Fantasycon
posted by Sarah Pinborough at 15:08
(me and Mark Morris...wine flowed..)
Well, Fantasycon has been and gone for another year. It was, as usual great fun, although seemed quieter than normal - although maybe that was just after the huge crowds of last year with Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman in attendance.
It was curry with the crowd on Friday night and then on Saturday I broke my moderating virginity on a crime crossover panel, with Mike Carey, Michael Marshall, Joel Lane and the lovely Chaz Brenchley. Moderating is nerve-wracking - I don't want to do it again! I was also on a panel about Taboo which threw up some interesting questions....
(a bevvie of beauties...Lebbon, McMahon and Conrad Williams)
As ever with Fantasycon, it wasn't really about business like the US cons are, but all about catching up with people I don't get to see nearly enough and it was nice to see the awards banquet treated with more glitz than usual.
(Adam Nevil and Steve Volk doing a fine impersonation of in disguise aliens..)
I didn't win Best Novel (Big sigh..;-)) but I didn't mind. Not really... damn you Lebbon! ;-)
(Fellow author Paigan Stone and I did our best to raise the glamour stakes -Morris family in the back corner!)
This week I've also changed agents! I'm now with the fabulous Joe Veltre of the Artist's Literary Group in New York. We had a long chat on the phone this week and I'm really excited to be working with him and his team. Plus it's great to be in the same stable as the very lovely and very talented Sarah Langan (see MUSE page...)
(Me and one of my most favourite people, the inimitable Mr Jones)
(Mr Jones, Me and Dave Sutton who'd been working hard guarding the awards!)
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