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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #270 on: September 15, 2010, 11:28:52 AM »
It's sort of a heart, on its side.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #271 on: September 15, 2010, 12:38:16 PM »
Uhhhh, what does "much <3 mean," btw?
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #272 on: September 15, 2010, 01:22:44 PM »
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #273 on: September 16, 2010, 01:18:28 AM »
Does Anyone who went to DragonCon this year, have any low down on what transpired at the "NYT Bestseller's Tell All Panel"?

Apparently after the Book Cover panel, I went to lunch and then crashed in the room totally missing it.

I believe the panelist's were:

Kevin J. Anderson
Laurel K. Hamilton
Jim Butcher
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jonathan Maberry

Anything?

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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #274 on: September 16, 2010, 02:09:37 AM »
Does Anyone who went to DragonCon this year, have any low down on what transpired at the "NYT Bestseller's Tell All Panel"?

Apparently after the Book Cover panel, I went to lunch and then crashed in the room totally missing it.

I believe the panelist's were:

Kevin J. Anderson
Laurel K. Hamilton
Jim Butcher
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jonathan Maberry

It was a nice panel discussion. I wish I'd taken my Flip Video recorder to get it all, but I forgot. Jim was kind of tired, but all of the writers had interesting stories to tell about getting into the writing biz. They were pretty much all in agreement that they didn't have a clue what they did to wind up on the NYT List, except they had been sticking to writing and submitting things until one day they wound up there, to their complete surprise.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #275 on: September 16, 2010, 02:13:09 AM »
Does Anyone who went to DragonCon this year, have any low down on what transpired at the "NYT Bestseller's Tell All Panel"?

Apparently after the Book Cover panel, I went to lunch and then crashed in the room totally missing it.

I believe the panelist's were:

Kevin J. Anderson
Laurel K. Hamilton
Jim Butcher
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jonathan Maberry

Anything?


It was greatness.  No questions from the audience, all panel interviewer questions.  Things like, how long were you writing before you were published, how long were you published before you made the NYT Bestseller list, how long until you made #1, how did you get your break, tell us an embarrassing story, advice for aspiring writers, etc.  Interestingly, a lot of their answers were very similar.  "Ten years" seemed like a standard, their breaks were lucky, they have HUNDREDS of rejection letters, etc.  And they all pretty much said "Don't Quit" as their advice.  Just keep writing.

Sherrilyn had been injured by then (I'm told she fell and had a brace on her arm that she had not had the afternoon before :-( )  Jonathan Maberry's embarrassing story (I think it was his?) was that he was at con and someone saw his badge, that it was a "Guest" badge and said, "You're a guest, but I don't recognize your name.  You must be an author."  Jim Butcher told the story about when his son walked through a telephone interview he was having with his wife and the interviewer asked their son what it was like to have two published authors for parents, was he amazed by what they'd accomplished, and his son answered, "If these two can do it, how hard can it be?"

Laurell K. Hamilton got a LOT of panel time, which was neat (Jim Butcher kind of hung back a bit, since he'd just finished his hour-long all-to-himself interview and had answered many of the questions already).  She told a lot of stories about submitting her work over and over, about going to conventions, about finally getting accepted and being congratulated in an elevator by another publisher (or agent?) who said, "I wish I'd gotten a shot at publishing you!"  She answered, "You did."  (Apparently this was someone who'd previously rejected her!)
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #276 on: September 16, 2010, 02:14:22 AM »
It was a nice panel discussion. I wish I'd taken my Flip Video recorder to get it all, but I forgot. Jim was kind of tired, but all of the writers had interesting stories to tell about getting into the writing biz. They were pretty much all in agreement that they didn't have a clue what they did to wind up on the NYT List, except they had been sticking to writing and submitting things until one day they wound up there, to their complete surprise.

Indeed.  Some of them said they just got lucky and were writing urban fiction when no one wanted to read it, then suddenly it got popular and people started buying up their manuscripts.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #277 on: September 16, 2010, 02:27:25 AM »
Indeed.  Some of them said they just got lucky and were writing urban fiction when no one wanted to read it, then suddenly it got popular and people started buying up their manuscripts.

