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[conventions] SteamCon, day 2

SteamCon day 2 was great good fun. dressed up in corset and jodhpurs. We hit the dealer’s room, then staked the good table in the bar all day and all night. showed up pretty early and anchored the table as the rest of us floated in and out. and Mark Ferrari showed up right after lunch, and we saw loads of other people, including , (who was ambulatory and verbal as hell!!!), , , Jak Koke, and Tammy Vining. Today we’re taking it easy, having a brunch with , then hitting the road for Portland, with a quick stop to visit with .

Yesterday I shared a reading with , at which we each read parts of longer works. In her case, “Narrative of the Life of a Beast”, and in my case, “The Baby Killers”. Hers is available in the current issue of Realms of Fantasy, mine will be out next year from PS Publishing as a single-title novella. I can best describe the style as “high bugfuck steampunk.” I think I went a little over the top in the reading.

Also a panel on “Steampunk Literature 101″ with , and . The room was packed, perhaps 70 people in a space with seating for about 40. The panel was a lot of fun, and I think the audience enjoyed it.

Still, as said, “How could anything be more interesting than sitting and watching all of the costumes. Nothing could be more fantastic.”

Some photos:

WriterFolk

Tim Powers and Serena Powers

Janet Freeman-Dailey

Aynjel

, with in the background

People and Costumes

© 2009 by Joseph E. Lake, Jr.

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As usual, more at the Flickr set.

Tags: Calendula, Conventions, Cool, Photos, Seattle, Travel

Posted: 10:12 am Sun October 25 2009 |

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• Greg

  October 25th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

  WOW now I wish again that I was still living in seattle or got a chance to go and a costume to go in…

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• Meran

  October 26th, 2009 at 1:36 am

  Great fun being had, I can tell! I may need to source some of these when I look for steampunk items for painting

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