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Aug. 9th, 2009
[Worldcon] Nearly Done
Aug. 9th, 2009 07:47 pmWhew! It's been a busy few days here in lovely Montreal, and tomorrow we wrap everything up and head back south to New England (note to self: never thought I'd utter that phrase...) with some newly purchased books and some Canadian goodies. Once again Canada has backed me up when I say that it's a wonderfully lovely country to visit, the few times I've been there. :)
We just got back from the Hugos, which were quite fun (for those curious, Neil Gaiman won Best Novel for The Graveyard Book), and actually a little surprising when at least three winners who had been continually nominated and/or continually won, decided to withdraw their names from any future nominations for that award (or at least hinted to the fans that they should stop nominating the same people all the time). Still...lots of fun!
I just have a few more panels I'd like to go to tomorrow, but will probably be done by 11am, so I'll be able to come back and check out of the hotel and get all our stuff into the car. We did want to do a bit of driving around, but unfortunately neither of us want to be on the road too late, and it's a long five hour drive back.
All in all, I had a fun time, but I think we may start going to closer cons from here on in...part of it is to save money, and part of it is that we won't be able to afford Australia next year (and nobody's really excited about the possibility of Reno the year after that). Added to the fact that though I went to a lot of interesting panels that were newer from years past, it still felt a bit samey and repetitive. We'll see where we go from there...
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On the plus side, I'm proud to say I think I may have plotted out the rest of the Eden Cycle during these past few days! And by this I don't mean figuring out the ending to Book 3--I mean the entire cycle. As in more than three books. Yes, there's more. I've always wanted the EC to be a big sprawling project, ever since about 1995, about the same time I'd started True Faith. I'll just keep all of you waiting on this one, as I don't want to jinx it just yet, but I may go into it in a bit more detail over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jonchaisson once I return to New England or back home to SF. Maybe by then I'll even have more of an idea of how to finish Book 3, which made me stop it in the first place. :)
Also on the writing end...got a lot of really good info about ebooks and small presses, so I have that in the back of my mind as well. If anything, this Worldcon did make me rethink a lot about where I'm going and where I should be going with my writing, which is definitely a good thing. :) Added to the fact that sitting in on a few YA panels also made me rethink of how I'm going to write DaF (or whatever I should really title it at this point!). So yes,joncwriter was Writey McWriterpants this weekend! :D
More soon when I return!
We just got back from the Hugos, which were quite fun (for those curious, Neil Gaiman won Best Novel for The Graveyard Book), and actually a little surprising when at least three winners who had been continually nominated and/or continually won, decided to withdraw their names from any future nominations for that award (or at least hinted to the fans that they should stop nominating the same people all the time). Still...lots of fun!
I just have a few more panels I'd like to go to tomorrow, but will probably be done by 11am, so I'll be able to come back and check out of the hotel and get all our stuff into the car. We did want to do a bit of driving around, but unfortunately neither of us want to be on the road too late, and it's a long five hour drive back.
All in all, I had a fun time, but I think we may start going to closer cons from here on in...part of it is to save money, and part of it is that we won't be able to afford Australia next year (and nobody's really excited about the possibility of Reno the year after that). Added to the fact that though I went to a lot of interesting panels that were newer from years past, it still felt a bit samey and repetitive. We'll see where we go from there...
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On the plus side, I'm proud to say I think I may have plotted out the rest of the Eden Cycle during these past few days! And by this I don't mean figuring out the ending to Book 3--I mean the entire cycle. As in more than three books. Yes, there's more. I've always wanted the EC to be a big sprawling project, ever since about 1995, about the same time I'd started True Faith. I'll just keep all of you waiting on this one, as I don't want to jinx it just yet, but I may go into it in a bit more detail over at
jonchaisson once I return to New England or back home to SF. Maybe by then I'll even have more of an idea of how to finish Book 3, which made me stop it in the first place. :)Also on the writing end...got a lot of really good info about ebooks and small presses, so I have that in the back of my mind as well. If anything, this Worldcon did make me rethink a lot about where I'm going and where I should be going with my writing, which is definitely a good thing. :) Added to the fact that sitting in on a few YA panels also made me rethink of how I'm going to write DaF (or whatever I should really title it at this point!). So yes,
joncwriter was Writey McWriterpants this weekend! :DMore soon when I return!