World Fantasy Convention

[pegkerr]

It's really, really a pain to go to a convention when your partner wants to go, too, and you have young children who are bored to tears by conventions.

I am crabby and (let's admit it) I have PMS. The book has not gone anywhere in the last few days, because I'm still missing crucial chunks of information that I need to go forward. Part of it is that I need to read more research. Part of it is that I'm nervous about this upcoming meeting with Inga the architect. Part of it is that I simply haven't figured critical elements out yet. I'm waiting for them to surface up from my back brain, like an ice fisherman waiting by the hole in the ice, and I'm feeling impatient. The house is a mess. They just buried my favorite senator. I yelled at my kids tonight, for no good reason, which makes me feel cruddy.

And now: this convention. I want to go and have a good time. I want to avoid looking like a fool on panels (although I'm on only one. With Jane Yolen. And Neil Gaiman. Oy.) I hope I can find interesting people for conversations and dinner expeditions. I want to not feel burdened and annoyed by the responsibility of looking after my own children.

If you're coming to World Fantasy, look me up. Come to my reading (Saturday at noon! With kijjohnson!) Go with me to dinner. Stop in at my panel and ask provocative, thoughtful questions. Charm my children for a half an hour so that I can look through the dealer's room without whines of "Mommy, can we go now?"
I'll be ever so touchingly grateful.

Peg

Comments

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Peg, is there anywhere that we can zap a few Nimbus flyers at the con? Some sort of distribution table or something?

Barring that, can you tell Mr Gaiman that many people think he's the top pick for Sirius Black?

Heidi, sounding both organizational and fangirly

Sure

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I'd be glad to put some flyers out. I'm sending you a text message with my e-mail addresses.

[serendipoz.livejournal.com]

Peg - it was fun to see you (albeit briefly) at WFC. I met Kij as well - later in the art show. But mostly I just made sure the art show worked, made sure my furnace ran (it stopped friday sometime) and bought way too many books.

I hope that you found people to have interesting dinners and had your time in the dealers room. (I barely made it past Dreamhaven table, but did buy some half price books at the Tachyon table.)