Converging on Convergence 2011!: seanan

Converging on Convergence 2011!

In case you missed the memo, I'm one of the Guests of Honor at Convergence 2011 in scenic Bloomington, Minnesota. How soon is this? Well, my plane leaves tonight at six, so...

I'm super-excited about this convention, where I get to room with one of my favorite people (Tara, my web graphic designer), hug Cat Valente a whole lot (Thomas still wants to know why I let her leave), and generally enjoy the hell out of one of my favorite states. Also, Soundingsea (the lady I named Buffy's blog after) is taking me to Izzy's for ice cream. Om nom nom. Best convention ever! And here, for the curious, is my schedule:

Friday.

Reading, 2:00 PM. What am I reading? I do not know! Suggest something, I'm flexible.

Ask a Writer, 3:30 PM. G'head. Ask me about writing. I dare you.

Signing, 5:00 PM. Specifically, we will be signing Chicks Dig Time Lords and Whedonistas, although let's face it. I'll sign anything you put in front of me that isn't a small child or a legally binding contract.

An Evening With Seanan McGuire and Catherynne Valente, 7:00 PM. Look. We're not kidding when we call this event "An Evening With Kevin Smith, Plus Tits." We are profane. We are bizarre. We will talk about damn near anything that comes into our heads. We are eventually going to become the darlings of the fannish lecture circuit, so you should see us early, while you can still get good seats. Although we'll have to end mostly on time, because...

Whedonistas, 8:30 PM. Ra ra Joss. Ra ra ah-ah-ah, we all got his bad romance, yo.

Saturday.

Happy Writers, Fast Writers, 12:30 PM. Gimme a Diet Dr Pepper and I'm both!

Chicks Dig Live Doctor Who Commentary, 2:00 PM. I did not realize until I was making this list that we're commenting on "The Parting of the Ways." Oh, I am going to need so much boozimohol not to get inappropriate...

Signing, 3:30 PM. Since many of you will doubtless have attended the group signing, this event may be me, my comic book paper, and a lot of inking. And I am okay with that, although I'd love to see you again.

Sunday.

Chicks Dig Comics, 12:30 PM. Yes. Yes, we do.

The SF Squeecast, 3:30 PM. This is going to be our first live recording of our awesome new group podcast, which is getting ready to go live. It will also be the first recording I have done while fully clothed, since again, live. I have now used the word "live" too many times in this panel description.

Closing Ceremonies, 5:00 PM. This is where I get to kill and eat the con.

I hope to see as many of you there as possible, and I plan on having a fantastic time. Hooray for Minnesota!

sheistheweather

June 29 2011, 15:12:22 UTC 5 years ago Edited: June 29 2011, 15:12:38 UTC

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Have a marvelous time! Those of us at Contata will miss you!

beable

June 29 2011, 15:14:32 UTC 5 years ago

Now you've got me wondering just how often people ask authors to sign their small children.

dormouse_in_tea

June 29 2011, 19:05:11 UTC 5 years ago

She's got me wanting a small child that I can take to a large convention and get multiple people to sign.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

argonel

June 29 2011, 15:19:21 UTC 5 years ago

Woohoo looking forward too seeing you and shoving a copy of Ravens in the Library in front of both you and Cat. S00j has already signed it.

July 6 2011, 15:19:29 UTC 5 years ago

I love signing Ravens. It makes me happy.

montmayne

June 29 2011, 15:20:43 UTC 5 years ago

I totally spaced on Convergence this year (MIL is in town and that causes all my plans to come to a grinding halt) It would be so great to see you. I wonder if I can nab a ticket and take Friday off so I can join in some of the fun...

Enjoy Bloomington, MN! It's a fantastic place and the weather is actually supposed to be good. :)

July 6 2011, 15:19:46 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks for the heat wave. :P

firynze

June 29 2011, 15:27:09 UTC 5 years ago

Sigh. I was SO looking forward to going to this, and hopefully pouncing you and gushing all over you about how awesome you and your cats are.

Alas, it was not meant to be.

Have a GREAT time!

July 6 2011, 15:20:01 UTC 5 years ago

I'm sorry I missed you!

Re: Suggested Reading?

July 6 2011, 15:20:19 UTC 5 years ago

The problem there is a lack of context. I'll start those readings in a few months.

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July 6 2011, 16:58:09 UTC 5 years ago

Did you melt?

leighblack

June 29 2011, 18:19:31 UTC 5 years ago

crap. An Evening with Seanan and Cat is at the same time Paul and Storm perform. Who scheduled that??? Making CON choices sucks.

