{"id":17177,"date":"2009-06-12T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=17177"},"modified":"2014-12-28T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T01:25:40","slug":"stoker-awards-weekend-friday-morning-and-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/12\/stoker-awards-weekend-friday-morning-and-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoker Awards weekend: Friday morning and afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once I picked up my badge and bag of goodies at registration, I wandered the restaurant looking for friendly faces and found David Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer and their kids about to dive in for breakfast. They invited me to join them, and though I wasn’t hungry, I sat for chatted with them as they ate. We talked about the plight of Paul Williams (go donate now<\/a>), plagiarism in the romance, horror, and SF fields, and the subtle differences between the crowd at a World Horror Convention and those who show up at the Stokers.<\/p>\n

Out in the lobby, I ran into Roy Robbins, publisher of my chapbook The Hunger of Empty Vessels<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\"ScottEdelmanRoyRobbins2009\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’re reading this post at the Stokers, head to the dealers room and go buy a copy from him. If not, why not hurry over to the Bad Moon Books site and order one<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The opening ceremonies began at noon, and Lisa Morton told us that this was the largest crowd a Stoker event has ever pulled. Jeff Strand then introduced the many Guests of Honor—pictures of whom you can see if you check out my ever growing flickr stream<\/a>—each of whom said a few words and promised to be available throughout the weekend. We were released back into the wild a few minutes before 1:00 p.m., at which time the dealers room opened.<\/p>\n

I didn’t get to check it out because F. Paul Wilson was supposed to read at the same time, so I hustled over the catch him perform a story titled “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” which he’d co-written with his daughter for an anthology of stories by famous horror writers and their kids. <\/p>\n

After that, I signed Liz Scott’s armpits, which I hope will make sense once I tell you that each year she wears a hooded sweatshirt and gets all the writers to sign her. I chose to do something a little different this year, putting Scott under one armpit and Edelman under the other.<\/p>\n

After that, more schmoozing, and now I’m back in the room to get changed for dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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