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prophet224:
Hi all!

Meant to post this a while back. Went to DragonCon, it was awesome, and by the way when did Jim cut his hair? Threw a bunch of people off! :D

Anyway, spent a lot of time on the writer's and sci-fi lit tracks, so I thought I would post my notes.

The ones listed with "Session <Roman Numeral>" are from Michael Stackpole's sessions. The others are varied, and I've tried to include the names of the panelists in each document.

Regardless, even if not everything is useful, there are a few good pieces of info strewn about. Hope the notes are helpful!

(Please forgive the clutter - this is just a junk home page for other things I'm doing. Document links are in the center of the page.)
http://www.novusimperia.net/

jeno:
Awesome, thank you!

One of these days I need to get myself over to a con.  :D

prophet224:
I had tried to get to BaltiCon this past year, but it didn't work out. I'm right here in Maryland, so it would have been close.

Then as I looked into DragonCon more, I just did it, and thankfully the wife was very supportive. I'm very glad to have gone and am looking forward to doing it again next year. Only right this time:

Do get a hotel room in advance
Do get a hotel room in one of the event hotels
Don't get advance tickets (4.5 hours in line Thursday night to pick up advance tix - <5 minutes to buy it there)
Don't stay out by the airport so you have to take a shuttle then a subway to the event. <G>

Gotta say, between the writing seminars, the author panels, and the publisher panels, it was awesome! Got to hear Jim talk about a number of things, got my picture with John Ringo, and got my DFRPG book signed by Fred Hicks. Super coolness!

Starbeam:

--- Quote from: jeno on September 23, 2010, 06:13:40 PM ---Awesome, thank you!

One of these days I need to get myself over to a con.  :D

--- End quote ---
Remember to look into what kinda con before going, though, especially if you want one more focused on writing related.  DragonCon's one of the odd ones where it's both media but very strong with writing.  AC Crispin has done a writing workshop for several years, which is one reason I'd like to go.  Other cons focus more on media and less on books/writing, like San Diego ComicCon.  A lot depends on the area you're in.  I've found a small con near me that Patricia Briggs goes to, it looks like every year, so I've met her, and this past year, her editor Anne Sowards, was there, too.  Small is also good because it's not a huge crush of people, and you can get more of a chance to actually talk to people.

jeno:

--- Quote from: Starbeam on September 23, 2010, 08:11:58 PM ---Other cons focus more on media and less on books/writing, like San Diego ComicCon. 

--- End quote ---

Yeah, while I'd love to go to ComiCon one of these days, I wouldn't be going there for writing.  :D

I heard WorldCon is great for genre writers.

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