The Future Soon
A week from today, I’m taking off from Boston and jetting to San Diego for nerd prom, AKA San Diego Comic Con.
I really have no idea where I’ll be during the con aside from the schedule below, because I’ve found if you actually try to do anything at SDCC, you end up standing in line for six days and then get yelled at by surly security redshirts (no kidding, they do wear red shirts) because the hall is at capacity. I’m not all that big on celebrity encounters, so I won’t be paying $25 for an autograph from some guy who was on Torchwood two years ago, and the only panels I’m going to attend are ones featuring people I actually know.
Curmudgeonly rant aside, I’ve found that if I just allow fate to guide my con experience, I have a hell of a time. (See last year, when I ended up doing shots with Zoe Bell in a pub along with some of my aforementioned awesome writer friends.)
So if you see me, and recognize me, come up to me! Say hello. Talk about Batman some. I don’t bite, though I do sometimes make sounds like a velociraptor if startled.
And here’s where you can for-sure find me throughout the con:
Friday, July 23
10:00-11:00 With Great Powers Come Great Stories
Room 32AB
Authors discuss creating Superhero Superfiction, incuding novels, and stories in anthologies like Masked and Wild Cards. Authors include: Lou Anders (Masked), Jackie Kessler (The Icarus Project novels), Caitlin Kittredge (The Icarus Project novels), Gini Koch (Touched by an Alien), Kevin Andrew Murphy (The Wild Cards series), Chris Roberson (Book of Secrets), Caroline Spector (Wild Cards contributor) and Matt Sturges (Justice Society of America). Moderated by Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy.
Immediately followed by an autograph session, 11-12pm.
Saturday, July 24
Random House booth #1514 5-6pm
Jackie Kessler and I will be signing our new Icarus Project novel, Shades of Gray. I’m willing to sign anything else I’ve written as well, if you bring it to me.
And that is where I’ll be starting a week from today!