Context26 – Best. Event. Ever.
Thought it was going to be a disaster. There were miscommunications and mixups over panel assignments. I couldn’t find my room reservation information and the Holiday Inn 800 number said I had no reservation and made me one at double the convention price because all the convention rooms were booked.
Nevertheless, T and I loaded up our stuff and went, because we trust Context.
The trust was not misplaced. Nick Winks had assigned us panels where we were able to both learn and contribute. T did a reading that resulted in a book sale.
Oh, and the hotel? At the actual hotel, it turned out that I had made a reservation, they had two reservations for me, one at the low price and one at the high price, and they cancelled the high-priced one on the spot without the late-cancellation penalty. So here’s a shout-out to the Holiday Inn Worthington and its entire staff. Well done, you!
We saw some familiar faces and met some new friends.
Eric (Chris) Garrison and happy friend.
Michelle Brown and her evil cupcakes, about whom more anon.
R. J. Sullivan and his haunted books.
Denise Verrico apologizing for Cedric the badass vampire courtesan not being in attendance.
T, Tony Acree, Babs Mountjoy, and I took turns watching the table, with a little help from our fellow vendors.
As you can possibly see, I sold out of The Fall of Onagros, Book 1 of the SAGE trilogy.
Many of us squoze into a Usual Suspects picture.
A fine time was had by all. We can’t wait for next year’s Context, and we’re all Facebook befriending one another in the meantime.
Special bonus nonsense: Anyone (besides #4 daughter) who can tell me why I took this picture wins a big fat shiny no-prize.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: There is a mixup in a reservation of some kind.
MA
