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Jim at Phoenix ComiCon - June 5-8

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EBRIEN:
Another Phoenician here.  Very excited about the Con.  Went last year, but missed out on many things.  Bought the 4 day pass this year.  Gonna be good!

Cenphx:
Are any of you all planning to meet up somewhere during the convention like before the signing last night?

OZ:
I haven't heard anything about that. I got a couple of books signed today. That was fun. I finally got to meet (as in "Hi. Nice to finally meet you. Goodbye.) Priscellie. Of course I'm going to have to change my name to Aahz now so she'll know who I am. I got to meet Anne Sowards as well which was fun. Of course I immediately called her Amie. I'd like to blame it on my old and abused eyes not being able to tell the difference between nn and mi but I've actually heard people call her by name before. I'll have to come up with another excuse for my mental lapse. I'm planning to be at the spotlight event tomorrow as well as the signing. I might even make a panel. I asked the people in line around me if any of them were on the board but they all looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language so I I didn't say any more.

EyeballKid:
I was racing around Comic Con the last two days and I had to leave early yesterday to drive back to Tucson. I was hoping to make it up again today, but it's not in the cards. I saw Cenphx briefly in the hall as I was racing out to my car and I believe at the Magic Systems panel - but by the time the smoke cleared you were gone.

The Magic Systems panel was a lot of fun, as was Jim's Saturday morning spotlight. He said we WOULD get a definitive answer about Mac before the series ends! I asked Jim what he'd like to see in Star Wars VII, and he said he'd love to see Han Solo being a jealous husband and grumpy father. I'd love to see that!

Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the signing line, but I'm glad I still got a couple signatures on Thursday. Hope you all have fun today at the con!

OZ:
I hope I didn't post this somewhere else already. My brain is still reeling from the con. I'm probably going back to day but I haven't decided for sure. I somehow overlooked the magic systems panel and missed it but I went to the Setting and Place in Urban Fantasy panel and laughed until I nearly cried. I don't know that I learned much about setting and place but Heather Brewer was hysterical and once she got warmed up Vicki Pettersson was funny as well. Jim was trying to stay quiet but Heather kept drawing him into the discussions and he had his usual humor. It was a lot of fun.

At the end, the authors were all asked where they were going next and they all replied that they were going to the drinks with authors event so my friend and I wandered over there. It was a blast. Jim was surrounded the whole night so I only got to speak with him briefly but he was charming as usual in spite of posing for dozens of pictures and being hemmed in until I'm surprised he could breathe. I got to speak with quite a few authors most of whom I've never read but all were very nice. It was a fantastic event. I even got another chance to talk briefly with Anne Sowards and Priscilla. Everyone was friendly. There are a couple of authors whose books I am going to have to try just because they were such incredibly nice people that I feel I should give their work a chance. Of course my brain was overheating and I usually thought about what I should have said or asked about ten minutes after I walked away from someone.

Now I'm trying to decide whether to go back today. I'm tired but I'll probably go. There are a couple of panels that look fun and my friend never got his copy of Skin Game signed so I might go to one of Jim's signings. I have a copy of Fool Moon that I wouldn't mind getting signed myself.

I closing in on 50 and this was my first con but I'm glad I went. I'll have to start planning to make this a yearly event.

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