Of course, I’m late in my write-up of this. The past few days have been used to decompress and let my poor feet recover from their ordeal.
My very first DragonCon has come and gone and I must say, I had a lot of fun with it. I’m never quite sure how Cons are supposed to go and, believe it or not, I’m always vaguely intimidated going into one. Fortunately, my groove was located pretty quickly and I will not require a film demonstrating how I got it back.
I spent the vast majority of my time at the Pyr Booth, a handy little coffin big enough to fit several large men, decorated with our books and covers. I’m sure Lou Anders will have some pictures of it that I conveniently forgot to take (more on that a bit later). We came stocking dozens of books of our finest titles and representation of those titles from authors like Jon Sprunk, Clay and Susie Griffith and James Enge were all in attendance. Also stocked were fifty (50), FIFTY (50!) copies of Tome of the Undergates.
…and we sold them all.
Yes, I could not be more pleased. Absolutely every copy that came to DragonCon was sold by early Sunday morning, save for two (one of which went to my mom and one of went which to Wes Swingley of Sci-Fi Adventures), and 95% of them went out signed. It seems a little self-deprecating to say I was amazed how popular the book was (of course it’s popular! I wrote it, didn’t I?), but I truly was agog at how swiftly they flew off the shelf. It’s a great and ominous thing to see the bare space where your book once was and know a bunch of people are walking around with a copy and I hope to feel it many more times to come.
I wasn’t on many panels…or really more than just one…but it was a blast to be on the Fightin’ and Writin’ panel. It’s always a joy to be met with people who are curious about writing in general, and those who are interested in fighting, bloodshed and violence (not that I’d know anything about any of that) are even better! I’m pleased to say that the audience was fantastic and eager with their questions.
So, anyway…what’s that? You don’t care about my write-up? You just want to see costumes?! The nerve! I was just about to write a thesis on communal spirit amongst nerds! BUT I GUESS YOU JUST WANT TO SEE SOME SCANTILY-CLAD WOMEN!
…yeah, of course I’ve got those.
Not a girl, but come on…AXECOP!
Not even in costume, but I wanted to post this, anyway. These were, by far, my favorite people at the Con. A very lovely couple who came over and bought a copy of TOME (as well as several other books, bless them) and frequently came back to see how I was doing. Much love to you both <3
Oh my goodness how did that get in there is that really fifty my gosh well isn’t that the darnedest thing goodness gracious oh my that’s certainly a lot of books
You should have taken a picture of me and my endless Victorian layers for the ‘overly-clad’ women section.
Thank you for answering my fighting in writing question at the booth since they skipped me at the panel.
it was great meeting you!
~Girl with the baby in the bag
I remember the Fightin’ and Writin’ panel, actually. I took a lot of notes during it; although they were all in shorthand, so I can’t tell you which insights came from you and which didn’t. I’m sure you had many good things to say, though. Thank you for being one of the authors on the panel.