After Action Report

[onyxhawke]

Well, I ended the con the right way. Exhausted, satisfied and wishing I'd done more. I barely got a chance to some friends and pros like Allen Wold, James Maxey, Tom Kratman and Jagi Lamplighter and KT Pinto. I was lucky enough to be on a panel with Gray Rinehart who is both fun and knowledgeable.

My Saturday night panel at 11pm was with Chuck

Comments

wrong timing but...

[marlowe1]

CONvergence in Minnesota is awesome. This year the guests of honor are Brian Keene and Catherynne Valente so that's going to be most awesome for me.

Re: wrong timing but...

[onyxhawke]

Hmmm, too late to shoehorn that into the schedule this year since I'm planning on Reno, but probably next year.

Re: Dicussion

[onyxhawke]

Emo-vampires could not be staked enough, and people wanted a bit less first person and a little more positive outlook sf.

Re: Dicussion

[ext_491537]

I have to second Gray's comment earlier on FB, that these might have benefitted from a follow-on "how many feel that way?" question. My objection to the first-person vs. third-person comment is that I think the person who raised it over-simplified the concern. I think that some stories simply don't work well in first-person, but get written that way because someone thinks that's what the genre is "supposed to be". On the other hand, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" or "DarkShip Thieves" wouldn't work at all in third or omniscient, in my estimation. (ymmv)

Re: Dicussion

[onyxhawke]

I think that might have worked, but would also have slowed the panel down. From my reading of the crowd the 1st vs 3rd person perspective issue was limited in scope. The emo-vampires were more broadly based.

[fibro_witch]

Well it is the wrong time of the year but October at Albacon is always fun.

[onyxhawke]

Thank you, on the list to consider.