Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: Glee, "Leavin' on a Jet Plane."

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!
Tags: cat valente, con prep, conventions, good things, in the wild, schedule, tara, where's seanan
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leighblack

June 29 2011, 18:19:31 UTC 6 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!

seanan_mcguire

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

I was...

...unamused by that particular programming choice.

leighblack

July 6 2011, 17:15:42 UTC 5 years ago

Yeah. That sucked. I wish I could have been at both. At least I got to see you several other times. Even if I did sob my way through 'The Parting of the Ways'.

Thank you for being such a lovely CON guest! I know lots of people were entertained by your awesome stories. One of my highlights was definitely seeing you slay Kelly McCullough with the Ron Jeremy snake story.

And I happen to know anyabast went home and bought both Feed and Deadline, mostly from how awesome you were but partly because we keep talking about how fantastic the series is. And maybe badger everyone we know to read them. ;)

seanan_mcguire

July 6 2011, 17:45:52 UTC 5 years ago

Thank anyabast for me! I tried to say hello during her signing, but she was swarmed.

You shoulda come to us. ;) We had way more fun.

leighblack

July 6 2011, 17:53:00 UTC 5 years ago

I will! She's also somewhat active on the Twitter (@anyabast), if you're interested.

Sure, rub that in. Honestly, there were several times in the schedule that we had to make painful choices. I guess that's what happens when you have a very active CON.