My weekend at SFContario 2

I'm out of the convention, back in northern Ontario and full of food and naps. So I think I can discuss my time at SFContario 2!

I can't find exact attendance figures at the moment, but SFC2 was projected to be 400+ and that seemed about right. My first conventions were huge animé conventions with attendance well into the thousands, so I'm always a little surprised when a convention is a few hundred people in one small hotel. But it was a great, relaxed atmosphere. Every attendee I talked to was open to the shiny ideas laid out to share, as well as full of ideas of their own. Not to mention that I saw someone cosplaying a Klingon Green Lantern. That's another square checked off on my Klingon Versions Of Superheroes bingo card!

My dealer's table was positioned beside Vanessa Rottner and her beautiful jewelry, much of which was inspired by her friend Nina Munteanu's sci-fi works. On my other side was Ira Nayman with his humorous sci-fi, and Stephen B. Pearl selling Tinker's Plague and practicing the pronunciation of the word 'nukekubi'. Then there was a dinner out with Nicole Chardenet and Ira, where we had sushi and discussion of sociology. And Erik Buchanan's stories of stunt acting. So many great conversations that weekend! And despite being around so many people with Actual Credentials, I didn't feel the slightest bit out of place for my decision to self-publish and follow my own muse. (I wasn't even the only writer of anthropomorphic fantasy, as I discovered when I met the Pop Seagull Publishing team!)

I really need to start bringing a table assistant to conventions with me, because there was a lot of programming I missed for want of someone to cover my dealer's table. But I still had a great time, and I still got Remedy into the hands of a few curious new readers. It was an awesome weekend.