2008 Conventions...

My cup appears to be runneth-ing over. We have:

• Life, the Universe, and Everything -- Feb 14-16, in Provo. This one is free, Orson Scott Card and Gail Carson Levine are the GoH's, and all my local friends are going to be there. Seriously, a no-brainer, of course I'm going. If anyone wants autographs, let me know or send me stuff.
  
• CONduit -- May 23-25, in SLC. I don't know who Michael Stackpole is, but last year's CONduit was chock full of writing panels and information and fun, so... yeah. And TRAX stops right in front of the hotel.
  
• WorldCon -- Aug 6-10, in Denver. With Lois McMaster Bujold being the GoH and the thing being practically in my backyard, I'm really lusting after this one. However, since it's not exactly in my backyard, I will need to get a hotel room and feed myself somehow. I'm not sure I'd need a car.
  
• MountainCon -- sometime in Sept, in SLC. Again, I live here, no-brainer.

And then there's the World Horror Convention, which is making its home in SLC Mar 27-30. I'm still debating this one, since I'm not a "horror writer" per se and I'm sure that stranger people than I'm used to are going to be attending this thing. So, even though it's here, I'm not sure I want to go.

AND THEN...does anyone know if there's going to be a writercon next year?

AUGH.

2008 Conventions...

My cup appears to be runneth-ing over. We have:

• Life, the Universe, and Everything -- Feb 14-16, in Provo. This one is free, Orson Scott Card and Gail Carson Levine are the GoH's, and all my local friends are going to be there. Seriously, a no-brainer, of course I'm going. If anyone wants autographs, let me know or send me stuff.
  
• CONduit -- May 23-25, in SLC. I don't know who Michael Stackpole is, but last year's CONduit was chock full of writing panels and information and fun, so... yeah. And TRAX stops right in front of the hotel.
  
• WorldCon -- Aug 6-10, in Denver. With Lois McMaster Bujold being the GoH and the thing being practically in my backyard, I'm really lusting after this one. However, since it's not exactly in my backyard, I will need to get a hotel room and feed myself somehow. I'm not sure I'd need a car.
  
• MountainCon -- sometime in Sept, in SLC. Again, I live here, no-brainer.

And then there's the World Horror Convention, which is making its home in SLC Mar 27-30. I'm still debating this one, since I'm not a "horror writer" per se and I'm sure that stranger people than I'm used to are going to be attending this thing. So, even though it's here, I'm not sure I want to go.

AND THEN...does anyone know if there's going to be a writercon next year?

AUGH.

Too...much...TV...

So we watched the series premiere of "Pushing Daisies" tonight.

And there is nothing not to love about this show.

So now we have Chuck, Heroes, and Journeyman on Mondays...
Bones and House on Tuesdays
Pushing Daisies and CSI:NY on Wednesdays
Moonlight and Numb3rs on Fridays

Moonlight...will probably go by the wayside. Bad writing, bad acting. The opening scene of Pushing Daisies was everything that Moonlight should have been. Yo, Moonlight writers? THAT'S how you do it. Show, don't tell. Or, you know...do both. That's effective too. That being said, I'll give the show a couple more eps to find its feet. Lots of pilots suck, so benefit of the doubt unless it's a pattern.

Too...much...TV...

So we watched the series premiere of "Pushing Daisies" tonight.

And there is nothing not to love about this show.

So now we have Chuck, Heroes, and Journeyman on Mondays...
Bones and House on Tuesdays
Pushing Daisies and CSI:NY on Wednesdays
Moonlight and Numb3rs on Fridays

Moonlight...will probably go by the wayside. Bad writing, bad acting. The opening scene of Pushing Daisies was everything that Moonlight should have been. Yo, Moonlight writers? THAT'S how you do it. Show, don't tell. Or, you know...do both. That's effective too. That being said, I'll give the show a couple more eps to find its feet. Lots of pilots suck, so benefit of the doubt unless it's a pattern.