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In which Seanan goes to the San Diego International Comic Convention, and tells you where she'll be.

I'm going to San Diego! I'm going to my favorite con! I'm going...to be in a wheelchair for most of the week, on account of my left foot stops being in any way useful after I walk about about an hour, and San Diego is all about the walking. So if you're trying to find me, look for the faintly disgruntled looking blonde girl being pushed by the equally disgruntled looking blue-haired girl. Or follow this handy guide.

Wednesday.
It's Preview Night. I'm going to be in lines. Lots of lines. Unpredictable, never-ending lines. Do not try to find me. Save yourself.

Thursday.
No scheduled events. Naturally, this is also the only day with no panels I give a damn about. What is my life.

Friday.
I will be signing as Mira Grant at the Orbit Booth from 4:30 to 5:30pm. There will be some limited free books and other fun surprises.

Saturday.
I will be signing books for the California Browncoats from 2:00 to 2:45pm. Show up, meet fun people, and support an awesome charity. Then, at 3:00pm, I will be signing for Carniepunk at the Simon and Schuster Booth. This will last until 4:00pm, or until the line dies down completely.

I have not given booth numbers because I don't know them off the top of my head, but your program guide will know them. Trust the program guide. It is your only hope. The program guide will never lie to you. The program guide will not tell you to set people on fire.

Sunday.
This is my busy day. At 12:00pm, I will be in room 24ABC for the panel Science Fiction and the Future with lots of other lovely people. As I am the only biofuturist on this panel (with the possible exception of David Wellington, whom I will be meeting for the first time), I fully expect to either be very quiet or make people turn very green. Either way, what fun! Come for the science, stay for the creepy pie. Signing to follow immediately afterward, which I will be leaving early, because...

At 2:00pm, I will be in room 24ABC for the panel Witches and Fey, Monsters and Mortals. DO NOT READ THE PANEL DESCRIPTION. There is no possible way in which this panel description is not a sexist sack of eels. There are two urban fantasy panels at this con: one is serious and almost entirely male, and then there is this one. That being said, the panel lineup includes Rachel Caine and Amber Benson, who are two of my best ladies, and we are going to make this the panel to remember for this year's SDCC. Assuming anyone shows up, since we're up against the Doctor Who panel. Bleah. Again, signing to follow.

This year's schedule means I will be missing the X-Men panel, so anyone who does get to go, I'd like a full report.

And that's my San Diego. See you on the floor!
Tags: amber benson, con prep, conventions, in the wild, mira grant, schedule, where's seanan
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DO NOT READ THE PANEL DESCRIPTION. There is no possible way in which this panel description is not a sexist sack of eels.
SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK.
Sexist. Sack. Of. Eels.

Like, I normally try not to rag on the panel descriptions, but go take a look at the panel description for the other UF panel (Jim Butcher's on it) and then tell me this isn't some sexist shit.

spectralbovine

3 years ago

linenoise

3 years ago

Good luck!

By the way, I've found that the Comic Book Resources website generally has good reports on the ComiCon panels, although they're obviously not interactive in the sense of being able to ask follow up questions...
Excellent.
Trust the program guide. It is your only hope. The program guide will never lie to you. The program guide will not tell you to set people on fire.

The program guide was absolutely not printed at the Night Vale Printing Press, and proceeds from the printing will certainly not be used to expand the dog park, which of course, does not exist and will not harm you.
"Listen to the Program Guide of Truth! IT DOES NOT LIE!"

(One of these days, maybe I'll actually read Transmetropolitan.)

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

"...look for the faintly disgruntled looking blonde girl being pushed by the equally disgruntled looking blue-haired girl..."

Metron didn't want to lend you his Moebius Chair?
Nope.
SiriusXM is doing coverage again this year. I'll keep my fingers crossed they will cover some of your panels. I know they did one last year that Amber Benson was on.
Oh very cool! Which of their stations usually has the coverage?

missingvolume

3 years ago

sylphon

3 years ago

missingvolume

3 years ago

sylphon

3 years ago

missingvolume

3 years ago

sylphon

3 years ago

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

While I shall be nowhere near this con, I hope someone records the Witches and Fey panel for posterity and later amusement.
It was fun!
Its worth a shot to mention this. But I'm vending at comiccon this year. If you feel so inclined to greet a perfect stranger, (though I'm sure you're CRAZY busy so I expect nothing from you other than to have a good con.:) ), I'm at booth #4419 with art and sundries.

