MileHiCon Post #1- Friday's Freakiness
Greetings from MileHiCon 37 in Denver, CO.
Thanks in part to this blog, I will be able to write about my experiences at this particular convention while I am actually here; as opposed to writing it later on when I get home to Gallup.
Tonight I participated in the Authors' Alley massive autograph sessions. Authors were sprinkled around and inside the Dealer's Room. I met some nice people, and talked at length to David Lee Summers, who's book, Vampires of the Scarlet Order, is doing quite well with fans of horror and Las Crues.
I did have an apple martini at a Japanese restaurant (I do not recommend doing that for reasons I care NOT to go into right now). Otherwise the sushi was good, and the fresh water eel was good too. I liked it and will probably go back again tomorrow. Unless of course I get invited out to dinner with someone else.
Conventions are supposed to pair writers with readers and fans with their icons, but it hasn't been that way for me. In fact, most conventions I go to seem to be a bit cliquey. I mean, the "traditionally published" authors hang together, and the small press authors kind of look through the glass at the "cool" authors chatting away with each other. I know I'm probably generalizing, but you'll have to find it in your heart to forgive me. I think we should all sit together and talk as peers, but again, I'm dreaming of a writers utopia--a place were who published you is not the topic of conversations, or status, but the level of writing is the goal and important piece.
I know, I know...it's a dream.
But why dream at all if you're not going to do it right?
Nevertheless, I got some cool magazines, posters and conversations from some convention goers. I saw a funny, horror, and semi-pornographic movie made with a low budget and tongue-in-cheek humor. Though some people did leave because the content was graphic, I found it funny and a bit predictable. Won't type the name of said movie here...people are still at the con and the director is selling copies of it on DVD.
I'll report again tomorrow...well after 12:52 here. I have three panels tomorrow and an author signing.
Wish me luck and lots of success.
I'll write tomorrow and let you loyal readers know how good your wishing did for my luck.
Kurtz signing off from MileHiCon 37.
Thanks in part to this blog, I will be able to write about my experiences at this particular convention while I am actually here; as opposed to writing it later on when I get home to Gallup.
Tonight I participated in the Authors' Alley massive autograph sessions. Authors were sprinkled around and inside the Dealer's Room. I met some nice people, and talked at length to David Lee Summers, who's book, Vampires of the Scarlet Order, is doing quite well with fans of horror and Las Crues.
I did have an apple martini at a Japanese restaurant (I do not recommend doing that for reasons I care NOT to go into right now). Otherwise the sushi was good, and the fresh water eel was good too. I liked it and will probably go back again tomorrow. Unless of course I get invited out to dinner with someone else.
Conventions are supposed to pair writers with readers and fans with their icons, but it hasn't been that way for me. In fact, most conventions I go to seem to be a bit cliquey. I mean, the "traditionally published" authors hang together, and the small press authors kind of look through the glass at the "cool" authors chatting away with each other. I know I'm probably generalizing, but you'll have to find it in your heart to forgive me. I think we should all sit together and talk as peers, but again, I'm dreaming of a writers utopia--a place were who published you is not the topic of conversations, or status, but the level of writing is the goal and important piece.
I know, I know...it's a dream.
But why dream at all if you're not going to do it right?
Nevertheless, I got some cool magazines, posters and conversations from some convention goers. I saw a funny, horror, and semi-pornographic movie made with a low budget and tongue-in-cheek humor. Though some people did leave because the content was graphic, I found it funny and a bit predictable. Won't type the name of said movie here...people are still at the con and the director is selling copies of it on DVD.
I'll report again tomorrow...well after 12:52 here. I have three panels tomorrow and an author signing.
Wish me luck and lots of success.
I'll write tomorrow and let you loyal readers know how good your wishing did for my luck.
Kurtz signing off from MileHiCon 37.
Here's to a GREAT contact--AND sitting at the traditionally published table. :-) Really, you and your books will get the attention they deserver Nicole.
10 years of writing books--you know your stuff.
Happy MileHiCon! Can't wait for the next report!
Posted by Bethany | 10:08 PM, October 22, 2005
Bethany,
Oh, I loved MileHiCon. I had a fantastic time...stayed up way too late the Tails of the Talisman room party. Read the next day the first chapter of Zephyr Unfolding, and while that didn't generate any sales that I could immediately see, it did expose many to my writing style.
Thanks for commenting!
Nicole
Posted by Nicole Givens Kurtz | 6:49 PM, October 24, 2005