The week after...
May. 31st, 2008 12:47 pmOkay, so by now, the one WisCon panel I was on, the reading and the party have been blogged about with terrifying completeness so I won't rehash. Much. The panel, "Writers with Day Jobs" was quite entertaining what with being at 8:30 AM and all. We all sat there percolating in little bubbly caffeine pool and insisting we were not morning people. At least presumably not before coffee. :-) Everyone (Jennifer Pelland, Caroline Stevermer, Jordan Price, Vandana Singh and I suppose, me) did a fabulous job and was quite interesting, though I can't say that we arrived at any one particular solution to the balancing act. Taking care of yourself so you can do yet more stuff topped the list.
I also took a break from the auction to go to a panel with a title along the lines of "Is the Mainstream Ready for GLBT Lit? Are We Ready for it?" This is a paraphrase since I haven't unpacked my program book yet. It had some interesting moments. Apparently one's interpretation of whether or not "we" (variously defined) have mainstream acceptance (also variously defined) varies a bit by age and experience so one ends up with a glass half full/half empty discussion. I fall into the jaded and cynical camp. I don't think ebooks will "save" us though I recognize that they provide a boost for m/m authors. And I don't see a whole lot of range coming out of the big houses for GLBT stuff - heavy on G, light on L, often nonexistant on B and T. The smaller presses tend to do more challenging and interesting work, but from an economic standpoint, you'd best plan to keep that day job.
Then I went back to the auction and picked a comic book store sign with Maggie and Hopey in full Love and Rockets regalia on it. I adore Maggie and Hopey so this was a good thing, in addition to supporting the Tiptree. :-)
Went to the Sign Out on Monday and saw many friends, as well as meeting the very amiable Richard Cwedyk with whom I shared an autograph table. Was fortunate enough to meet or see again all of the following over the course of the con:![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sacchig,upstart_crow, mecooper,lizardlez,deakat,darinbradley,mr_bad_example,[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com],seanmmurphy,badger2305,robgates,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elizabethth,kalmn,lexiphanic,[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com],elisem,magentamn,ceciliatan and moondancerdrake, as well as gasp, people I know from outside LJ. :-)
The party ran til 2:30 or so and we drove back the next afternoon in a daze. Jana got the plague but I did not, amazingly enough. Particularly since I went to Wendy Rule and Kari Taurig withmr_bad_example and thus got far less sleep than I should have this week.
Huzzah for everyone else being on the mend and to the con com for another great WisCon! :-)
I also took a break from the auction to go to a panel with a title along the lines of "Is the Mainstream Ready for GLBT Lit? Are We Ready for it?" This is a paraphrase since I haven't unpacked my program book yet. It had some interesting moments. Apparently one's interpretation of whether or not "we" (variously defined) have mainstream acceptance (also variously defined) varies a bit by age and experience so one ends up with a glass half full/half empty discussion. I fall into the jaded and cynical camp. I don't think ebooks will "save" us though I recognize that they provide a boost for m/m authors. And I don't see a whole lot of range coming out of the big houses for GLBT stuff - heavy on G, light on L, often nonexistant on B and T. The smaller presses tend to do more challenging and interesting work, but from an economic standpoint, you'd best plan to keep that day job.
Then I went back to the auction and picked a comic book store sign with Maggie and Hopey in full Love and Rockets regalia on it. I adore Maggie and Hopey so this was a good thing, in addition to supporting the Tiptree. :-)
Went to the Sign Out on Monday and saw many friends, as well as meeting the very amiable Richard Cwedyk with whom I shared an autograph table. Was fortunate enough to meet or see again all of the following over the course of the con:
sacchig,upstart_crow, mecooper,lizardlez,deakat,darinbradley,mr_bad_example,[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com],seanmmurphy,badger2305,robgates,elizabethth,kalmn,lexiphanic,[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com],elisem,magentamn,ceciliatan and moondancerdrake, as well as gasp, people I know from outside LJ. :-)The party ran til 2:30 or so and we drove back the next afternoon in a daze. Jana got the plague but I did not, amazingly enough. Particularly since I went to Wendy Rule and Kari Taurig with
mr_bad_example and thus got far less sleep than I should have this week.Huzzah for everyone else being on the mend and to the con com for another great WisCon! :-)