If you weren't there, I'm sorry. You missed something really, really special.
There were, I think, four main reasons:
The venue - the Hyatt has a big circular open lounge in the middle and all the rooms used were nearby, with the result that everyone passed through this central area on their way to and from panels/art exhibition/dealers' room etc. That way you couldn't help but meet everyone sooner or later.
The guests - they were fabulous: Sean Williams, Justina Robson, Ellen Datlow and Sarah Xu.
The size of the con - just right for intimacy but not small enough to be incestuous.
The friendliness of the SFF folk, of West Australia in particular, but of all attendees in general.
Glitches in organisation? Sure, aren't there always? But everyone was cool and none of it mattered much. Everyone was having way too much fun!
I didn't take photos, but have a look at Cat Sparks'. See here.
About Me
- Glenda Larke
- Malaysia
- My life has been described by one of my editors as “impossibly exotic” – although really it is not my life, but me, that’s the exotic. I’m the uprooted plant, the exotic who doesn’t belong, always living in someone else’s backyard...
An Australian living in Malaysia. Writer, traveler, environmentalist. Author of The Isles of Glory trilogy (The Aware, Gilfeather, The Tainted); The Mirage Makers trilogy (Heart of the Mirage, The Shadow of Tyr, Song of the Shiver Barrens) and, writing as Glenda Noramly, a stand-alone book Havenstar. The latest trilogy is called The Watergivers in Australia and the Stormlord trilogy elsewhere: THE LAST STORMLORD, STORMLORD RISING, STORMLORD'S EXILE
Havenstar
You can buy my first published book (now out of print) as an eBook for your kindle, most ereaders, iPad etc.
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3 comments:
Oh, how I wish I could have gone! Will you post notes?
Love that photo. Also loved the elephants on your shirt. Glad it was so much fun.
Sounds like a good time was had...someday maybe I'll be famous enough for an Australian con like this to invite me over...
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