We drove up from Maryland to Burlington, MA yesterday. We got a late start and didn’t arrive until 10:30 p.m., so we missed the Thursday night programming. On Thursday’s Readercon has an evening program schedule that is open to the public. It’s a way for people to see what a convention is like in order […]
Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009 Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon. (More on the Locus site) Most of the science fiction community is abuzz this evening as the news about the death of Charles Brown spreads. I was shocked […]
Sunday is the last day of Readercon. I’m beginning to think I just might be a bit old for the very late night/early morning thing. Anyway, we were up and packed up our room to check out before opening our table in the Dealer’s Room (we set up at 9:30 and the room opens at […]
Up early again. Hyperion had to be in the Dealer’s Room by 9:30 and I wanted to get to the Green Room for coffee before my 10 o’clock panel. We made it. 10:00 Upbeat Downbeat in YA Fiction. Panelists: Ellen Klages, Gayle Surrette (Moderator), Leah Bobet, Tui Sutherland, Paolo Bacigalupi. Dark and downbeat endings have […]
This is the first full day of the convention. Registration opened at 10 in the morning so, we went off in search of caffeine and our registration packets. Caffeine was fairly easy to find as during the morning hours the hotel has a Starbucks coffee bar n the lobby with some breakfast type baked goods. […]
Up at 6 this morning to finish packing the car. Unfortunately, we didn’t get underway until a bit after 8 so the schedule was trashed from the beginning. It’s an 11 hour drive from our house to the Marriott Hotel in Burlington, MA. Of course that includes a few stops along the way. So, it […]
If you’re a Starbucks habitue then you’ve probably seen this cup. It’s surprising how many of their cups I seem drawn to for their color, functionality, and design. This one just screamed the blistering heat of July in Maryland. It’s the gradations of the warm/hot colors in the stylized grid for me it speaks of […]
Got to the doctor’s office yesterday and saw the PA. Now I have an Rx for Prednisone. Today is day two. I forgot about the headaches I always get while on the stuff. So far no difference and a few new spots. The itching is driving me crazy even with the cream they gave me. […]