ConCarolinas rocks!

[mistymassey]

We had a bang-up weekend at the Con. It was my first, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was determined to have a great time. And I did! ConCarolinas is a small but friendly con, and the folks in charge treated me like a rock star - when I arrived, I was given not only my participant packet with my schedule, but a bagful of goodies and a bottle of Cabernet. I was scheduled for 11 panels, with a lot of neat people (Faith Hunter, David B Coe, Christina Stiles, Edmund Schubert, and more.) I was delighted to see my darling agent, Holly McClure, who'd made the drive from Georgia to be there. A bunch of us had made arrangements to have dinner together Friday night, so we locals led the rest to Sir Edmond Halley's, a British pub in south Charlotte. We had a wonderful time getting to know each other (although I ended up missing my late panel that night - oops!)

Saturday was a whirlwind of panels and book signings and by the time we had dinner, I was ready for a nap (which I started in the restaurant and continued in faithhunter's comfortable RV - thank you again!) I had a late panel Saturday night, "Rogues: Why We Love Our Bad Boys", and we have all agreed that anything you hear from anyone who claims to have been there MUST be a LIE! *grin* We admit nothing!

Sunday morning I joined Ed Schubert and several others to run a Writer's Workshop, which was surprisingly more fun than I expected, then finished my service with a panel comparing game writing with novel writing. I took davidbcoe to get his car, then returned to finish shopping and collect philipmcavery for the trip home. Let me tell you, folks - saying goodbye at a con is eerily similar to the goodbye-ing at faire. I found as many people as I could to bid farewell, then made my way to the parking lot. Halfway to the car, Faith came running to grab me so I could come back and sign one more book for one more fan. Which meant the goodbyes began again! Eventually I did get all the way to my car, and drove home for a lovely nap on my comfy couch.

But today I'm already wishing I could do it again.

And I just realized I left out a very important portion of the weekend. I had a minion! beatrizwench carried my bag on Friday, fetched ice, closed doors, kept me on time, located Faith's purse when it went missing Saturday night, brought chocolate and just rocked. I am so lucky to have a minion of my very own! I highly recommend it. Thank you, darling!

Comments

[lorenalis.livejournal.com]

If you really want a good long con, you could always try Dragon Con. 4 days, 24 hrs a day and they have drum circles that go almost all night. Costume contests. For the SE, it's the largest con, 3rd largest in the country with an attendance of better than 30,000 :D

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

Eep! That's a lot of people!

I'm considering going. I have crash space if I want it, but I have to figure out if it's cost-effective for me. Are you going?

[beatrizwench.livejournal.com]

I has a MOST wonderful time serving as Minion to the Stars! No crazy egos, no sorting m & m by color into bowls, no peeling grapes.

I've already got some plotting and scheming for next year. And do you think Ed would like to co-share a minion? He's a hoot!

[lorenalis.livejournal.com]

At this point, without a job, that would be a no. This will be the second year in a row that I've missed and it hurts not getting to go and knowing that so many of my friends will be there, including some that I only ever get to see there because they live several states away. :(

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Ed wouldn't mind having a minion, especially one as terrific as you, love. As long as he remembers to share...