Andrew Seiple's Blog: Transmissions From the Teslaverse - Posts Tagged "geekfest"

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is a small children's museum in Dayton, Ohio. It's got a beautiful location across from a park, and a heck of a lot of nifty exhibits.

It's also a venue for a lot of non-museum stuff, as I came to find out. Lots of weddings and even a couple of conventions. One such is Geekfest, and oh me oh my what a glorious time it was!

I'm still new to working the OTHER side of conventions. Normally I'm the guy with the backpack full of RPGs going around and perusing the vendors, and listening to the panels. This time around I was a vendor, and speaking on a panel. It's a nifty shift from my usual practices, and I found it fresh and amusing. Only downside was I didn't get much of a chance to play in any games or see all of the sights, but that's okay. I'm quite sure they'll be there next year.

It was a little one-day con that started after the museum closed from its normal hours and went until nearly midnight. I shared a table with a couple of friends of mine who make jewelry and sculpt little polymer dragons. It was a good night for dragons, I'll tell you that! Pretty good night for books too, as I found out.

Geekfest was a celebration of tolerance, oddness, pop culture, and letting your weird hang out. As such, I felt it safe to bring the tarot cards along and offer readings to those who wanted them. Pretty sure that little service sold me a few books too. Whether you believe in the tarot or not, a good reading can get you thinking about your life and your perspective, which is always good. It can maybe give your subconscious the chance to tell you something you've been ignoring or missing.

Oh, and I also ended up on a panel with Rob Boley, a more traditional author who's done scary fairy tales, and has a few more years of experience at this than I do. We got to discuss "Making your Dreams Real" with a couple of dozen folks, give or take. It was encouraging to see so many prospective authors, songwriters, game designers, and what have you giving us a half hour of their time in exchange for war stories from the turbulent fronts of creative endeavors!

(That last part may be a bit exaggerated.)

In any case, it was a joyful experience, and I look forward to being back there next year with more books and more things to talk about.

In other news... Dire:Time (Working title) is about 5% complete. Also working on the second half of Freeway's story, for those who are on my mailing list.

Peace, and I'll catch you later!