WFC thoughts, continued
WFC. Delia Sherman said that she finds it's like a great family reunion. It's so true, at least the reunion part. (I'm too much of a newbie to be "family" yet, I think. One of these years...)
A list of everyone I met would read like a particularly marvelous phone-book: People from Clarion (2007, and 2008), two writing groups, two online communities, and the magical Borderlands bookstore that hosts interesting spec-fic events from time to time. People I know but hadn't met in a while, people friends introduced me to, and people I'd 'met' online but not in person. In particular: I met, for the first time, Janice Hardy, a recently-published member of one of my writing groups.
WFC felt like the agora for the Spec Fic community. It definitely contributes to a sense of being in another world. It's as though Clarion opened a portal, and now I can spend part of my time on the other side of the wardrobe.
(I think I'm babbling. And mixing metaphors.)
Anyway: two lovely pieces of art to round out this post. The first is a Smiley Ball, given me by my friend Kater. She also does other kinds of awesome art, has a weekly webcomic about chickens, and writes spec fic.
The second is a little bronze eagle pendant, made by Laurie Toby Edison, who sells her handcrafted jewelry only at cons. I wasn't planning to buy, but it was too unusual to resist.
[ETA: Mild case of con crud afterward, or I'd have gone to Borderlands for a couple of neat-sounding book signings. Decided not to spread it around, stayed home.]
A list of everyone I met would read like a particularly marvelous phone-book: People from Clarion (2007, and 2008), two writing groups, two online communities, and the magical Borderlands bookstore that hosts interesting spec-fic events from time to time. People I know but hadn't met in a while, people friends introduced me to, and people I'd 'met' online but not in person. In particular: I met, for the first time, Janice Hardy, a recently-published member of one of my writing groups.
WFC felt like the agora for the Spec Fic community. It definitely contributes to a sense of being in another world. It's as though Clarion opened a portal, and now I can spend part of my time on the other side of the wardrobe.
(I think I'm babbling. And mixing metaphors.)
Anyway: two lovely pieces of art to round out this post. The first is a Smiley Ball, given me by my friend Kater. She also does other kinds of awesome art, has a weekly webcomic about chickens, and writes spec fic.
The second is a little bronze eagle pendant, made by Laurie Toby Edison, who sells her handcrafted jewelry only at cons. I wasn't planning to buy, but it was too unusual to resist.
[ETA: Mild case of con crud afterward, or I'd have gone to Borderlands for a couple of neat-sounding book signings. Decided not to spread it around, stayed home.]