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A slurry of crazy before vacation
I am now officially on vacation for a few days. Michael and I are going to NorWesCon where we will get to goof off, browse the dealer’s den, hang out with some of our friends, and geek out. This is my...
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Writing and drawing
I spent most of my second day at NorWesCon in my hotel room, writing. Sky was also here doing some drawing, and even did a livestream of some vectoring of one of his sketches. How I wound up spending...
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I need the cat murder app
The third day of NorWesCon I was out and about a bit more. I slept in, but this time nowhere near as late as Michael. I did some more writing in the room (intrigue! deception! plotting!), until the...
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That’s MISTER mad scientist to you
This ought to be my fourth day at the con report. Except we were barely at the convention at all today. We slept in a bit. We packed out the room. We met some friends for breakfast. We walked around...
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Amazingly amazing!
I had a great time at RainFurrest this past weekend, despite several things that did not go according to plan. Because of a mix up at Michael’s work, he didn’t get Thursday off. So I had to finish...
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Experiences, not things
The ads usually pop up as Christmas time approaches: give people the gift of experiences, not things. They suggest paid excursions, theatre tickets, sports event tickets, and so on, with an appeal...
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Skipping the convention
This will be the first time in 26 years that I have not attended NorWesCon (the Northwest Science Fiction Convention). Technically, the first one1 I actually attended was not NorWesCon, but was called...
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“So, why isn’t your husband here?”
I’m sharing a table at the vendor’s room of EverfreeNW, a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic convention. I love going to conventions. I love going to conventions in order to spend time with friends...
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Only the ponies
The table I was sharing with Edd (MU Press) at EverfreeNW 2013.I had a lot of fun at EverfreeNW. As mentioned earlier, I spent most of the time behind a table in the “Vendor’s Room.” I’m used to the...
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The co-opting of the Nerds
The Great Nerd Summit (also known as San Diego Comic-Con International, or SDCC) of 2013 has just happened. I have only attended once, back in the mid-80s when attendance was a mere 6000 people. Yes, I...
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Running off to a con
The car is very nearly packed. I still need to pack the computer, make a final run through the house to get everything turned off, et cetera, and I may hop in the shower one more time before I go. I go...
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Conventionally speaking
This adorable corgi plushie is my table mascot this year.I’m having a good time at the convention. I haven’t slept in very much, but I seldom do when running a dealer’s table at a con. This year, in...
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(Un)conventional solution
Sometimes, only an otter will do!I only got about 4400 words worth of new scenes written for the novel over the course of my weekend at RainFurrest, but I made more progress than the word count...
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We skipped NorWesCon
Some of my bestest friends hanging out at the convention this year. I didn’t take this picture, because I wasn’t there.So we didn’t go to the Northwest Science Fiction (NorWesCon) again this year....
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Performative badass—fannish or otherwise
There once was a fan artist whose schtick at conventions was to viciously attack and destroy plushies. He had a particular hatred for plush toys based on animated characters from programs that he...
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Someone who loves the same books as me…
“Happiness is discovering someone who loves the same books as you do.” lastlemon.com (Click to embiggen)This was a very busy weekend. Seattle’s Pride Parade was Sunday, the Locus Awards Banquet was on...
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Geek Girl Con
S0, my hubby and I are attending our first GeekGirlCon, which is held at the Washington State Convention Center. It’s a sci fi con, dedicated to welcoming and celebrating girls, women, young women in...
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By their fruits you will know them — when people show you who they are,...
“Just a reminder. There’s not two of you — Internet you and real you. There is just one real you. Which means if you’re not kind on the internet, you’re not kind.” —Glenn Melton DoyleThose of us who...
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Convention problems and problematic conventioners
SMOF = Secret Masters Of Fandom . Shirt by the DannyBirtStore http://www.zazzle.com/thedannybirtstore (Click to embiggen)Recently a lot of stories have appeared on my various social media streams about...
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Problematic conventioners, take two
Secret Masters Of Fandom unoffical beanie.So the Mark Oshiro post has kicked off a lot of discussions all over the place. In other words, I was not the only person who linked to it and commented. One...
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