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I done got myself busy
Feb. 3rd, 2010 07:35 pmLooks like it's going to be a busy spring, at least so far as my Punxsutawney Phil-like public appearances are concerned.
Here are the excitements I know about so far:
March 6: I guest at Velocicon. I'm still not 100% clear what my function is to be. I'm either running a workshop or I'm giving a talk. Or both. Or hiding in the lavs and refusing to come out.
March 20-21: I guest at Lunacon. If it's like last year I'll be doing about 1.5 panels while about a million copies of Discarded Science, Corrupted Science and now Bogus Science sell in the dealers' room. Of those purchasers, approximately one turns up at my signing session, but at least I'm signing alongside Esther Friesner so I'm having a lot of fun.
March 27: I guest at I-CON. I had a wonderful time at I-CON two or three years ago, so I'm looking forward particularly to this. Unfortunately, by the time they contacted me I'd already committed to the other two March events, so for the sake of sanity I had to restrict this to a one-day trip rather than the full weekend.
April 2-5: Well, thanks to March, fleeting thoughts of pond-hopping for Eastercon have nosedived. As it were. A few people suggested, too, that I should show my nose at World Horror Con on March 25-8 in Brighton, UK; theirs were kind thoughts but, since I don't write horror (though I have this most amazing horror story that has yet to sell), this was never really on. The prospect of going across to the UK for a fortnight to do two cons on two successive weekends did, however, have Pam ostentatiously googling for +divorce +"real quick" +"right now" +aargh +"this is a genuine emergency".
May 8: I'm speaking to the Garden State Horror Writers about a bugbear of mine, fantasy's loss of subversiveness since the days of, oh I dunno, James Branch Cabell. It strikes me as in a way quite horrific that all through the Bush years fantasy's response consisted, 99.9% at least, of either stonking great otherworld trilogies or sexaholic cod-noir wish-fulfillment dreams involving vampires, zombies, witches, werewolves . . . Once upon a time, fantasy writers -- vide Jonathan Swift -- were likely to be threatened with jail. Nowadays they're more likely to be worried about their residuals being paid on time.
May 28-31 (or thereabouts): I'm guesting at Balticon, or probably so. The reason for going, aside from the fact that I've never been to a Balticon and lots of pals who attend it regularly have told me over the years that I must, is that on the Sunday evening there's a
July 8-11: If I decide to skip Balticon, I'm likely to spend the money instead by going to Readercon, where Clockwork Phoenix #3 is to be launched, complete with a story by moi. If I get a decent book advance before then (fingers crossed) I might even do both.
