How do you decide which Conventions to attend?

It used to be relatively easy, I chose cons based on a few things; if it was in a place I had not been to so I could meet new readers, if it was in a place I wanted to explore, or if it was a sizable enough con that I could meet a LOT of readers, those things were the priorities…if a con was in Singapore, for example, and I wanted so see that country AND not that many Western creators had been there, that was a goer.

But lately other things come up sometimes, too…if a con is run by people who have been super-supportive, or if a con has a guest list with a lot of people I would like to meet, or simply loyalty to organizers who have been good to me, those things make a big difference. The signing I am doing on Saturday is because the store owner has been hugely and unfailingly kind and supportive.

But now I am being asked to far more cons than I can possibly attend, at least two are turned down for every one I can attend. It’s gotten a little difficult…I don’t want to disappoint people and I’d like to attend and support a lot of smaller cons, but at this point, I am pretty clearly completely booked all the way into 2014. So the answer is, I just do the best I can and try to choose wisely!