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Okay, not really. I had an awesome time at Conestoga talking with people and sitting in on panels. I bought earrings with little dangly bass clefs! The treble clefs are easy to find, but I guess there's not as much of a demand from the low brass squadron. I also got some ideas for original work and how to revise Heaven's Dark Hall. I have a few notes that did not include how much the authors talked about (and made fun of) Twilight that I intend to write up later just for fun, but I don't have time now.

I have a paper due on Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday for finals plus I'm not finished with my Big Bang yet. I will finish damn it! I haven't watched last week's SPN because I pretty sure that it's gonna wipe me out for awhile. So, I don't mean to neglect you flist, but I have to. I would much rather hang out with y'all.

In case you didn't know, Dreamwidth launches Open Beta this week. They are using invite codes to try to keep spam accounts and huge growth down. You'll be able to buy a paid account for a month with $3. At the same time, they will be handing out codes to everyone who currently has a journal or OpenID account. So, if you are not going to buy an account, or want to check it out before you buy leave a comment here and I'll pass out whatever codes I get to a first come first served audience. I don't care if you're on my flist or if you don't even have a livejournal account, if you want a Dreamwidth I want to help you get one. : ) I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed.

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. )

All right. So, I obviously suck quite a bit and have decided that a full write up of last weekend’s con is simply not going to happen. Instead, I’ll make a list.

1.) Being able to talk out loud with other fangirls is a gift that should never be taken for granted. Ever. Thanks so much to everyone I talked to and laughed with, you guys made my trip!

2.) Michael Shanks is a lovely guy. A lovely guy who has a lifetime movie coming out on Dec 4. He’s pretty, nice, and seemed genuine though he definitely had the whole convention “experience” down.

3.) David and Kate should have their own comedy show. Jane too. It would be hysterical. Mars could guest star.

3a.) David Hewlett is gorgeous, hilarious, has a hot voice, and couldn’t be more adorable if he tried. Of course, all his cast mates noted his crankiness, which only endears him to me more. (Did I say that right? Oh well, you get the picture. I love me some DH.)

3b.) A Dog’s Breakfast was pure genius. Patrick (DH) was a wonderful character who I now want to slash with Lionel (JF) from Family Album. Seriously, this movie even made me like Paul Mc. I never thought that would happen. As soon as this DVD comes out, I’m buying a caseload.

4.) Apparently, the lemon in Pegasus Project was all thanks to Ben B. That’s something new to look at in regard to the ep! : )

5.) I am very unimpressed with Torri and Jason. They seemed nice enough, just not that memorable. I only watch Atlantis for McKay and Sheppard, I admit it. Even then, I still end up irritated over how random they all are.

6.) I came home with way too much stuff, and now I don’t know what I’m going to do with the posters, pictures, banner, and calendar. None.

7.) Oklahomans do not belong in California. Yes, there was that one time, Grapes of Something or Another - whatever. I could never live there. Claustrophobia aside, I think my lungs are irreversibly damaged. It was nice to see the tumbleweeds again as soon as we hit the Texas border.


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