This past Saturday, I drove down to Nashville for Hypericon, a speculative fiction convention. This comes on the heels of Coyote Con, the 31-day digital conference, also focusing on speculative fiction.Attended panels, talked to authors, bought books, had said books signed, chatted with small press publishers, and generally had a great time. Everyone was personable and the con had a relaxed atmosphere, which is perfect for shy people like me. LOL
Highlight was meeting Ramsey Campbell, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Alethea Kontis. Ramsey Campbell read two of his soon-to-be published stories. Sherrilyn and Alethea were charming and personable. I never thought I'd have an opportunity to meet these authors. Then again, I never thought I'd meet Kenneth Anger.
Other authors I met were John Everson, Sara Harvey, Allan Gilbreath, and Elizabeth Donald. The great thing is I have new books to read and new authors to discover. That's always a plus.
Looking forward to Hypericon 7.
2 comments:
Hi Pamela!
I was curious about that conference. Looks interesting. I've been involved with romance conferences/workshops and now need to go the other way with some fantasy themed courses. It's tough writing cross-genre.
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Aw, thanks! :-)
Never thought I'd write cross-genre, but it makes sense. LOL Now I want to write a mystery. Love reading them, but don't know how this one will turn out.
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