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feeling: relaxed

Here we go, I had a really good time at Conestoga last Saturday and here are my notes from the panels I went to. I tried to keep my own opinions out of them, and just took notes from the actual professional editor, agents, and writers. That was a really neat experience, and I'd encourage y'all to see if your regions have anything like this.

If there are any questions, I'll do my best to add context and explain my notes. I don't mind.

( Liar's guide to getting published. First book in a series. Religion in SF/F. Kiss kiss, bang bang. Killing your characters. The business of writing. Cliches in SF/F. Art of the slush pile. )

feeling: bouncy

Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon were at Conestoga and I so got to talk to them!

I haven't read anything too recent, some of Misty's new stuff just isn't my cup of tea, but I remember back in high school I would read her Valdemar series over and over again. The Gryphon series and the Storms series were my favorite books, and Skan and Karal were my favorite characters. Really, that universe is one of the first that made me want to write and do my own world building.

I am so mad at myself that I didn't take any of my hardbacks for them to sign, but I waited to talk to them and got them to sign my con program. They're both uber nice and approachable people, and Larry was hilarious. He likes to try to add a silent "q" or "x" to the ends of people's names. They went and crashed the next panel I went to, so I even got some extra time to bask. I asked a question which somehow led to a conversation with Larry about how much Transformers sucked. Seriously, this made the rest of my year, and perhaps ever.

I was scared to death to try to talk to Mercedes, and I wished I could have thanked her for writing about the work they did with volunteer fire fighters and rescue workers. I'm pretty sure between that and the theme of civic responsibility in her books, my place in the Fire and Emergency Management Program is partly because of her.

So, yeah, if y'all ever get the chance to meet them - do it. You won't regret it.

Panel notes tomorrow because I have a headache and I don't want to squint trying to decipher my handwriting.

feeling: competitive
listening: Gonzaga vs. S. Clara

I didn't put a number up there, because then I feel boxed in and can't make a list of any specified length.
I just surfed eBay looking for a Gonzaga basketball t-shirt. This is significant because the Zags beat OSU earlier this year.
My claddagh ring makes me insanely happy, but I wouldn't say no to a claddagh necklace.
I like have the window in my shower, and I don't turn the lights on if I don't have too.
I can't wear watches at all, because it then feels like I have no choice in the continual onslaught of time. Yeah, try to figure that one out, I dare you.
I'm thinking about making an attempt to write paranormal romance novel.
I have an inappropriate crush, and no it's not Adam Morrison, because that is totally appropriate.
OnStar is the mark of the Beast. I'll never have a vehicle with more electronics then my truck does now. No power windows or locks. The Government won't be able to track my every move.
Basket Case is my favorite spirit band song.
Stargate SG1 is my favorite tv show at the moment.
Mercedes Lackey is my favorite author of all time with Oscar Wilde coming in at second.
If I could do anything, I'd want to go camping by myself.
While camping by myself I scare myself to death thinking about zombies looming out of the dark bent on eating my brain.
Sometimes I hope for zombies to loom out of the darkness bent on eating my brain.
I want to work for the State Dept or the NSA.
I could eat pistachio nuts every day.
Sometimes I think I might be something of an anarchist.

I want to write up about this semester's classes tomorrow after I finish my next three. I've got a basketball game on Wed. which is on one of the ESPN channels if anybody out there doesn't have anything better to do. <i>The Weather Man</i> is playing in our Student Union theater for two bucks. I'm excited, I love Nicholas Cage, and have never not loved a movie he did. Saturday is women's basketball (boo) then going to see <i>Brokeback Mountain</i> (yay). And I get next monday off, I love MLK day.

I love Adam Morrison's pornstache and nothing you can say will change it. I need an icon. Go Zags! Go Pokes!

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Writer's Convention: Conestoga - notes

In which I squeed like a squeeful fangirl:

I'm random.

Renae

May 2025