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Happiness and Frustration
Sep. 4th, 2015 09:50 amHappiness
My novel One of Our Spaceships is Missing just got an offer to be published. It's semi-verbal, so I'm waiting on the contract to evaluate same.
Frustration
So Rolf Nelson attended Worldcon, and was upset that he wasn't made to feel welcome. Dr. Chuck Gannon has asked for civility, so I'll be civil. Being welcomed is a two-way street. If you show up at a golf course having never played golf and knowing nothing about the game, you may not be warmly welcomed by the staff.
Now in an ideal world, you would be warmly welcomed and helped. But we don't live in an ideal world. In the real world, this lack of welcoming could be for a number of reasons, including a perceived need to cater to long-standing members / customers, a lack of time to deal with newbies, or a wish that somebody seeking to play golf would ask about lessons or find a golfer friend as opposed to just showing up.
It's also important to note that Worldcon, unlike your local golf course, is not a for-profit enterprise. Every person working at Worldcon is a volunteer, taking time away from doing what's fun to help out.
My novel One of Our Spaceships is Missing just got an offer to be published. It's semi-verbal, so I'm waiting on the contract to evaluate same.
Frustration
So Rolf Nelson attended Worldcon, and was upset that he wasn't made to feel welcome. Dr. Chuck Gannon has asked for civility, so I'll be civil. Being welcomed is a two-way street. If you show up at a golf course having never played golf and knowing nothing about the game, you may not be warmly welcomed by the staff.
Now in an ideal world, you would be warmly welcomed and helped. But we don't live in an ideal world. In the real world, this lack of welcoming could be for a number of reasons, including a perceived need to cater to long-standing members / customers, a lack of time to deal with newbies, or a wish that somebody seeking to play golf would ask about lessons or find a golfer friend as opposed to just showing up.
It's also important to note that Worldcon, unlike your local golf course, is not a for-profit enterprise. Every person working at Worldcon is a volunteer, taking time away from doing what's fun to help out.
