With Gargy and H’ard

I sold my first story and attended my first science fiction convention in 1971.   It was a Disclave, in Washington D.C.

I appeared on my first panel five years later, at a Windycon.   By that time I had published a score of stories, lost the Campbell Award, lost two Nebulas and a Hugo… and won a Hugo.   It was not easy to get on panels in those days.  You had to pay your dues.

Subsequently I have appeared on dozens, if not hundreds, of panels, at more cons than I can count.   Some were fun and s...