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Con report, panels, people, parties, etc…

My Wiscon this year was somewhat rushed and jampacked thanks to travel snafus and such, so I didn’t get to blog from the convention at all. I tweeted when I could, but there was so much going on, I didn’t have a lot of chances. Plenty of other folks did tweet, though, so check out the hashtags #wiscon and #wiscon34 to see lots of them.

My latest travels began with a trip to NYC for BookExpo America. That was also a rushed few days, as they had condensed the trade show from 3 days of exhibits into only 2, and then that was capped off by the Lambda Literary Awards.

My book “Women of the Bite” (lesbian vampire anthology including stories by Cat Rambo, Jennifer Williams, Jewelle Gomez, Moondancer Drake, et al) was nominated in the erotica category. It didn’t win, but LESBIAN COWBOYS, an anthology I have a story in, did! Congrats to Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia. I also got to be the presenter for the science fiction award which WOOHOO!!! went to Cat Valente for Palimpsest. Cat struck a blow for bisexual visibility at the awards, too. *fist pump*

The next day I was due to fly to Wiscon and throw a party for Circlet Press, but Continental Airlines had other plans. On a plane that only seated 47 people, they overbooked by 4. All 4 of us who lost the race for seat assignments were bumped, and I spent the night in an airport hotel instead of throwing a party at the con. Sad. Plus then I missed part of the next day’s convention, though I made it in time for my first panel, the brilliant, hilarious, “Revenge of Not Another &%^$# Race Panel,” in which 6 panelists-of-color get their geek on with one rule, which is that we DON’T talk about race. OMG, everyone was sharp and funny and it was a blast.

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