Conestoga..

Jul. 9th, 2008 09:41 am
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I got my e-mail today that listed what I would be doing at Conestoga. The most excellent organizer (Elspeth Bloodgood) managed to put me on the exact panels I asked for, scheduled the BU RFR at a time when it didn't conflict with the panels (Saturday at noon) and I loved my schedule....

Except for this:
Sat 03:00 PM--2.0 Panels--Illustrators Master Class

Yes, the two hour Illustrators Master Class panel.

Panicked, I e-mailed her back and explained that I might not be a good choice for a two hour illustration panel since....well, I don't illustrate.. OK, once I did illustrate a couple of newsletters for the SCA in Las Cruces, but that was high school. I painted some signs and the bandstands in college. That's about it.

The coordinator e-mailed me back to re-assure me. Yes, I am attending that panel because....the artists there are supposed to illustrate my WOTF story while I read it. How cool is that?

Evidently they do this every year, but because I hadn't been to Conestoga before, I didn't know about it (hence the moment of sheer panic). And I'm soooo glad that I don't have to draw anything.

Date: 2008-07-09 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] will-couvillier.livejournal.com
Aren't good surprises wonderful?

Date: 2008-07-09 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
yeah, once my heart rate slowed.... ;o)

Date: 2008-07-09 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliettedb.livejournal.com
Wow, that's seriously awesome. Do we get to see the pictures ? :)

Date: 2008-07-09 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Yeah, I'll definitely take a camera...

Date: 2008-07-09 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tinaconnolly.livejournal.com
What an awesome panel!!!!!

Date: 2008-07-09 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
And I am so pleased I'm not drawing. ;o)

Date: 2008-07-09 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] incandragon.livejournal.com
What a totally cool panel! And how nifty you were chosen! Congrats!

(Too bad you were all pro-active and checked your panels before you were at the con. That had the making for perfect stress-dream material! I mean, not just ANY illustration class, either, but a MASTER class! Hoot!)

Date: 2008-07-09 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
They said they use the newest WOTF panelist...so that's why.

Sorry, boy scout material here....

Date: 2008-07-09 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Wow, that sounds incredibly neat!
~adsistla

Date: 2008-07-09 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Yeah, I'm pumped....

I'll have to take questions beforehand, and then read the ENTIRE story....so I'll be really hoarse afterward.

Date: 2008-07-09 04:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jess-ka.livejournal.com
That is sooo super cool!

Date: 2008-07-09 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Yeah, it's really neat. I didn't know they did one ;o)

Date: 2008-07-09 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dotar-sojat.livejournal.com
That. is. so. COOL!

Date: 2008-07-09 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
I know! I had no idea they did that...

I almost wet my pants when I thought I was going to have to speak on illustration for two hours...so glad it wasn't that!

Date: 2008-07-09 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alaneer.livejournal.com
Utterly awesome.

Date: 2008-07-09 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
I so agree ;o)

Date: 2008-07-09 07:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sboydtaylor.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's awesome! :)

Date: 2008-07-09 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Thanks! I hope to have many pictures!

Date: 2008-07-09 09:40 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-07-09 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Yeah, it's really cool....once you get over the panic...

Date: 2008-07-09 10:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jtglover.livejournal.com
Jeepers! I'd have had a near-heart attack too. Way cool, though!

Date: 2008-07-09 11:25 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-07-09 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] therinth.livejournal.com
OMG, so cool! That is crazy! Just like the kid shows when i was a kid, when someone would read the book and someone else would draw the pictures, live!

Date: 2008-07-09 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
I know...talk about pressure. The artists get to ask me questions first, but then they have two hours to listen and draw. Pretty tough!

Date: 2008-07-10 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stinabat.livejournal.com
cool beans! go you!!!

Date: 2008-07-10 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Thanks. ;o)

(Considering that I have to sit there and read or talk for two hours...and then go on to another panel....this may be really tough.)

Date: 2008-07-10 07:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] displacedtexan.livejournal.com
Great - sounds like it'll be a good Con. Do the illustrators get to pick what scenes and how they illustrate? It will be interesting to see what they choose to do. Maybe you'll get to keep some of the work!

Date: 2008-07-10 12:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
I don't actually know yet, but I'll definitely need to take the camera...

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