Tag: Convention AARs

I’m delighted to announce I survived another DragonCon. Tons of geeky panels? Check. 2AM Crüxshadows concert followed by 4AM rave and 7AM waffles? Check. Meeting Nathan Fillion? Check! One DragonCon tradition I haven’t really participated in is epic line standing marathons. I go to a lot of the smaller track panels and avoid the larger […]

You know your weekend is going to be a great one when it starts out with the words “I brought you a haggis.” More on that later. I’ve seen a handful of LibertyCon AARs go up within 24 hours of the con ending, and damn, guys, I’ll never know how they do it. It’s Wednesday […]

Greetings, Adventurers! You know what’s really awesome? Growth. You know what’s really hard? Growth. In 2023, FantaSci was the first con I’d ever attended as a pro. I’m a lot of things, but I’m not a natural performer. Speaking in front of groups, talking into a microphone, or standing at a booth trying to sell […]

I’ll always admire people who turn around from a con and get their post-mortems, and AARs written and posted the next day. How? I feel like I need at least a week to sleep after any given event and then another week to unpack. I’ve been home from Superstars for about three days and I’m […]

When I attended MarsCon in 2023, I was a regular fan who lined up with other paid attendees to collect my badge at registration. Not only was it my first time visiting MarsCon, but it was the first SFF fan con I’d ever attended. I learned they’re very, very different from writing conferences, and it […]

Beginner’s luck prevailed and I once again walked away from Chris Kennedy Publishing’s FactoryCon with a trophy. In 2022, I won the award for largest fish caught on this deep sea fishing trip. This year, David Shadoin and I walked away from the cornhole tournament with some nice shiny mementos. Yet to be determined whether […]

It’s been more than two weeks since I got home from DragonCon. I think I’m *almost* recovered… which is almost a joke. If you’ve ever thought hey, I’d like to geek out, talk books, and not sleep for six days, all while surrounded with roughly eighty thousand of your new best friends, DragonCon might be […]

It’s a blog! Sort of. Fear not. Much like my newsletter, I promise to update chaotically and without warning.   One day, I’ll go to a con and take lots of pictures, notes, and records of the panels and classes I go to. I’ll remember to tag and thank all the wonderful people I meet and hang […]