Bill

I'll be arriving around noon with my wife Denise -- this is her first time at a con, so it should be an interesting weekend. :-)

Derek

Ah, I'm alive... This update is coming to you complements of the ConJosé Internet Lounge. There are advantages of going to a convention where 90% of the people are computer geeks (the other 10% are Klingons). Anyway, the flight was fine, but my accommodations have been less than desirable (the guy I'm rooming with, one of them anyway, snores like thunder...not cool).

Last night I went to a couple of parties, the writers workshop reception and a little shindig for ex-Clarionites. I'm already exhausted...not a good sign. I've only been to one panel, on writing for young adults and children. It was pretty good, but so far it's the only one I've been able to catch. I moderated my first workshop here, and it went all right. I didn't think we'd need three hours to critique two selections, but I think we could have easily gone six (discipline, people, discipline!).

So I'm off to some publisher's party this evening, and I'd also like to catch the bid party for Tokyo this evening. Maybe more later...

Gloria

11:30am   SciFi Channel

Guests: Craig Engler (General Manager of SciFi.com and of Sci Fi Magazine), Scott Edelman (Editor in Chief for two magazines--Science Fiction Weekly and Sci Fi Magazine)

This panel was to discuss current and possible projects to be picked up or worked on by the Sci Fi Channel. (Both guys were great conversationalists and quite funny.)

More. . .

Melanie

Ow. I'm writing this in the middle of the concourse, after one hell of a long day, and it isn't over yet.

The day started with the realization that I 'd spent about 50% of the night tossing and turning on an impossible hotel bed. Needless to say, this didn't put me in the best of moods -- it also didn't help that I was supposed to be part of a ceremonial honor guard for the SFWA business meeting, except we didn't know when and where we would be meeting our escortee.

More. . .