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Windycon Ramblings
Nov. 15th, 2009 03:52 pmSo, I'm back from Windycon. It's the second year in this hotel, and a number of valuable lessons were learned and applied. Based on a conversation with one of the con-runners, I learned that their are two types of space needs - transient (panels, concerts, etc.) and permanent (dealers' room, art show). The hotel has two blocks of convention space, one on either side of the lobby. This year, unlike last year, the con put all the temporary stuff on one block and the permanent stuff in the other block.
It worked out really well. One of last year's problems was that trying to get from one panel to another meant fighting your way through a crowded lobby. That issue completely went away. The only issue with space was the "desk" area. This is the part of the con where all the groups rent a desk to plug their cons and where the writers have signings. That ended up over on the permanent side, which was less traveled. My con-runner source tells me that will be fixed next year.
I had two panels. The Saturday one on "Victorian Lady Adventurers" went well. My Sunday panel on "Being a Survivor" was a bit more sparsely-attended (a "feature" of that time slot) and got bogged down a bit in the "have six months' food in your basement" weeds. Mike Williamson in particular is a bit of a survivalist, but we managed to pull up and produce an entertaining time.
Lastly, while taking a shower this morning, I came up with a title for my previously-untitled space opera. The working title will now be "Einstein's War." It works in two regards - one of the human ships is the SS Albert Einstein, and the aliens have FTL drives, which Einstein tells us is impossible.
It worked out really well. One of last year's problems was that trying to get from one panel to another meant fighting your way through a crowded lobby. That issue completely went away. The only issue with space was the "desk" area. This is the part of the con where all the groups rent a desk to plug their cons and where the writers have signings. That ended up over on the permanent side, which was less traveled. My con-runner source tells me that will be fixed next year.
I had two panels. The Saturday one on "Victorian Lady Adventurers" went well. My Sunday panel on "Being a Survivor" was a bit more sparsely-attended (a "feature" of that time slot) and got bogged down a bit in the "have six months' food in your basement" weeds. Mike Williamson in particular is a bit of a survivalist, but we managed to pull up and produce an entertaining time.
Lastly, while taking a shower this morning, I came up with a title for my previously-untitled space opera. The working title will now be "Einstein's War." It works in two regards - one of the human ships is the SS Albert Einstein, and the aliens have FTL drives, which Einstein tells us is impossible.
