Bad behavior is unfortunately a staple at cons. How a convention reacts says quite a lot about the people in charge.

Genevieve Valentine was harassed by Rene Walling at this year's Readercon Despite a stated zero-tolerance policy, the Readercon board of directors gave Walling a slap on the wrist - a two-year banning rather than their stated ( Read more... )

I can only imagine how it went:

George R. R. Martin huddled over his manuscript making final edits when he came to a horrible realization. My God, I've used "whore" a mere 140 times. That's not nearly grimdark enough. He despaired at being able to fix the book, but he knew his fans were depending on him.

Then she jumped on his desk, scattering ( Read more... )

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