I plan on going to the Con for 1 day (on my day off) and spend a good portion of the day there. I have not been to Cons before. The main thing is to meet the two authors Butcher and Weber. Is there a listing of a specific time each will be available to talk and to and sign stuff? What is Filking? I don't expect them to do a 16 hour shift at a desk. It will also be great to meet others who love the books and discuss them. The Hotel is pretty nice with a big open atrium area with a very high ceiling and the suites are large. They do have some meeting rooms also. I live in the area and know some good restaurants nearby, so I can help some out of towners hit something other than McDonalds or Dennys to eat at. There is an OK chinese buffet down the block from the hotel and Pappasito's TEX-MEX Rest is great and Bone Daddy's House of Smoke BBQ is great, both a couple miles away, and A decent Bennihana's Japanese Stakehouse nearby.

Um, Chiana. Most people don't come here on PURPOSE unless they ski or are on the way to Canada.
You know that!
Silly. Imagine, promoting BOOKS in Maine. Everyone knows most Mainers don't read! Geez!

Is that why Stephen King lives there? To get away from his fans?

I am not allowed to ask my Faire godmother for a nice tux and ride to the next formal shindig.
Even if I only ask her to make the Beetle a little better, because even if it is the Bettle she will turn me into a pumpkin or turn the Bettle into a real Bettle.

I am also not allowed to suggest a good Faire godmother to murphy if she hooks up with Kinkaid, Lucio if we have a kid, or Thomas if he has a kid.

It would be funny if Harry asked Lea to turn his Beetle into a Maybach. She would likely give him the pumpkin.

No, we'll be wearing name tags that say "Panelist."

I've never been to a scifi/fantasy convention before. What do Panelists do? I'm guessing they help organize things to fend off the chaos. From what I've read in your bio from the ConDFW site you are originally from Dallas so welcome back and hope you get time to see old friends and family.

Priscilla and I will be there.

We will be...hard to miss.

Ahem.



(Fred can't make it, as he has a Thou Shalt Not Miss game design con that weekend)

Will you be wearing the the: I'm an Authority Figure or the I'm an Innocent Bystander name tag?  You could wear one and Priscellie wear the other.

Actually, it would be funny for Harry to hang near Larry Fowler and curse Larry's stuff like fry his car, cell phone, home electronics etc. Harry could veil himself and make Larry's life a living hell. Kind of like what Harry did to Madrigal in Proven Guilty at the Splattercon.

Karaoke is OK if the person can sing halfway in tune. I was stationed in Korea and there were legions of people who killed songs. What is the deal with east Asians and Karaoke? It is like Americans and fast food.