WisCon, second part
May. 30th, 2012 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfIt continued to be awesome, which was lovely. Best WisCon we've been to, for a variety of reasons.
The Saturday night OA reading was well-attended and everyone did a great job. Considering we were opposite the parties and other events, yay! And it was great to meet so many folks from Outer Alliance.
Sunday was our mellow day. We had brunch with friends then headed off to see S.N. Arly do her thing on the "We are not Contortionists" panel. This featured several women (and a few guys for one setup) attempting some of the poses female characters are shown in on book covers and comics. It was definitely a "kids, don't try this at home" demo and was both hilarious and consciousness raising. Excellent idea (with a nod to Jim Hines, Escher Girls and all the other folks who've been bringing up the more ludicrous illustrations of femal characters recently). From there, it was off to wander for a big then on the latest iteration of "Not Another (sundry coded expletives) Race Panel," which was also hilarious. After that, we were off to dinner, then resting up, then off to parties. We managed to stop by Musecon, which looks like it will be fun, Diversicon and of course, the release party for "Beyond Binary," where Jana whittled up an impromptu bookstand using a recycled beer box. We went off to go sleep after chatting with friends new and old.
Monday morning was a small birthday breakfast for Julia Rios, which was wildly entertaining despite participant grogginess. The Topaz of Worldbuilding will be with me for some time to come.
Then home after a weekend of excellent conversations on topics ranging from the physical impact of hormones used for transitioning, cyberpunk, really bad panels we'd been on elsewhere, books, publishing, promotion, menopausal werewolves, and more books. And Samuel Delaney, the Dakota Uprising and a whole bunch of other things. I didn't get to do everything I wanted to or talk to everyone I wanted to, alas. So if I seemed distracted, I actually was. In any case, thanks everyone, for a terrific WisCon!
I forgot to mention that on the way to Madison, we stopped by the Ephraim Faience Pottery in Lakeville, WI and its associated art gallery - beautiful, beautiful things in both places. Highly recommended as a road trip destination.
The Saturday night OA reading was well-attended and everyone did a great job. Considering we were opposite the parties and other events, yay! And it was great to meet so many folks from Outer Alliance.
Sunday was our mellow day. We had brunch with friends then headed off to see S.N. Arly do her thing on the "We are not Contortionists" panel. This featured several women (and a few guys for one setup) attempting some of the poses female characters are shown in on book covers and comics. It was definitely a "kids, don't try this at home" demo and was both hilarious and consciousness raising. Excellent idea (with a nod to Jim Hines, Escher Girls and all the other folks who've been bringing up the more ludicrous illustrations of femal characters recently). From there, it was off to wander for a big then on the latest iteration of "Not Another (sundry coded expletives) Race Panel," which was also hilarious. After that, we were off to dinner, then resting up, then off to parties. We managed to stop by Musecon, which looks like it will be fun, Diversicon and of course, the release party for "Beyond Binary," where Jana whittled up an impromptu bookstand using a recycled beer box. We went off to go sleep after chatting with friends new and old.
Monday morning was a small birthday breakfast for Julia Rios, which was wildly entertaining despite participant grogginess. The Topaz of Worldbuilding will be with me for some time to come.
Then home after a weekend of excellent conversations on topics ranging from the physical impact of hormones used for transitioning, cyberpunk, really bad panels we'd been on elsewhere, books, publishing, promotion, menopausal werewolves, and more books. And Samuel Delaney, the Dakota Uprising and a whole bunch of other things. I didn't get to do everything I wanted to or talk to everyone I wanted to, alas. So if I seemed distracted, I actually was. In any case, thanks everyone, for a terrific WisCon!
I forgot to mention that on the way to Madison, we stopped by the Ephraim Faience Pottery in Lakeville, WI and its associated art gallery - beautiful, beautiful things in both places. Highly recommended as a road trip destination.