WorldCon Day 1 and 2
It actually started for me on Wednesday, but my airline issue was about the only interesting thing that happened that day. (I went so early because a few years ago I had a flight problem over Memorial Day Weekend and missed the first day and a half of my first DragonCon, so now I try to allow time for things like that if I can.) I got to the hotel, which was huge, downtown, and right on the river, and sitting on top of a huge convention center. I picked up my registration packet, and then fell asleep at 7:30. (Which was about right, since I had gotten up at 3:30 am)
Around 11:00 or so I saw tweets from the Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry people and went down to the upper lobby to meet them, and met Amanda Rutter, who is my great editor for my upcoming fantasy YA novel Emilie and the Hollow World. We talked for a bit and then the dealers room opened at noon and everyone bolted for it.
It was a pretty huge and awesome dealers room, with tons of books, art, jewelry, comics and graphic novels, hand-painted silk scarves, pottery, a flying shark, and other cool stuff. I saw a bit of the exhibits hall and talked a bit to John O'Neill at the Black Gate Magazine table, and then sat around with friends at the Adventures in Crime and Space Books table, which was catty-corner to Black Gate. Which later led to Howard Jones trying to tell John where I was at pointing at me and John didn't see me behind the other table, and thought Howard was pointing at other people in the aisle who clearly weren't me, and telling Howard he didn't know what I looked like and might be crazy.
I went to lunch in the restaurant and got accidentally seated next to friends that I didn't know were coming to the con, so that was great. Then I went to the art show and ran into more friends, then found Sharon Shinn at her koffeeklatsch and we went out to dinner with Kay Kenyon at the Corner Bakery down the street, which was delicious.
Then Kay and I went to the Adler Planetarium for a while, and then I was supposed to go to a bowling party with the Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry group, but ended up not going, and was really too tired by that point to have had much fun at it. My roommate got in late that night, and we hung out and talked for a while, and that was Thursday!
And I'm going to post this before I lose it.
View from our room
Another view from our room
Trying unsuccessfully to show how big the dealers room was.
Flying shark in the dealers room
Adjusting the flying shark
Around 11:00 or so I saw tweets from the Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry people and went down to the upper lobby to meet them, and met Amanda Rutter, who is my great editor for my upcoming fantasy YA novel Emilie and the Hollow World. We talked for a bit and then the dealers room opened at noon and everyone bolted for it.
It was a pretty huge and awesome dealers room, with tons of books, art, jewelry, comics and graphic novels, hand-painted silk scarves, pottery, a flying shark, and other cool stuff. I saw a bit of the exhibits hall and talked a bit to John O'Neill at the Black Gate Magazine table, and then sat around with friends at the Adventures in Crime and Space Books table, which was catty-corner to Black Gate. Which later led to Howard Jones trying to tell John where I was at pointing at me and John didn't see me behind the other table, and thought Howard was pointing at other people in the aisle who clearly weren't me, and telling Howard he didn't know what I looked like and might be crazy.
I went to lunch in the restaurant and got accidentally seated next to friends that I didn't know were coming to the con, so that was great. Then I went to the art show and ran into more friends, then found Sharon Shinn at her koffeeklatsch and we went out to dinner with Kay Kenyon at the Corner Bakery down the street, which was delicious.
Then Kay and I went to the Adler Planetarium for a while, and then I was supposed to go to a bowling party with the Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry group, but ended up not going, and was really too tired by that point to have had much fun at it. My roommate got in late that night, and we hung out and talked for a while, and that was Thursday!
And I'm going to post this before I lose it.
View from our room
Another view from our room
Trying unsuccessfully to show how big the dealers room was.
Flying shark in the dealers room
Adjusting the flying shark
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