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Duckon Thoughts
Jun. 20th, 2011 09:15 amSo, I'm back from Duckon, and here are some thoughts, in stream-of-consciousness order:
1) Registration and check-in, at least on Friday afternoon, was discombobulated. The program book looked rather hastily-assembled (no consistency in font, style or information presented) and some of the program events lacked room numbers. I found the green room Sunday while looking for my co-author for my reading. Some of this was undoubtedly due to being at a new hotel, although I'm told that years ago Windycon was there.
2) I had some time to hang out with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jeff_duntemann over the weekend. I don't think I'm telling tales out of school when I say he's trying to get more fiction writing done and get back out into fandom. At any rate, we had a pleasant chat about life, liberty and the pursuit of writing. We talked about history, and I mentioned my "high school football coach" theory of history and the "facts as scales" theory. Jeff suggested I expand on them in a post, which I will - I mention them here as a reminder to myself.
3) While at the con, I discovered the Literary Underworld, an author's collective. Author's collectives, such as the more famous Broad Universe, are groups of authors working together to promote each other's work. What I liked about the Literary Underworld is that they have a retail focus - they sell the author's books, not just promote the author.
4) I was supposed to have a reading Sunday. Nobody showed (well, one guy, who left when my co-author said he was going to bail). So I slipped into the "marketing for small press authors" panel and the leader of the Literary Underworld said, "you have to promote your readings just like room parties." Lesson learned, loud and clear. I've expanded on that thought over at POD People.
1) Registration and check-in, at least on Friday afternoon, was discombobulated. The program book looked rather hastily-assembled (no consistency in font, style or information presented) and some of the program events lacked room numbers. I found the green room Sunday while looking for my co-author for my reading. Some of this was undoubtedly due to being at a new hotel, although I'm told that years ago Windycon was there.
2) I had some time to hang out with
jeff_duntemann over the weekend. I don't think I'm telling tales out of school when I say he's trying to get more fiction writing done and get back out into fandom. At any rate, we had a pleasant chat about life, liberty and the pursuit of writing. We talked about history, and I mentioned my "high school football coach" theory of history and the "facts as scales" theory. Jeff suggested I expand on them in a post, which I will - I mention them here as a reminder to myself.3) While at the con, I discovered the Literary Underworld, an author's collective. Author's collectives, such as the more famous Broad Universe, are groups of authors working together to promote each other's work. What I liked about the Literary Underworld is that they have a retail focus - they sell the author's books, not just promote the author.
4) I was supposed to have a reading Sunday. Nobody showed (well, one guy, who left when my co-author said he was going to bail). So I slipped into the "marketing for small press authors" panel and the leader of the Literary Underworld said, "you have to promote your readings just like room parties." Lesson learned, loud and clear. I've expanded on that thought over at POD People.
