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A few random thoughts on WFC
Nov. 6th, 2007 12:37 pmI had ambitions of doing a full-fledged con report, but that's not going to happen this week. Instead I'm desperately longing for a Harry Potter style time-turner, so I can cram in everything that I need to get done this week, including:
- The normal chaos at the day job of monthly close & forecast cycle, where I'm doing my own work plus covering for a colleague who is out ill
- Studying for next Monday's exam in my Criminal Investigations class
- Finalizing revisions for THE FINAL SACRIFICE and mailing it off to Bantam
Instead just a few thoughts--
WFC this year in Saratoga Springs is my favorite WFC so far, mostly because so many of my friends were there and I got to meet lots of lovely new people. The hotel was only average, but Saratoga Springs was a great venue with many cool restaurants, and I had only one bad meal.
The ZOMBIES NEED BRAINS party was a huge success, and well worth all the effort that we'd put in to it. People kept coming up to me all weekend telling me that they'd had a great time. Surprisingly we had leftover beer and soda but the bottled water ran out shortly after midnight.
The lizard keychains/bottle openers became the must-have souvenir of the con. I gave out several dozen during the Zombies party, an equal number during Friday's autographing, and then spent the rest of the weekend being hunted down by collectors, until I gave out the last ones at the banquet. No worries though, I've just ordered more so I'll have them for cons next year.
One of the personal highlights of the con was the number of people who came up to me to tell me how much they loved the DEVLIN books, including one person who'd been chatting with me for twenty minutes, then suddenly said "Oh my god, I knew your name was familiar. You wrote the Devlin books didn't you? I LOVE those books." As someone who turns into a fangirl when face to face with her own favorite authors, it's a tad humbling to realize that my books can inspire a similar reaction in others.
For the business side, had meetings with both my editor and agent, and numerous discussions with fellow writers about the state of the industry and our careers. Met a few folks who work on the television/Hollywood side of the business, who offer a very different perspective on the writing life.
Taking advantage of the fact that I had an SUV with plenty of cargo space for the return trip home, I bought far more books in the dealer's room than I'll ever have time to read. But these were all so new and shiny, how could I resist?
Finally, I'm not going to do a shout out, since I'd surely forget someone. Instead a general wave in the direction of all the folks that I met at WFC, and a hope that you had as great a time as I did.
- The normal chaos at the day job of monthly close & forecast cycle, where I'm doing my own work plus covering for a colleague who is out ill
- Studying for next Monday's exam in my Criminal Investigations class
- Finalizing revisions for THE FINAL SACRIFICE and mailing it off to Bantam
Instead just a few thoughts--
WFC this year in Saratoga Springs is my favorite WFC so far, mostly because so many of my friends were there and I got to meet lots of lovely new people. The hotel was only average, but Saratoga Springs was a great venue with many cool restaurants, and I had only one bad meal.
The ZOMBIES NEED BRAINS party was a huge success, and well worth all the effort that we'd put in to it. People kept coming up to me all weekend telling me that they'd had a great time. Surprisingly we had leftover beer and soda but the bottled water ran out shortly after midnight.
The lizard keychains/bottle openers became the must-have souvenir of the con. I gave out several dozen during the Zombies party, an equal number during Friday's autographing, and then spent the rest of the weekend being hunted down by collectors, until I gave out the last ones at the banquet. No worries though, I've just ordered more so I'll have them for cons next year.
One of the personal highlights of the con was the number of people who came up to me to tell me how much they loved the DEVLIN books, including one person who'd been chatting with me for twenty minutes, then suddenly said "Oh my god, I knew your name was familiar. You wrote the Devlin books didn't you? I LOVE those books." As someone who turns into a fangirl when face to face with her own favorite authors, it's a tad humbling to realize that my books can inspire a similar reaction in others.
For the business side, had meetings with both my editor and agent, and numerous discussions with fellow writers about the state of the industry and our careers. Met a few folks who work on the television/Hollywood side of the business, who offer a very different perspective on the writing life.
Taking advantage of the fact that I had an SUV with plenty of cargo space for the return trip home, I bought far more books in the dealer's room than I'll ever have time to read. But these were all so new and shiny, how could I resist?
Finally, I'm not going to do a shout out, since I'd surely forget someone. Instead a general wave in the direction of all the folks that I met at WFC, and a hope that you had as great a time as I did.