Hi Friends!
I’ve been mostly inactive on social media for the last several months and expect that continue for the next several as well. The dreaded ‘life stuff’ has happened and when my energy is in short supply I spend it on writing story first and all the posts and tweets and status updates go to the back of the line.
Somewhere on my hard drive there should exist a blog post draft I started after LibertyCon 2016 about what science fiction conventions are like and how to try them out if you’ve never been before. My data filing and document search skills have failed me. I can’t find it.
You know the story the Emperor Has No Clothes? The part I found most delightful about it was all the wonderful characters who invented descriptions of the clothing that wasn’t there. Some fashionista really should have been following the naked imperial around and taking notes on what the people of the empire considered to be the best of all possible outfits.
I propose a similar game that might be titled the Writer Has No Blog Post. Play or not as you like. The theme is The Joy of Science Fiction Conventions.
Please imagine I wrote up something witty and insightful. And if you’re a regular con goer, tell me what I said. And if you’ve never been but think you might like to try attending a convention someday, please tell everyone what questions the post answered. You might also reminisce about favorite conventions past or where you plan to go in the future.
For myself, I’m skipping the tell me what I said part. Because, well, er, I don’t remember what was in that draft or I’d just jot it down real quick and get back to the novel. But my all-time favorite convention was LosCon 2003, and it will probably never be displaced in my heart. This is not because other conventions are less than amazing, but because LosCon cheated so very, very exquisitely. I met Andy Presby there. And for conventions I’m looking forward to: in 2017, I get to go to MarsCon, MystiCon, and RavenCon.
I hope each of you have a wonderful time this month enjoying all the holidays and that 2017 turns out to be your best year yet.
-Joelle
I’ve been mostly inactive on social media for the last several months and expect that continue for the next several as well. The dreaded ‘life stuff’ has happened and when my energy is in short supply I spend it on writing story first and all the posts and tweets and status updates go to the back of the line.
Somewhere on my hard drive there should exist a blog post draft I started after LibertyCon 2016 about what science fiction conventions are like and how to try them out if you’ve never been before. My data filing and document search skills have failed me. I can’t find it.
You know the story the Emperor Has No Clothes? The part I found most delightful about it was all the wonderful characters who invented descriptions of the clothing that wasn’t there. Some fashionista really should have been following the naked imperial around and taking notes on what the people of the empire considered to be the best of all possible outfits.
I propose a similar game that might be titled the Writer Has No Blog Post. Play or not as you like. The theme is The Joy of Science Fiction Conventions.
Please imagine I wrote up something witty and insightful. And if you’re a regular con goer, tell me what I said. And if you’ve never been but think you might like to try attending a convention someday, please tell everyone what questions the post answered. You might also reminisce about favorite conventions past or where you plan to go in the future.
For myself, I’m skipping the tell me what I said part. Because, well, er, I don’t remember what was in that draft or I’d just jot it down real quick and get back to the novel. But my all-time favorite convention was LosCon 2003, and it will probably never be displaced in my heart. This is not because other conventions are less than amazing, but because LosCon cheated so very, very exquisitely. I met Andy Presby there. And for conventions I’m looking forward to: in 2017, I get to go to MarsCon, MystiCon, and RavenCon.
I hope each of you have a wonderful time this month enjoying all the holidays and that 2017 turns out to be your best year yet.
-Joelle
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