I confess to a love-hate relationship with big conventions. I love the energy. I love seeing friends and colleagues from all over the world, particularly since most of the time, I am something of a hermit, nesting in my redwood … Continue reading
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The World Science Fiction Convention is the major event of the year for the genre. But Worldcons always reflect their time. The concerns of last year or the year before are superseded by the new. The major development at Worldcon … Continue reading
When people ask writers “Where do you get your ideas?” – if you don’t get a growl at the question , or an answer for some value of “EVERYWHERE!”, or something pretty specific for a specific work, or some … Continue reading
For the last few years, I have rarely attended a convention where I couldn’t commute from home, and they are few, so I was delighted to invited to attend Convolution, a fairly new convention, held at the Hyatt Regency near … Continue reading
Every now and then, I dig through my Trivia Box (yes, I actually have one) and post photos of some of the writing-related items I’ve accumulated over the years.I have a bunch of SFWA membership cards ranging back to 1993, … Continue reading
Roc-Con 2012 was even bigger and better than Roc-Con 2011. In the midst of the Fringe Festival, Rochester’s anime, horror, and science fiction fandom was out in full force Friday-Sunday at the Main Street Armory.Huge applause goes to the remarkable … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s the last day for the World SF Travel Fund’s crowdfunding project (http://worldsftravelfund.com/). They’ve met their goal, but are still in need of funds to pay for the administration of the project. So BVC is helping out by adding our … Continue reading
Potlatch is a small literary convention that wanders around the West Coast. There’s only one track of programming, and no gaming/costuming/media. Instead of a Guest of Honor, there’s a Book of Honor. These are serious book people, folks, people who … Continue reading
Although I had never been to this particular convention before, I knew a whole bunch of people, mostly writers, some of them better than others, but I was assured of finding familiar as well as friendly faces. Some are authors … Continue reading
This weekend, my convention-going career attained two firsts. I went to Radcon (in Pasco WA) and it was my first gig as Writer Guest of Honor. For me and for many other writer guests, Radcon’s program began the day before … Continue reading