Finally, the obligatory WFC post....
Nov. 6th, 2008 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
j_cheneySo, at WFC at the small press launch party, I got the best fortune cookie ever.
You have a flair for adding a fanciful dimension to any story.
This is now taped to my monitor. For most people, this could be taken as "You are such a liar!", but for me, I'll consider it a compliment.
I also got another one at a Chinese restaurant where![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
displacedtexan and I ate with Patrice Sarath and her husband and son, Linda Glaser, and Yvonne and Dylan, both of whose last names I've forgotten (must look those up). Not too surprisingly, the cookies all had fortunes in English and in French. What surprised me was that the fortunes were different between the two languages. That seems wrong.
Oh, yes, WFC....
Well, let me see. I got to spend a lot of time with wonder people. Some I was meeting in the flesh for the first time (such asaliettedb and tlmorganfield, others were old friends such as saycestsay and kijjohnson, and newer friends like Nina Kiriki Hoffman (who is the kindest woman on earth.) I got to further my acquaintaince with safewrite and meet some new people like Joan Savage, bravado111, scbutler, jetse, and gwyndolin.
This is the whole point of cons, isn't it?
I didn't meet some other people. I sat next to Shawna McCarthy in the bar, but didn't introduce myself. I walked up to Sean Wallace but he was in a rush, so I didn't introduce myself--and then never got around to hunting him down in the dealer's room. Stupid me. Totally my fault there.
And then there's that awkward moment when you realize someone doesn't remember having met you before and, say, critiquing one of your stories in a workshop. (There were a couple of those.) And of course, the cool people who recognize you and are kind enough to be friendly and wave. Those are always nice.
Social ineptitude moment? Yep, I had one of those as well.
Note to self: Not all people like to be hugged. If they get the 'deer in the headlights' look when you approach with your arms open, abort...
Over all, I thought it a very enjoyable con.
I don't think I'm going to do San Jose next year, but mainly because we're talking WisCon instead. We'll have to see. ;o)
You have a flair for adding a fanciful dimension to any story.
This is now taped to my monitor. For most people, this could be taken as "You are such a liar!", but for me, I'll consider it a compliment.
I also got another one at a Chinese restaurant where
displacedtexan and I ate with Patrice Sarath and her husband and son, Linda Glaser, and Yvonne and Dylan, both of whose last names I've forgotten (must look those up). Not too surprisingly, the cookies all had fortunes in English and in French. What surprised me was that the fortunes were different between the two languages. That seems wrong.Oh, yes, WFC....
Well, let me see. I got to spend a lot of time with wonder people. Some I was meeting in the flesh for the first time (such as
aliettedb and tlmorganfield, others were old friends such as saycestsay and kijjohnson, and newer friends like Nina Kiriki Hoffman (who is the kindest woman on earth.) I got to further my acquaintaince with safewrite and meet some new people like Joan Savage, bravado111, scbutler, jetse, and gwyndolin. This is the whole point of cons, isn't it?
I didn't meet some other people. I sat next to Shawna McCarthy in the bar, but didn't introduce myself. I walked up to Sean Wallace but he was in a rush, so I didn't introduce myself--and then never got around to hunting him down in the dealer's room. Stupid me. Totally my fault there.
And then there's that awkward moment when you realize someone doesn't remember having met you before and, say, critiquing one of your stories in a workshop. (There were a couple of those.) And of course, the cool people who recognize you and are kind enough to be friendly and wave. Those are always nice.
Social ineptitude moment? Yep, I had one of those as well.
Note to self: Not all people like to be hugged. If they get the 'deer in the headlights' look when you approach with your arms open, abort...
Over all, I thought it a very enjoyable con.
I don't think I'm going to do San Jose next year, but mainly because we're talking WisCon instead. We'll have to see. ;o)
