Dragon*Con Remembered Part I
Fondly too, now that I am recovered. Rumors of my demise have been sadly exaggerated I am afraid. I’ll point no fingers, though I will be avoiding the writer known as Bill Ward for at least a year. 
Seriously, that’s because Bill and I only get together at Dragon*Con every Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. This was our second D*C and, though we were unable to score a booth for Rogue Blades Entertainment (and thus sell any books) this time, we did manage to attend a number of panels and meet lots of agreeable folks. In addition, I put in a few hours work for Eugie Foster, the beautifully kind and ever-helpful editor of the Daily Dragon, D*C’s on-site news and updates home. I don’t think I lived up to my own expectations of the job let alone hers, but Eugie never once cajoled or condoned, just continued being gracious and always smiling. Even reading her own post about the events of the weekend doesn’t tell you how much she actually does, practically living there for 5 days straight. I managed to both support the D*C 2009 Auction and pick up Eugie’s latest, Returning My Sister’s Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, which Ursula K. LeGuin called “An elegant and entertaining book.” It was signed by both the author and the cover artist, and I was able to get Eugie to personalize it for me. Not until I was home, however, did I realize that her wish that my “path be lit by whiskey” actually read ‘whimsy.’
Panels. Bill and I attended many together, most of them on Nancy Knight’s “Writer’s Track” – a spectacularly put together series of delights. Most of the panels I took notes, including who actually sat on them. There were a few I failed to jot down names however, so any errors of omission or inclusion are mine and mine alone. I will recap our itinerary in separate posts specific to each day of the convention.
It was to my utmost delight to be allowed to sit the panel(s) of my choice within the “Writer’s Track.” After I was unable to procure a table/booth for the con, I realized that I would not be obligated throughout the entire convention. As such, I was available to partake in panels…if there was any room left. I spoke with Nancy, and she graciously allowed me to name my choice of panels. There were many titles that caught my eye, yet once I looked closer at their members I realized that (a) most of them I would rather be on the listening side of and (b) I wasn’t sure I could add anything of importance to the words of the illustrious names I was seeing. Not until the Sunday morning schedule did I feel comfortable enough to put my finger down on “How to Get Rejected” – a panel filled with many of THE top editors in spec fic from almost all of THE publishers of spec fic. I was nervous yet excited.
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