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WisCon so far...
May. 26th, 2012 04:50 pmis pure awesome. And shows every sign of continuing that way. We got in on Thursday morning and got settled in. I went to the reception at A Room of One's Own and ran into a number of folks I haven't seen in ages. Andrea Hairston, Pan Morrigan and Debbie Notkin all did interesting readings/performances. Lots of good stuff there. After the readings, I met up with Outer Alliance organizer extraordinaire Julia Rios and her partner Moss and went back to hang out in the Concourse Bar. We planned for the party until Betsy Lundsten stopped by to fetch me for consultations on clothing and related fun stuff. :-)
Saturday morning was shopping with Jana, Julia and Moss for the Outer Alliance Party, which went well and quickly. Then it off to Myles Teddyweggers for the annual Cornish pasty consumption. Then back to the Concourse to meet up with Rebecca, S.N. Arly and other friends. Dinner was yummy Nepalese food, then back to the hotel for party prep. After a slightly slow start, a number of folks stopped by to help (huge thank you!) and we got it all decorated and set up. I set up my books and autographing station and we were off! The party was really lively and quite crowded most of the time. There seemed to be lots of good discussion (I know I had several) and we talked to a lot of of folks about OA. Several friends stopped by to say hi and in some cases, to buy books. A number of complete strangers walked in, pointed to the book and said, "Hey, that's the Big Idea Book!" and bought it. My personal fav was the woman who asked me to sign the book but not personalize it because she would "personalize it." She then spent the next ten minutes drawing a sketch of me on the title page! It was quite good, too. :-) I got to see lots of old friends, make some new friends, sold a bunch of books, mine and other folks, and generally had a blast. Thanks, Julia, Jana, Moss, Brackett, Sheila, Autumn and everyone else who did set up and party maintenance as well as everyone who stopped by. Best. Release. Party. Ever.
Except for the whole not sleeping thing. But hey, lots of caffeine later and I've done my cyberpunk panel (well attended, good discussion and my panelist did a great job). Now we're off to dinner, then back for the auction and the Outer Alliance Reading at 10:30PM. And I have new Wraptillion earrings from the art show. Bliss!
Saturday morning was shopping with Jana, Julia and Moss for the Outer Alliance Party, which went well and quickly. Then it off to Myles Teddyweggers for the annual Cornish pasty consumption. Then back to the Concourse to meet up with Rebecca, S.N. Arly and other friends. Dinner was yummy Nepalese food, then back to the hotel for party prep. After a slightly slow start, a number of folks stopped by to help (huge thank you!) and we got it all decorated and set up. I set up my books and autographing station and we were off! The party was really lively and quite crowded most of the time. There seemed to be lots of good discussion (I know I had several) and we talked to a lot of of folks about OA. Several friends stopped by to say hi and in some cases, to buy books. A number of complete strangers walked in, pointed to the book and said, "Hey, that's the Big Idea Book!" and bought it. My personal fav was the woman who asked me to sign the book but not personalize it because she would "personalize it." She then spent the next ten minutes drawing a sketch of me on the title page! It was quite good, too. :-) I got to see lots of old friends, make some new friends, sold a bunch of books, mine and other folks, and generally had a blast. Thanks, Julia, Jana, Moss, Brackett, Sheila, Autumn and everyone else who did set up and party maintenance as well as everyone who stopped by. Best. Release. Party. Ever.
Except for the whole not sleeping thing. But hey, lots of caffeine later and I've done my cyberpunk panel (well attended, good discussion and my panelist did a great job). Now we're off to dinner, then back for the auction and the Outer Alliance Reading at 10:30PM. And I have new Wraptillion earrings from the art show. Bliss!