Packing for the Institute of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
So, here I am...on the eve of my first trip to a Con of any kind. I'm equal parts excited and little worried. Excited because, no matter what, this is me - out there - DOING something, and worried that five people will show up to this thing and it'll be a bust.
Which is not to say I expect to make any cash. Hardly. I expect this will go solidly in the "negative" column. But it's not about that, (although we someday hope it will be, at least a little, right?) This is about me, getting OUT there - hoping to be seen and heard. There's no sitting fee, I have an author's table, (which hopefully will be near Mike Laimo, who is supposed to be there also), I'll be taking part in a reading, and will be on a writer's panel. There's next to NOTHING like this in our area, so I'm willing to drive. That, and I've never been on a road trip before with the "boys", so I expect some quality "guy" time with my buddy Nate.
This is crazy; it really is. I'm a nobody - relatively speaking. However, this is the year, I suppose to do crazy things like this. I figure from now on, maybe I'll be able to afford one Con a year, plus this free one, and then I'll just be about the task of writing. This year, however, seems to be the year for me to "let it hang out there"....
January - Borderlands Press Writers' Bootcamp. You have no idea how awesome this was. Brian Keene told me it would a life changer. It literally was.
Tomorrow - Institute of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
May - MoCon IV. I plan on going there and soaking up as much as I can, just be a quiet mouse in the corner, and revel in the awesomeness that will surround me.
July - NeCon. If Shroud goes to this, I'll be there, signing...can you say holy cow? If not, just like MoCon, it's going to be me, the quiet mouse again - soaking up the awesomeness.
August - Horrorfind Weekend. Now that we've established there WILL be a Horrorfind, I'll be there. I've purchased a table, will be representing myself and possibly Shroud, and will - once again - revel in the awesomeness.
August - Context 22. Just added. Will be rooming with the Shroud crew. Whoo-hoo!
