A Terrific Weekend
MisCon 23 was a terrific convention. Nearly 600 people attended and I think they all came by the Sandbagger's room. We gave away 90 of our 20th anniversary shirts and hosted two great parties. Fifteen Sandbaggers made the trip this year and everyone said this was the best MisCon ever.
I spent a lot of time at the writing panels and even was recruited by Justin Barba (Miscon's vice chair) to be on the opening writer's panel. He wanted me to tell the new workshop attendees what to expect at the writer's workshop.
Got to see a lot of old friends (Jessica, Sarah, Jane , Sharon, Justin, Stewart, Beth, Greg, Todd and many more that I'm sure I'm forgetting right now) and made a couple new ones.
I also spent a lot of time with authors Steven Brust and Maggie Bonham. Steven Brust turned his room into the con's smoker's lounge and many of us stopped in to smoke, talk, drink and listen to him sing. He knows a lot of humorous folk songs (many that he wrote himself). It would have been great to record some of them. I just have to say that it's very nice to meet one of your favorite authors and he turns out to be a terrific guy.
Maggie Bonham gave me a lot of encouragement and helped me work past a problem I have been having in one of my stories. She came to our Sunday night party and spent hours chatting with us (Sandbaggers) until well after midnight.
Came home Monday night wore out, but happy. I'm really pumped up to do more writing and submitting.