Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Off to Spokane, Washington, for SPOCON!

Having barely returned home (the cats are still in a state of high dudgeon; Lilly evicted the contents of my daily carry-bag last night and inserted herself in their place, assuming I wouldn't notice that a Siamese is not a dayplanner), it is now time for me to depart again, this time for the wilds of Washington. Will I be visiting my Vixy? I will not. Will I be visiting the Tinneys? I will not. Will I be picking blackberries? Great Pumpkin willing, yes, I will.

But what I'll mainly be doing is attending Spocon as their Music Guest of Honor! Along with Author Guest of Honor Tanya Huff and Artist Guest of Honor Michael Whelan, I am coming to rock your socks off through the powers of song, story, and, um...interpretive dance. I am assured that my Muppet-like flailing is very much like interpretive dance of the Cthulhu mythos, so that works.

But seriously, I fly out later this afternoon. I still need to pack, since laundry didn't happen until last night, and I need to figure out whether I'm checking a bag or not, since I need to bring The Big Computer to handle editorial revisions. But these are small things compared to "I am getting on another plane." Whee!

Brooke is going to be rooming with me at the convention, and she and Char MacKay have been drafted to provide stunt musical accompaniment (yay). Brooke is incubating a parasite right now, which is relevant to my interests, as it means that she now goes to bed as early as I do. Also, to quote Brooke's blog:

"Seanan AND Tanya will be guests there, which I've heard means they will combine in to some kind of 12-foot tall DAW super-robot with lasers! Publishing is a dangerous business. For innocent bystanders."

Come see the super-robot! We are less likely to crush you or incinerate your home if you say hello and buy our books.

I'm just saying.
Tags: brooke, con prep, conventions, in the wild, travel, where's seanan
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I'm sure that a Siamese could be a dayplanner. Of course, the day would pretty much consist of 'feed the cat', 'pet the cat', 'play with the cat', and 'you can take 10 minutes off for personal reasons while I nap'....
Yeah, pretty much.
I was going to say something exactly like this. Cats can be an excellent day planners, if you are willing to do whatever they want.
Have a good time. DAW girlz rool!
Woo!
Ooh, I wish there had been an opportunity to hear you perform at SDCC. Have a fantastic time, and don't get beheaded!
See, that's when we'll know I have achieved "celebrity": when they let me have a concert at SDCC.

(That happened once, in a linear dream. It was terrifying.)
Have a wonderful time, my star. I will wave to you from Canada.
*blames Canada*
I have an inkling to just come on over to the con and see such a super-robot. hmmm...
I am the shover robot.
I am here to protect you.
I am here to protect you from THE TERRIBLE SECRET OF SPACE.
....you, MICHAEL FREAKING WHELAN, and Tanya Huff. Oh dear. Oh dear. Suddenly sad I'm spending this weekend in New Mexico and not Washington.
It was awesome!
I think I just drooled a little at the words "picking blackberries"...
Yeah, that, and "Siamese".
I found blackberries + a large abandoned concrete factory. It was AWESOME.
You have my full permission to incinerate my home. It'd be a delightful revenge on the Landlady Of Evil.
You are among great company! How much fun!
It was great.
Bah - all visits to Washington are supposed to be centered around Seattle...

Especially if super-robots are involved. Modern miniatures gaming has insufficient Mechs.
There were some great mechs at the con!
because I don't want to forget to ask you I'm putting this here because I think you go back and read these things: would you please make a post on romance writing? how to make it not demeaning to your characters and the sexes in general?
What an interesting suggestion. Thank you! I will do this.