Comments | mariness: IAFA roundup

mariness

IAFA roundup

Mar 21, 2011 12:24

These cons really all do have different vibes to them. WFC, of course, is all business. IAFA is listening to some papers and chilling out at the pool with drinks. Which I approve of.

( Various points about ebooks, Universal Studios, bar chatter, poets dinners, imposter syndrome and more, all ending up getting a lot longer than I planned, so, cutting. For new readers, warning: I rarely cut longer posts when I get around to making them. )

universal, iafa, conventions, narnia, oz, imposter syndrome, speculative poetry, roses, teddy bears, tor.com

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rachel_swirsky March 21 2011, 16:54:59 UTC

Hey, no worries. I'm still not used to people recognizing me so I just went blush anyway.

We did manage to cancel the dinner order.

It was very nice to meet you!

mariness March 21 2011, 17:05:34 UTC

Oh, good. I feel much better about the dinner thing then. I will still try to buy drinks for everyone.

And it was great to meet you! (Also you and everyone else at that table won my father's rare approval of con attendees, so, kudos :) ).

hummingwolf March 21 2011, 17:21:15 UTC

I also may possibly have invested in an UTTERLY AWESOME TEDDY BEAR that is HUGGING A LITTLE DINOSAUR and GETTING READY TO EAT IT.

I heartily approve.

mariness March 21 2011, 20:21:30 UTC

He is utterly awesome.

supergee March 21 2011, 23:26:41 UTC

I enjoyed meeting you there and am adding you to my reading list.

mariness March 22 2011, 14:21:11 UTC

That was a very great conversation all around, and thanks again for letting me join it :)

time_shark March 22 2011, 00:56:19 UTC

Twas great to see you there! :-D

mariness March 22 2011, 14:21:18 UTC

Ditto :)

tgstonebutch March 22 2011, 02:34:06 UTC

Which adult L'engle book, if you can share?

mariness March 22 2011, 14:22:04 UTC

:: looks around guiltily for Tor.com folk ::

Not one of the science fiction ones, which is why I'm not sure if I'm going to be allowed to sneak it in. They've been very generous but they do have a focus.

tgstonebutch March 23 2011, 00:25:44 UTC

I asked because I recently reread A Small Rain and A Severed Wasp (they were ones I reread quite a bit as a young person despite them being for adults, but had not touched in a long time) and was hoping it might be one of those, esp. if you were going to write a bit about disability in either of them--they are crying out for that in a big way (not that others of hers are not also crying out for that).

mariness March 23 2011, 00:37:40 UTC

Let's try answering this again, and LIVEJOURNAL, STOP LOGGING ME OUT WHEN I AM TRYING TO ANSWER COMMENTS ON MY OWN JOURNAL. While I'm at it, NO ONE should be seeing ANY ADS on this journal while leaving comments. That's why it's a paid account.

Er. Sorry. Nothing to do with your comment! Moving on to my original response:

Hmm. Those weren't the two I had in mind, but A Severed Wasp is connected to the Austin books, so I think I may be able to squeeze that one in. I haven't read it for years. And our local library seems to have it (it's not in my personal collection.) Anyway I can at least try

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