"World" Fantasy -- Apparently Not For Me, Either

I've been contemplating attending the World Fantasy Convention for several years now. It's more or less a trade show for writers, editors, and artists in the field, and is expensive to attend. Also, as a nobody writer, it's been made clear to me that this is a highly clique-ish endeavor; it's where a lot of business is done, and the implication I've always taken away from discussions with people who have attended is that you have to be outgoing and gregarious to make any headway. I'm not those things, so despite hearing from many sources that attending could be good for my writing career, I think I'd do poorly under those circumstances.

More importantly, there's been a very recent dust-up this year about...

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