Return From Balticon!!!

[jpskewedthrone]

So, Balticon was a blast, of course. I went mostly for a release party for The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity with contributor Jean Marie Ward, and that happened Saturday night. Except for the craziness of setting up in the 5 minutes allotted, then doing the release in just 1 hour, and then cleaning up (which the people before us did NOT do) and getting packed up and out, the party was a huge success and great fun. The best surprise of all was that people actually showed up to buy the book, rather than just popping in for the free food and then leaving. We were swamped signing books for 45 minutes. I haven't done the official count, but we sold at least 15 books there, plus copies of our other books as well.

In any case, the other reason this con was special was because both of my brothers were there. Jason and Jacob (yes, we're all J's) came up or down from where they live and we shared a room and everything. It's the first time we've ever done anything with just us 3 (without parents, without other relatives, without significant others or kids, etc). Jason was there to network, since he writes science fiction. We thought Jacob had come in order to disappear into the game room for the weekend, but he actually never went to the game room (as far as I know) and hung out with either me or Jason, or went off to panels on his own. The brotherly bonding was good.

And of course, there was the JABberwocky agency bonding going on as well. I spent a good portion of the time (when not going to panels and such) hanging with Myke Cole (a guest blog will appear shortly), Jon Sprunk (a guest post from him as well), John Hemry/Jack Campbell (I haven't asked him yet for a guest blog), Peter V. Brett (same), and, of course, my agent Joshua Bilmes. We're all part of JABberwocky and had a spectacular dinner at Barrett's one night.

So, a great con. I don't feel like I ever stopped moving while I was there and it all happened rather fast, but it was great seeing old friends (although some only for a moment). The "Fantasy Title Chain" panel was a blast; I'll report back on some of the titles we ended up with later. I never got to participate in the "Liar's Panel" which was a disappointment. I had some pretty good lies made up for that. But overall, a great con.

Comments

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Do I just pass you at all these conventions and never see you? What do you look like??

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

You must, I felt like I was all over the place. But here's what I look like:





Hair color varies (Ben Tate is blond), but otherwise, the same mug.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Well, at least I know for the future! Next year, I can accoust all the nice young men who look sort of like you and ask which one is you. (Or...look at their nametags. ;-)