Glad to know you're doing a signing! I'll try to break away and run over with my copy of FEED! :)
For a moment I read that as "with art and sundaes." And I was like "well those won't last long..."

:D

cinsangel

3 years ago

chaos_wrangler

3 years ago

cinsangel

3 years ago

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

cinsangel

3 years ago

I'm going...to be in a wheelchair for most of the week, on account of my left foot stops being in any way useful after I walk about about an hour, and San Diego is all about the walking.

Not a con-goer, but a friend of mine is and FWW...he had been shot in the leg (it's a long, ridiculous story) shortly before the 2011 New York CC, and was limping around the whole day with a cane. Because of that, he actually was allowed to jump the line for some of the bigger panels, including the Avengers one; turns out they give a bump to people who are handicapped. So, who knows, maybe it'll...help?

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seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

disgruntled looking blonde girl being pushed by the equally disgruntled looking blue-haired girl.

its probably too late to get an electric scooter for the event. Much much better on both you and the blue haired girl. And, people will not see the wheelchair no matter what, they will step in front of you and stop dead, or do other stupid stuff. But the footrests make for the ramming part of the tireme.
Much, much too late, alas.
Now you've made me want to read the panel description.
Oops.

purpleranger

3 years ago

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You are the sweetest.
Can we install a removable cow-catcher* on your wheelchair? I suppose adding spikes would probably violate the no-weapons rule, but a non-spiked one would save your legs AND help shove people out of the way.

Sadly I am in New York and should not be trusted with power tools. (I managed to surprise my electronics teacher by melting a breadboard and making smoke/sparks come out of an op-amp. While the things would break if you looked at them funny, that was the first time he'd seen a student do that. I do planetary astronomy because things work best when the equipment is on another planet from me.)

* One of those wedges you see on drawings of locomotives. I think that's what it's called.
I spent much of the weekend wishing for a cow-catcher.

lots42

3 years ago

beccastareyes

3 years ago

sleightedge

July 16 2013, 22:50:52 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  July 17 2013, 00:35:02 UTC

Yay the comic con schedule! A sign that the con is within striking distance, and this year I finally have a sword badge!

Question: is it impolite to show up to a Mira signing with a Seanan book or at Carniepunk with just one of your books?
Nope! Show up anywhere, any time.
I'm anticipating needing a chair or at least a walker with a bench for Dragon Con this year. I can walk, really I can! I just don't know that I can do it for extended periods while still recovering from removing yet another organ. So, best to allow for a chair or something and save the pride and independence for when I don't hurt. It'd be pretty terrible to get there and be unable to do anything after the first day because I can't walk anymore.

In other words, I fully sympathize with your disgruntlement. There's lots worse than losing one's independent mobility for a week, but it still isn't the least bit fun.
Agreed, and best of luck.
Rachel Caine's 'Ill Wind' novel was the awesomesauce. Please tell her. With the phrase 'awesomesauce'.
Rachel is awesomesauce.

lots42

3 years ago

hazelchaz

July 17 2013, 03:49:08 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  July 17 2013, 03:58:43 UTC

I believe you know me from conventions you and I (and your con-running cousin) have attended; can I volunteer to push you around for an hour or two and let the blue-haired girl take point & clear the path for us?
I am so sorry I didn't see this to take you up on the offer.

hazelchaz

3 years ago

I hope you don't actually have to take the wheelchair into the restrooms. As a handicapped daughter and wife of handicapped people I can tell you straight up... a lot of the "handicapped accessible" bathroom stalls were designed by somebody who has never even seen a wheelchair.
It was actually a trip to the restroom that killed the last of my spoons on Friday.
Let's hope the if the zombies do come, the Browncoats have better luck this time. :)

Urrgh, that panel description. Who on earth thought that was funny? <.< You should mention it at the panel, as an example of "how not to write."



I do not know, but I am not amused.
I hope someone posts the panel online. I would love to see it.
I don't know!
Woot!