The Con Suite

Depends on shift work etc, but if I get the days off, then yes.

PeteMC said:

Any UK peeps on here doing EasterCon/Mancunicon this year? I'll be there with the Angry Robot army

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I'll be there.

Nice one, would be good to see you again Gary and lovely to meet you Sian if you can get there - I'll be with the Angry Robot posse (i.e. at the bar).

There are worse places to be than the bar

Absolutely!

A heads-up that hotel bookings for WorldCon (MidAmericon II) opened Jan 25th.

Anyone going to be at Emerald City Comic Con this year?

I was strongly considering going to the Nebula Awards, but ultimately it was out of my budget. Mary Robinette Kowal recommends it as a great pro networking con, and a bunch of authors I admire agree. I'd like to go at least once in my life, for the experience.

I do plan to attend GenCon. Husband and I want to make a vacation out of it with my parents (also geeks) and its an hour from where they live. We were flip-flopping for a while, then I submitted a story to the Baen Fantasy Adventure contest. Since they're presenting the award at the con, it made the decision easy. Not expecting to win, but again, should be a cool experience.

Dreity said:

I was strongly considering going to the Nebula Awards, but ultimately it was out of my budget. Mary Robinette Kowal recommends it as a great pro networking con, and a bunch of authors I admire agree. I'd like to go at least once in my life, for the experience.

I do plan to attend GenCon. Husband and I want to make a vacation out of it with my parents (also geeks) and its an hour from where they live. We were flip-flopping for a while, then I submitted a story to the Baen Fantasy Adventure contest. Since they're presenting the award at the con, it made the decision easy. Not expecting to win, but again, should be a cool experience.

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Hope I run into you there. I got invited to participate in the Writer's Symposium there this year. It'll be my first GenCon and third Origins this year.

zanzjan said:

Oh, have fun and good luck! I have friends that do GenCon and love it, and it seems to be becoming more and more writer-friendly (or perhaps I'm just slowly becoming more aware of it.)

I think I may actually do the Nebula conference just because I may not get the opportunity again (fortuitous timing with potential kid care) but already I'm psyching myself into a social anxiety/imposter syndrome panic over it, so we'll see.

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Thanks! It's my first foray into something at that level, so I literally ran laps in my apartment to burn off the nervous energy after I submitted. (And did dishes, and cleaned the tub...)

Yeah, I really thought Gen Con was more of a gamer thing until recently. My tabletop buddies have all either gone and loved it, or haven't and desperately want to. Looking at past programs though, it looks like they get some really cool people doing interesting panels and workshops.

Budget concerns aside, I also felt like I just didn't have enough street cred to "fit in" at the Nebulas. I was terrified I'd be all dolled up for the banquet and people would be secretly (or openly) thinking, "Who's this fool?" You've got some awesome publications though, so if you do get the opportunity, go for it!

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Hope I run into you there. I got invited to participate in the Writer's Symposium there this year. It'll be my first GenCon and third Origins this year.

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Oh, that's awesome! I'll keep an eye out for you so I can say, "Hi!" Hopefully you'll still have plenty of time to enjoy it in a civilian capacity.

I'll be going to WorldCon since it is a driveable distance and I'll be gopher for my writing boss.

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It's early, but I was wondering if anyone was going to GenCon this year? Is anyone presenting? I am, but it's on Trade Day, which is closed to the general public and my presentation is not about writing.

I'd still like to know who might be going, which writing events you're signed up and/or presenting.

I'll be at Archon this weekend. I'm doing several panels as well as manning a small table out in the hallway. If you're in the St. Louis area, hope to see you there.

LTUE is coming up in Provo, Utah in February. Hope to see some of you there.

It's a ways out, but I will be at the North American Discworld Convention in New Orleans, over Labor Day (Sept. 1 - 4).

I just bought tickets for FantasyCon this September - hope to see some of the UK crowd there

I'm going to be at Norwescon in Seattle next month (my first con! ) Would love to meet up with any of you lovely folk who are attending.

So I'm about 95% sure I'm going to the Nebulas, because it's being held in my hometown this year so why not? I gotta say, I'm a little nervous and have no idea what to expect.

Anyone thinking of going to WonderCon in March? I've never been which is ridiculous since it's in my backyard.

I'll be sitting in the art show all day at Dragoncon this year (back left corner near Jasmine Becket-Griffiths) with my beaded jewelry and books. (Labor Day weekend, Atlanta, GA)

I hope to be at Robercon this year (Binghamton, NY, Sept 29-30, 2018).

I'll be at Worldcon this year as well! Really looking forward to it. This is my first Worldcon.