems to be mostly about saying goodbye to all of the wonderful people I was priveledged to hang out with. It’s kind of a sad day at a convention, watching everyone check out of the hotel and not quite knowing if you’ll have to wait a full year before you see them again. For…
I was up before 8am and had a quick breakfast before dashing over to the lobby to get a little online tasks taken care of. While so doing, I awaited the arrival of Barry and Joyce Malzberg, along with Paul Di Filippo and Deborah Newton, and also Scott Edelman. We all trudged out to the…
I had planned to take a short break at 2pm but I ran into Barry Malzberg who was about to go on one of his walks around the parking lot and so I went with him. It is always great to chat with Barry when there are no crowds around. Even though I’ve taken these…
I usually don’t sleep well in hotels, but I slept pretty good last night. In part it was probably do to the fact that I was up so late to begin with. I allowed myself to sleep in until just before 8am, usuaully late for me. Then I got up, showered, and had a quick…
As anyone who attends science fiction conventions knows: conventions typically begin the moment you walk into the hotel lobby. A big part of a convention is meeting up with friends and colleagues, catching up, chatting, networking, making new acquaintances. And that was certainly true yesterday. But a convetion like Readercon “officially” begins with the first…
I know it is a small thing, but as a participant and panelist at Readercon this year, it means that I am listed in the program. Small though it is, I am terribly excited about that. Here I am in the participant index: And here is my bio in listing of participants: I know it’s…
During the writers hangout last night, Mary Robinette Kowal announced to the lot of us that her flight to Readercon today had been canceled and that she’d been booked on another flight. She doesn’t have the best of luck when it come to travel. I, on the other hand, have had unusually good luck with…
I woke up at 4am and discovered that my flight to Readercon had been canceled and I had been automatically rebooked on the next flight out of Dulles. I was originally supposed to depart at 12:30 and now my flight is scheduled to leave 2-1/2 hours later at 3pm. That gets me into Boston at…
I leave for Readercon the day after tomorrow and I feel like I have a lot to do between now and then. The biggest challenge, however, is finishing the first draft of this novelette that I’ve been working on. I promised myself I’d have the draft done before I got on the plane. I did…