It seems like we just got to Lansing, and now it's the last day and we'll all be leaving. But it's been a wonderful time. The con is definitely smaller than it has been, but that has the side benefit that you can spend more quality time with the people that are here, which is fab. There have been lots of fab discussions of Pros and fic and ( Read more... )

I arrived yesterday in Lansing, Michigan for the annual fannish party that is MediaWest. I've been coming to the con since 1994, with only two missed years, once when Ros was a baby, and once last year due to our Disney family vacation ( Read more... )

It's been two days now since we flew back from Chicago, so I figured I should put up some sort of post. The trip was, I have to say, absolutely amazing. There was fun family stuff like taking Ros to the Children's Museum and a Chinese Circus, and great panels, like the brilliant Kaffeklatsch I managed to get into with Ken Liu ahead of his winning ( Read more... )

I spent this past weekend in Lansing, Michigan at MediaWest, the one fan convention I try to get to every year. (I've only missed one year since 1996, and that was the year we brought Rosalind home.)

The con has changed a lot since I started going. It's a lot smaller for a start. The UNCLE contingent, except for st_crispins, has mostly stopped coming. ( Read more... )

Well, after a lovely weekend at MediaWest, I am, in the words of Blake's 7, down and safe.

If I don't do a post-con report now, the chances of my ever having the time or energy to do one will rapidly diminish, so here are some of the highlights...

( MediaWest 2008 )

Just got an email from the Escapade organizers and both my panel suggestions made the final cut. Yay ( Read more... )