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elfsOther than getting Kouryou-chan's money stolen, the con was pretty good. Attended a few panels, had one drop out on me because nobody else showed up, and enjoyed the masquerade a lot.
It felt... older than it has in the past. Fewer young people. Lot of greybeards. I don't know if that's economy or we're already living in the most likely future, and the kids already know it.
The panel on e-publishing was kinda a wash. It mostly came down to "Nobody knows what's going to be happening in the future, but we'd really like everyone to settle on one standard for e-books." Whee. The same wash was true for "writing a novel in a year." Overwhelmingly, I've been made aware that the problem, my problem, is that I get "ooh, shiny!" from a new story idea and abandon the old one. I must conquer my da Vinci Syndrome or I'll never get anything done. Every one of the people on that panel said "Finish the rough draft. It'll be crap. But it'll be done crap."
The girls alternated between being thrilled, and being bored. Yamaraashi-chan, especially, is champing at the bit to be 13 and allowed to go to panels on her own, with her own friends.
All in all, a good time. Very little money was spent; we actually brought lunches from home. We got back home Sunday afternoon and napped for an hour, and still managed to sleep soundly when it was bedtime.
It felt... older than it has in the past. Fewer young people. Lot of greybeards. I don't know if that's economy or we're already living in the most likely future, and the kids already know it.
The panel on e-publishing was kinda a wash. It mostly came down to "Nobody knows what's going to be happening in the future, but we'd really like everyone to settle on one standard for e-books." Whee. The same wash was true for "writing a novel in a year." Overwhelmingly, I've been made aware that the problem, my problem, is that I get "ooh, shiny!" from a new story idea and abandon the old one. I must conquer my da Vinci Syndrome or I'll never get anything done. Every one of the people on that panel said "Finish the rough draft. It'll be crap. But it'll be done crap."
The girls alternated between being thrilled, and being bored. Yamaraashi-chan, especially, is champing at the bit to be 13 and allowed to go to panels on her own, with her own friends.
All in all, a good time. Very little money was spent; we actually brought lunches from home. We got back home Sunday afternoon and napped for an hour, and still managed to sleep soundly when it was bedtime.