One of the most useful tidbits for prospective authors was the fact the all publishers SAY they want something fresh and different, but none of them want to actually BUY anything in a genre that hasn't already been proven to sell well, and which can be easily categorized by bookstores. "Urban fantasy with a supernatural element", which most of these writers have been successful with, was a category that took a long time to get established.

Laurel K. Hamilton's embarrasing moments story, about men coming to book signings wanting her to autograph their penises, topped the rest of the embarrasing moments anecdotes, I think.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #278 on: September 16, 2010, 02:44:33 AM »
oh my!

on the <3 thing. My girls would text me that, and in person, we would tell each other "I less than three you!"

It was a cute inside joke.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #279 on: September 16, 2010, 02:56:27 PM »
Laurel K. Hamilton's embarrasing moments story, about men coming to book signings wanting her to autograph their penises, topped the rest of the embarrasing moments anecdotes, I think.

I loved the suggestion that she should respond, "Sorry, I have a really long name."  ;D
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #280 on: September 24, 2010, 11:17:05 PM »
A little late coming into this thread, but just wanted to say that I was at D*C and Jim was beyond amazing. :) he was everything I thought he'd be and more - so funny and anecdotal, I wish I could have seen EVERY single panel he was in. And SO incredibly personable! There were a bunch of us that came to a panel he was on, Saturday night, 10:30 PM  "Beyond Binaries 101" and he agreed to sign stuff after it was over, and took the time to really /talk/ to each of us. It was wonderful. *.*

Now, I videotaped him in 2 different panels. One was the aforementioned "Beyond Binaries 101" panel, and the other was his solo panel Sunday morning. If anyone is interested, I can put them up on YouTube for folks to watch and enjoy.  ;D
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #281 on: September 24, 2010, 11:26:09 PM »
A little late coming into this thread, but just wanted to say that I was at D*C and Jim was beyond amazing. :) he was everything I thought he'd be and more - so funny and anecdotal, I wish I could have seen EVERY single panel he was in. And SO incredibly personable! There were a bunch of us that came to a panel he was on, Saturday night, 10:30 PM  "Beyond Binaries 101" and he agreed to sign stuff after it was over, and took the time to really /talk/ to each of us. It was wonderful. *.*

Now, I videotaped him in 2 different panels. One was the aforementioned "Beyond Binaries 101" panel, and the other was his solo panel Sunday morning. If anyone is interested, I can put them up on YouTube for folks to watch and enjoy.  ;D

Yes, please!  We've been scouring the internet for clips, but the only one that's surfaced so far was just over two minutes long.  We'd be delighted if you could post your video on YouTube!

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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #282 on: September 24, 2010, 11:26:33 PM »
Yes, I'm interested so why haven't you put them up already ;)

I always enjoy watching Jim videos on youtube.
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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #283 on: September 24, 2010, 11:30:22 PM »
A little late coming into this thread, but just wanted to say that I was at D*C and Jim was beyond amazing. :) he was everything I thought he'd be and more - so funny and anecdotal, I wish I could have seen EVERY single panel he was in. And SO incredibly personable! There were a bunch of us that came to a panel he was on, Saturday night, 10:30 PM  "Beyond Binaries 101" and he agreed to sign stuff after it was over, and took the time to really /talk/ to each of us. It was wonderful. *.*

Now, I videotaped him in 2 different panels. One was the aforementioned "Beyond Binaries 101" panel, and the other was his solo panel Sunday morning. If anyone is interested, I can put them up on YouTube for folks to watch and enjoy.  ;D

Please do! I am very interested atleast, and I figure so are others here.

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Re: Jim at Dragon*Con 2010
« Reply #284 on: September 24, 2010, 11:36:07 PM »
Honestly, the only reason I didn't put them up yet was because I started teaching school the moment I got back from Dragon*con and it's been kinda nonstop since. ^_^;;

I'll have to re-encode the solo panel, since it's about an hour long and had to be chopped into pieces to upload onto YouTube. I'll definitely post links once it's up though. :)
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