Rob’s Update: At the P-Con Bar
Greetings all!
I had a great time at P-Con! Thanks to Crystal and the crew for all their hard work.
I went with a variety of plans. First, I needed to recharge a bit with my crew. I saw a bunch of great people, including a huge contingent of Raconteur Press folks. More on them in a bit.
I was on 4 panels. One was a discussion of what fans are increasingly asking for, and that’s more action and adventure. Then, I moderated a panel about putting the science in science fiction. This was especially fun because I got to chat with Taylor Anderson, whose Destroyermen series is excellent. After that was a panel advising new writers on how best to submit to publishers. Finally, I was on a fun panel about sidekicks. All in all, a great list of panels.
But really, I went to socialize, as I said. I spent a ton of time doing just that in the P-Con bar. I had great conversations with a bunch of awesome folks, including Taylor Anderson, who I’d not me before, David Weber, Robb Hampson, as many Raconteur folks as I could find, and a bunch more.
In particular, I also went with the hope to do more with Raconteur. They’re doing a bunch of cool stuff these days and I wanted to join their ship. I succeeded, with four or five different things going on I’ll be talking about as time goes by.
All in all, a great success.
I spent a goodly amount of time today working on one of the new projects. I’ll talk about it more in the coming weeks, but it’s something I’m really proud to be working on.
Speaking of projects, I had more Okkorim work this week, as we ramp up for the next G20 issue. Good stuff happening there.
Finally, this is the week we’re hosting Eragon at the Historic Anthony Theater! In addition, there are food and drink specials at a number of places downtown, so get your Dragon Burger at Petunia’s, Your Dragon Pizza at Kristy’s Kafe, and your Dragon Concoction at the Idle Hour (which is also hosting Oktoberfest Saturday). It’s going to be a lot of fun.
Hope to see some of you there!
What I’m Listening ToMiss Marple, which is of course another great BBC cozy mystery show. This one was the Body in the Library.
Quote of the WeekIn Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree
Happy birthday to Kublai Khan, born on this day in 1215, and who gives me an excuse to quote Coleridge.
Upcoming EventsI have a number of things in the works, but nothing confirmed yet.Tracked ItemsMy Weight Today: 358.8lbs
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Creator of the Firehall Sagas Universe
