It’s amazing how different a convention feels when you know, well, what to do at conventions. The rules of engagement, as it were. What a panel is, what cosplay is. When the parties are and whether you can just show up or need an invitation. That’s what I was thinking Read more…
WisCon is my favorite convention. Really, it is. Being in an environment SO liberal that I am not an outlier is like … being a mermaid returned to an ocean she hasn’t seen since babyhood. I can breathe free. Madison, Wisconsin is also an adorable town. A college town and Read more…
Whoops … I had promised to blog about my experience at Confluence this year, but the time has flown. Confluence is a very nice science fiction convention in Pittsburgh, specifically it’s at the Airport Sheraton, which is a smaller hotel for conventioning, but it boasts a lovely large salon on Read more…
That was a LOT. Let’s break it down into highlights. Launch Party! The Gods Awoke launched September 1, the first day I’d be at WorldCon, so rather than make any plans for an at-convention Book Launch Party, I publicly announced THE DAY BEFORE on Facebook and Twitter that I’d share Read more…
This past weekend was Cleveland ConCoction, their first time back from Covid, and my first convention as a Nebula Award Finalist (TM)(R). I had a BLAST. It’s such a wonderful convention and more people need to know about it. There are two things they do I have never seen another Read more…
This year, for the first time, a convention I hadn’t been to INVITED ME TO COME. And after I said yes, asked if I was okay being a SPECIAL GUEST. This is… amazing. Stuff I never thought would happen! They WANTED ME? The gal with no agent, only small press Read more…
I was extremely fortunate to be able to squease the fiftieth Pennsic War into my summer schedule. This is the biggest annual convention of the biggest medieval recreation group in the US. Long story short: the midwest fights the upper east coast over ownership of Western Pennsylvania. Or as we Read more…