Mon 21 Mar 2011
Running through Lunacon 2011
Posted by elektra under sf conventions
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I returned to Lunacon this year after a very long absence*. I was only able to attend for Saturday (I zipped to Reading, PA Saturday night and judged a cat show all day Sunday), but I tried to squeeze in as much con-going experience as I could into the day.
I went to a few nice panels, said a brief hello to Laura Anne (and got my books signed!), spent a little time at the Dark Quest table in the Dealer’s Room, had a very productive meeting with Neal about Sparkito Press (an Imprint of Dark Quest Books), talked with a few friends, and chatted with the folks at the fan tables about how to do a better job of promoting Darkovercon. I also went to the book launch for Buffalo Contingency and ended the day with a nice deli sandwich with the Dark Quest folks before heading off into the night. And I signed a contract for my first fiction sale, a short story going into the anthology In an Iron Cage http://www.darkquestbooks.com/store/product-info.php?pid91.html.
I wished I could have stayed for the whole weekend.
*The last Lunacon we were at, the GOH was Roger Zelazny. The Program Book tells me that was 1989. I need to get out more.
I’ve been in the dealer room for the last several Lunacons. We must have been within just a few feet of each other at some point. I’m building a dubious celebrity as ‘the duck guy’. Were you referring to that in your comment? We do have vampire ducks.
I’ve chatted with you several times (the first at Confluence?). We’ve got a couple of your books. Looking forward to reading St. Martin’s Moon.