I normally find that returning to RL after a con or a Tolkien Society event is like returning to an alien civilisation, or maybe picking up a heavy bag I had put down for a few days. Pretending to be normal is such hard work...
Then again, I'm not sure how well I ever was at pretending. I think most people know the startling truth about the depths of my geekiness. ;)
I hope you're recovering well from all of the fun. I'm especially lagged this time; I discovered in the eleventh hour that my flights had been cancelled and my schedule rearranged by the airline, which meant I grabbed about two hours of sleep before taking off for the airport at a time in which most of the place was still shut down for the evening. Talk about confusing my inner clock!
But all's well that ends well, and I'm so pleased we got to meet in person. Do you know if you'll be doing WorldCon or NASFiC next year?
Generic PicturesalitalfSeptember 19 2009, 07:15:54 UTC
It must be a characteristic of the blogosphere. People find image-bites they post on their websites or in their blogs, and they treat it as clip-art, with no thought to who created it.
In this case, the comical young lady drawn above was done by Marc Schirmeister for me, as it depicts a fictional character of mine named Saara Mar.
I've found art of mine that has also been used this way in Anticipation reports. I don't mind the use. What I do mind is that nobody credits me! If I'm not going to be credited for the work, why should I bother doing it? (It's not like I'm paid.)
Any chance you could credit the illustration above, then? As I said, Marc is the *artist*, though it is a copyrighted characer of mine. Credit both of us.
Re: Generic PictureseldritchhobbitSeptember 19 2009, 12:24:48 UTC
I'm very glad you posted and gave me your name. I took this picture myself at WorldCon; I looked for credit to give (as I gave in my other pictures from WorldCon), but I could find no identification of the piece or its artist anywhere near or next to the picture. Now that I have it, I will update my Flickr page and my blog with the proper attribution. Thanks!
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Ha! Indeed.
Then again, I'm not sure how well I ever was at pretending. I think most people know the startling truth about the depths of my geekiness. ;)
I hope you're recovering well from all of the fun. I'm especially lagged this time; I discovered in the eleventh hour that my flights had been cancelled and my schedule rearranged by the airline, which meant I grabbed about two hours of sleep before taking off for the airport at a time in which most of the place was still shut down for the evening. Talk about confusing my inner clock!
But all's well that ends well, and I'm so pleased we got to meet in person. Do you know if you'll be doing WorldCon or NASFiC next year?
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In this case, the comical young lady drawn above was done by Marc Schirmeister for me, as it depicts a fictional character of mine named Saara Mar.
I've found art of mine that has also been used this way in Anticipation reports. I don't mind the use. What I do mind is that nobody credits me! If I'm not going to be credited for the work, why should I bother doing it? (It's not like I'm paid.)
Any chance you could credit the illustration above, then? As I said, Marc is the *artist*, though it is a copyrighted characer of mine. Credit both of us.
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