See you in a couple days!

July 6 2011, 16:58:28 UTC 5 years ago

I was...

...unamused by that particular programming choice.

reedrover

June 29 2011, 18:39:38 UTC 5 years ago Edited: June 29 2011, 18:40:38 UTC

Closing Ceremonies, 5:00 PM. This is where I get to kill and eat the con.

I love it! I picture you and Cat in some kind of The Far Side cartoon, like "Early Vegetarians Return from the Hunt."

Enjoy your time up there!
(edited for spelling)

July 6 2011, 16:58:38 UTC 5 years ago

They didn't let me eat people. :(

dusky_rue

June 29 2011, 22:46:18 UTC 5 years ago

Oh hey! I'll be at CONvergence too!

Awesome.

July 6 2011, 16:58:49 UTC 5 years ago

Whee!

pyre006

June 29 2011, 23:21:53 UTC 5 years ago

I finished reading Deadline yesterday and I really loved it, it filled the zombie shaped hole I didn't know existed (since I finished reading Feed) :) Can't wait for Blackout! Have fun!

July 6 2011, 16:59:15 UTC 5 years ago

Well, yay.

mephron

June 29 2011, 23:25:39 UTC 5 years ago

I am going to need so much boozimohol not to get inappropriate

See, most people I know get the boozinmohol out to GET inappropriate. Truly you are a magical creature.

July 6 2011, 16:59:36 UTC 5 years ago

Boozimohol makes me giggly and affectionate, but not inappropriate.

aedifica

June 29 2011, 23:29:24 UTC 5 years ago

See you there! It's one of my home cons. :)

July 6 2011, 16:59:50 UTC 5 years ago

It was super-fun!

ravenclawed

June 29 2011, 23:47:20 UTC 5 years ago

Happy Writers, Fast Writers, 12:30 PM. Gimme a Diet Dr Pepper and I'm both!

I love that it doesn't take much to make you happy. :-)

Reading, 2:00 PM. What am I reading? I do not know! Suggest something, I'm flexible.

The sneak preview of One Salt Sea that's in the back of Late Eclipses?

hoppytoad79

July 1 2011, 23:09:34 UTC 5 years ago

Or a Toby/Tybalt scene, or maybe a chapter from 'Feed'.

yellowblackhaze

June 29 2011, 23:52:34 UTC 5 years ago

I'm jealous of everyone who gets to go to this, but I'll just have to wait until Worldcon.

July 6 2011, 17:44:16 UTC 5 years ago

See you there!

splodygrrl

June 30 2011, 01:04:31 UTC 5 years ago

Wow - I wish I could go, but CONvergence is on the list of things I have to do without this year. Hopefully you'll be back again soon. Enjoy Minneapolis:)

July 6 2011, 17:44:24 UTC 5 years ago

It was very warm.

mmerriam

June 30 2011, 01:06:01 UTC 5 years ago

I'm looking forward to meeting you! WE are on "Happy Writers. Fast Writers" together.

July 6 2011, 17:44:52 UTC 5 years ago

It was awesome!

cathschaffstump

June 30 2011, 14:44:00 UTC 5 years ago

I'll be seeing you there, at several of the events you mention above.

Catherine

July 6 2011, 17:45:00 UTC 5 years ago

Good con was good.

agharta75

June 30 2011, 18:14:26 UTC 5 years ago

The Cat and Seanan show was the highlight of Arisia.

If you two ever want to take a break from this writing stuff, you've got another career ready to go. Coming soon, to a city near you!

July 6 2011, 17:45:12 UTC 5 years ago

Hey, eventually, we can start touring.

July 1 2011, 23:07:02 UTC 5 years ago

This sounds like so much fun and I sososo wish I was going to be there because this chick digs Time Lords, too (especially when they look like David Tennant hubbahubbahubba).

July 6 2011, 17:45:19 UTC 5 years ago

Hee.

Off topic

fayanora

July 6 2011, 00:39:16 UTC 5 years ago

Just finished Feed the other night, and started Deadline. Real clever there, what you did with Feed. Poor Shaun.

Throughout the whole book, I got a kind of "more than siblings" vibe from those two. I may have to ship them in a slash fic.

Oh, BTW, page 40 of Deadline has a mistake. It says George died in 2032, when she had to have died in either 2039 or 2040.

Re: Off topic

July 6 2011, 01:05:16 UTC 5 years ago

Try to keep any spoilers on the spoiler thread, please oh please? I've managed to keep most people unspoiled going into Deadline.

And yeah, we know about the typo. :(

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