MileHiCon Post #2-Saturday's Successes
Greetings again from MileHiCon 37, here in Denver, CO. I had a fantastic time today. As it is 2:09 MST, I have just returned from the Tails of the Talisman room party, where editor David Lee Summers and art director, Laura Givens and other Talisman contributors met together to have a good time. Yours truly will have an upcoming story in the Volume 2, Issue 2 Tales of the Talisman. Stay tuned here to read more about that.
I was on two panels today and had on autograph session. The first panel dealt with the best "out of your world" fiction and films. The panel spent a lot of time coming up with what "out of your world" meant and then later we came up with a somewhat incomplete list of fiction and films that are "out of your world." See my newsletter for more discussions on this topic.
The second panel I was on was the Tales of the Talisman panel. There David Lee Summers and J Alan Erwine discussed small press magazine publishing and the general tone of their respected magazines. I was on this panel as a writer/contributor to Tales and as a former editor/publisher of an online magazine, Mocha Memoirs, to which I operated from 1998 to 2003. The audience for this one was smaller, but it was still a great deal of absolute fun.
I did have an author's signing scheduled, and I met some fantastic people. I even sold some copies of Zephyr Unfolding. I love cons, and the primary reason I do is because I actually get to talk to people about science fiction and fandom, along with the occasional writing conversation tossed in for good measure.
I ate at Chedd's again, and I went to a fantastic middle eastern restaurant with my friends that live in Denver. Had some great food and intriguing conversations about cults, Ethiopia, and fandom.
All in all today was a good day (though not to die). I read from Zephyr Unfolding tomorrow at 10 am and then I'll leave around 12:30.
I think I made some good contacts and some good memories.
Kurtz signing off from MileHiCon 37.
I was on two panels today and had on autograph session. The first panel dealt with the best "out of your world" fiction and films. The panel spent a lot of time coming up with what "out of your world" meant and then later we came up with a somewhat incomplete list of fiction and films that are "out of your world." See my newsletter for more discussions on this topic.
The second panel I was on was the Tales of the Talisman panel. There David Lee Summers and J Alan Erwine discussed small press magazine publishing and the general tone of their respected magazines. I was on this panel as a writer/contributor to Tales and as a former editor/publisher of an online magazine, Mocha Memoirs, to which I operated from 1998 to 2003. The audience for this one was smaller, but it was still a great deal of absolute fun.
I did have an author's signing scheduled, and I met some fantastic people. I even sold some copies of Zephyr Unfolding. I love cons, and the primary reason I do is because I actually get to talk to people about science fiction and fandom, along with the occasional writing conversation tossed in for good measure.
I ate at Chedd's again, and I went to a fantastic middle eastern restaurant with my friends that live in Denver. Had some great food and intriguing conversations about cults, Ethiopia, and fandom.
All in all today was a good day (though not to die). I read from Zephyr Unfolding tomorrow at 10 am and then I'll leave around 12:30.
I think I made some good contacts and some good memories.
Kurtz signing off from MileHiCon 37.
Can't wait to hear the details! :-)
Posted by Bethany | 11:12 AM, October 23, 2005