A Belated Con Report and More
Nov. 10th, 2021 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseLast weekend was CONFABulous. I had a good time? I feel badly because, on the only panel that I was on, I was the least expert person on a two-person panel. There was a lot of, "Oh? I haven't read that!" which... I mean, was probably fine, but I did feel a bit like a goofball. I will say that my colleague, Jason Tucker, admirably picked up the slack, so I think, overall, it went very well. The panel may still be available to watch on YouTube, I have no idea.
The Thirsty Sword Lesbians game was a lot of fun, too. CONFABulous being the usual Gaylaxicon crowd meant that there was a dearth of obvious real life (tm) lesbians, but that didn't actually bother me in the least since one can not say what is in the hearts of the players. Goddess knows that I used (and use) RPGs as way to feel out all sort of things, not the least of which is getting to hear the pronouns I might prefer. The scenario I apparently cajoledtallgeese into running was the Les Beans coffeeshop collective, because, frankly, I wanted to know if you could actually have fun playing "let's fight the forces of gentrification." The answer appears to be a resounding YES! So, that was well worth it.
I'm a little concerned about this weekend's WindyCon, because I just got an email from them noting that they were planning on refunding virtual attendees since they were cutting down the virtual events.... um, given that I ASSUME I am part of said virtual events, this makes me a little nervous. I mean, it's kind of not a problem if I suddenly have the weekend to do weekend things instead of participating in a virtual con? I guess we'll see what happens.
In the meantime, out of the blue, I have decided to run a workshop on fan writing at Q-Quest 2021. On a Discord that I'm part of someone was looking for swag items for this event and I lamented that all my published work is kind of straight.... and then the next thing I knew I was sending in a proposal and a form to do a background check. I kind of don't quite know what happened, particularly since I basically just booked myself on my birthday. But, I think it will actually be fun. I am always happy to represent the Ancient Ones to the queer youth of today. I mean, in the case of the middle schoolers, it is possible that I came out (in 1987) before their parents were even born.
It's been kind of a wild day so far. Because I also had to revise my description for a class I'll be teaching (if people sign up) at the Loft this winter (starting in January.) So, there has been a lot of work throwing itself at me today.
Otherwise, I didn't post yesterday or the day before because I've been writing non-stop on my lesbian novel. I had a needed epiphany and that kind of put me into high gear (which is good, since the deadline LOOMS LARGE.)
I should probably say something about things I've been reading, since it's that day, but right now I've got nothing.
How are you??
The Thirsty Sword Lesbians game was a lot of fun, too. CONFABulous being the usual Gaylaxicon crowd meant that there was a dearth of obvious real life (tm) lesbians, but that didn't actually bother me in the least since one can not say what is in the hearts of the players. Goddess knows that I used (and use) RPGs as way to feel out all sort of things, not the least of which is getting to hear the pronouns I might prefer. The scenario I apparently cajoled
tallgeese into running was the Les Beans coffeeshop collective, because, frankly, I wanted to know if you could actually have fun playing "let's fight the forces of gentrification." The answer appears to be a resounding YES! So, that was well worth it.I'm a little concerned about this weekend's WindyCon, because I just got an email from them noting that they were planning on refunding virtual attendees since they were cutting down the virtual events.... um, given that I ASSUME I am part of said virtual events, this makes me a little nervous. I mean, it's kind of not a problem if I suddenly have the weekend to do weekend things instead of participating in a virtual con? I guess we'll see what happens.
In the meantime, out of the blue, I have decided to run a workshop on fan writing at Q-Quest 2021. On a Discord that I'm part of someone was looking for swag items for this event and I lamented that all my published work is kind of straight.... and then the next thing I knew I was sending in a proposal and a form to do a background check. I kind of don't quite know what happened, particularly since I basically just booked myself on my birthday. But, I think it will actually be fun. I am always happy to represent the Ancient Ones to the queer youth of today. I mean, in the case of the middle schoolers, it is possible that I came out (in 1987) before their parents were even born.
It's been kind of a wild day so far. Because I also had to revise my description for a class I'll be teaching (if people sign up) at the Loft this winter (starting in January.) So, there has been a lot of work throwing itself at me today.
Otherwise, I didn't post yesterday or the day before because I've been writing non-stop on my lesbian novel. I had a needed epiphany and that kind of put me into high gear (which is good, since the deadline LOOMS LARGE.)
I should probably say something about things I've been reading, since it's that day, but right now I've got nothing.
How are you??
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Date: 2021-11-10 10:22 pm (UTC)K.
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Date: 2021-11-10 11:14 pm (UTC)The last two days have been credit rescue, which is an attempt to get the failing kids to a pass before midterms. My term deadline is Friday afternoon and I need to have my marks in by Monday morning. I have no great desire to be working on the weekend.
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Date: 2021-11-11 03:11 am (UTC)That's too bad about the virtual parts of Windycon; I'd considered doing some of that myself (in the audience, though).
Extra yay for so much progress on the lesbian novel.
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