Wonder Con, Day Two: Do, or do not

Well, things are not going as planned here at WonderCon.  Due to an unforeseen delay at a certain un-mentioned print-on-demand company, the very cool promotional give-aways that I ordered (and spent an arm and a leg to express ship) did not arrive.  They will arrive in Anaheim, at my hotel, Monday.  Yes, that's the day after I check out, and the day after WonderCon.



FAIL.





My very cool business cards with a scannable QR code that zaps you right to my Facebook Author page - not here.
My t-shirt, which advertised the book, the release date, and showcased all of Mike Nash's superior artwork - not here.
My Tote Bags, adorned once again with cover art from the book, a quick teaser, and a QR code, which I intended to distribute liberally about the exhibition hall of the convention (lots of people buying stuff, need bags to carry it - why not advertise?) - not here.




The marketing plan is derailed. Sigh.  I had some non-fancy business cards to hand out, and that was about it.  I did the best I could.  So, that's the down-side of Day 2.



The Upside...



I saw lots of cool stuff while mingling and trying my hardest to promote my book (I am not good at self-promotion).  Most impressive of which was the panel with Sir Ridley Scott discussing Prometheus (and some new footage).  This looks like a great SF movie.  The kind of SF movie we haven't had since the first Alien or Blade Runner.  Don't get me wrong - there's been a lot of good SF since then, just not this kind.  I have high hopes.



Looper also looks great, and Snow White and the Huntsmen has potential (we'll see).



Closed out the day with a writing workshop with J. Michael Stracynski (creator/show-runner of Bablyon 5, screen writer for Changeling and others).  Informative and entertaining.



Biggest takeaway: WRITE.