Now that I'm done with the new issue of Wild Violet, I can begin to get caught up on things I wanted to share in my blog. At long last, here are photos from Friday of Otakon 2011.

( Yay! Pictures at last! )

On our final day at Otakon, Sunday a week ago, my staff and I spent part of it shutting down Press Ops until next year. We also had a handful of press conferences and interviews to run, of course.

( Our final day at Otakon. )

Saturday morning at Otakon I didn't have to get up quite as early, but I did run over to Con Ops in the BCC before heading to Press Ops, in our new spot in the Hilton.

( A busy Saturday at Otakon. )

Friday at Otakon, my day began bright and early with a live TV remote outside the BCC.

( A day packed with press and full of friends. )

We're back from Otakon! Actually, we were back Monday night, but I've been either sleeping or taking care of Kung Fu Panda since then.

( Adjusting to a new way of living. )

For a chronic multitasker, being deprived of Internet access is like a sleepy cat being deprived of a sunbeam. Granted, it's not life-threatening, but it's frustrating.

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I spent the weekend trying to get caught up on some things and working on the summer issue of Wild Violet (which will come out this week, barring incident).

Here are a few final thoughts on Otakon.

( Hope I can get this all in before the orchestra plays. )

Saturday morning at Otakon, I was feeling refreshed, having had some precious sleep. I'm glad, though, that I spent some time the previous evening putting together a list of things to do and finalizing the schedule for Saturday, because unanticipated problems would interfere.

( Super busy Saturday, with pics. )

When we last left our heroine (me!), I had tossed and turned, trying to figure out a better way to run my department at Otakon. For the first time, I was a department head, running Press Relations.

( My Otakon experience on Friday, plus pics. )