Can*Con Soon!

It's Can*Con soon, so I figured I should talk about it!

First of all, I'm going. Of course I'm going. And of course I have a table there. I will always have a table there... unless I manage to run away into a cottage in the middle of the forest somewhere in Ireland. Even then, I might emerge once a year to travel to Can*Con.

I love this convention. I know I say it every year, and I know I'm biased, as this was the first SFF literature convention I ever attended. I was just some rando who self-published an anthology of short stories and bought a table looking to sell a copy or two. I had nothing to my name - no writing credits, no presence, nothing. And I wasn't treated like the fraud I felt certain I was. I was treated like a person. Like a real writer. Look, I've never had much confidence in my self or my abilities. I've spent most of my life being bullied, and so figured that was just the default for me. That little bit of acceptance by the folks at Can*Con might not seem like a big thing to them. For younger me, just starting out on this difficult journey I've chosen for myself, it meant the world.

Anyway, even if it isn't objectively the best convention ever, it will always be the best convention ever for me.

So, I will be there. And, I'm even going to be on panels and stuff! I'm on two this year, as well as a signing, and a reading. I'm also still teaching martial arts, so I will not be at the convention in the morning on Saturday. Will be on Sunday though.

If you're a reader or writer of SFF, I do recommend coming. If you are, and you'd like to connect, here is my current schedule (subject to change):

Friday, Nov 1st:

• 3:00pm - Close Vendor's Room - Come say hi!

Saturday, Nov 2nd:

• 2:30 - 3:20pm Salon C - 'Unresolved Platonic Tension' panel
• 7:00 - 7:50pm Penthouse - Reading Soiree

Sunday, Nov 3rd: