{"id":6967,"date":"2012-07-16T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T01:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2012-07-16T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T01:43:08","slug":"so-how-was-my-readercon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/16\/so-how-was-my-readercon\/","title":{"rendered":"So how was my Readercon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ComicCon<\/a> and Readercon<\/a> are now over, and surprisingly, I still managed to have fun at the latter even with the sad conflict <\/a> that kept me away from it while working the former.<\/p>\n

How is that possible? I had a solution<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Check out the fun I had, as dear friends and colleagues did their best to help me forget I was missing my first Readercon ever.<\/p>\n

Rose Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thank you, committee, for providing me with a name badge!<\/p>\n

Connie Hirsch<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Diane Weinstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Josh Burson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robert van der Heide’s back and Josh Burson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kathleen Ann Goonan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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R. B. Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mark Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steve Dooner<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Victoria Jannsen<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leah Peterson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kathy Morrow and Kathleen Ann Goonan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Resa Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Faye Ringel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John Clute and Elizabeth Hand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nicholas Kaufmann<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Glenn Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael Dirda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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B. Diane Martin <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Paul Di Filippo and Paul Witcover <\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the Cordwainer Smith Rediscover Award ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Watching over the Kirk Poland Memorial Bad Prose competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By now, those of you who’ve never been to a Readercon are probably asking, what’s with all the stickers?<\/p>\n

Each year, Readercon holds a Meet the Pros(e) party Friday night, at which guests hand out stickers emblazoned with their favorite sentences, whether from a work in progress or a book they happen to love, and we all trade. It encourages mingling, because it gives even the shy a valid excuse to speak to anyone<\/em>. <\/p>\n

I guess after some people took the sentences I provided on sheets of address labels, they were moved to give me one of theirs. I don’t know who wrote the sentence that was placed over my brain, but it does seem apt, as it sums up my feelings about missing Readercon.<\/p>\n

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If you took a photo with me there that I’ve yet to see, please send it along. I can’t wait to find out how much further fun I had!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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