This one is more personal. The more professional one is at Southern Indiana Writers, where I at least attempt to pretend I’m a responsible adult. Go there for a rundown of our panels on Blogging 4 Writers and Smashwords, Kindle, POD and Other Dirty Words (self-publishing), including downloads of our handouts.
Okay, we drove up to Marcon uneventfully (Thanks, GPS lady!), taking a trunk full of food — I mean books. After last year, we did not stay in the convention hotel. There’s only so much money in the world, and we don’t have that much of it. We stayed in The Red Roof Inn down the street. Loved it.
During the short walk to the convention hotel, we came upon this sign, which was apparently produced by one of my spommenters (spam commenters). We were like, “Woah! Never knew Columbus was such a wide-open town! Better a happy one than a grumpy one, fo’ shizzle.” We thought the MF was uncalled for, though, so we didn’t go meet her. I hope that didn’t make her sad. Four to seven ain’t bad odds, though.
I felt like a scrub, what with just being dressed in my regular clothes, but being on panels and stuff inhibits me. If I were to wear a costume, though, I would totally want it to be Steampunk. With trousers or a shortish plainish skirt, though. I love the long skirts, but I wouldn’t want to have to keep track of all those layers and all that length.
We arrived home after the convention without incident (Thanks again, GPS lady!) with fewer books, little food, less money and some good stuff. T got a new walking stick, I got a new bracelet, not sure what Samantha scored, but it was probably good.
WRITING PROMPT: What kind of sf/fantasy costume would you wear, if you HAD to wear one?
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Carol Preflatish
June 2, 2011 at 9:39pmI hope your hotel had an elevator, unlike the one at Muncie. Sounds like you all had a great time.
Marian Allen
June 2, 2011 at 9:53pmIt did have an elevator! 🙂 Next time we go to Muncie, we need to request a ground-floor room.