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[conventions] SteamCon, day 2
SteamCon day 2 was great good fun. ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
calendula_witch 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. bravado111 showed up pretty early and anchored the table as the rest of us floated in and out. shelly-rae and Mark Ferrari showed up right after lunch, and we saw loads of other people, including corwynofamber, markbourne (who was ambulatory and verbal as hell!!!), e_bourne, nayad, Jak Koke, and Tammy Vining. Today we’re taking it easy, having a brunch with scarlettina, then hitting the road for Portland, with a quick stop to visit with ginastonge.
Yesterday I shared a reading with catrambo, 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 blackaire, 2muchexposition and johnnyeponymous. 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 calendula_witch said, “How could anything be more interesting than sitting and watching all of the costumes. Nothing could be more fantastic.”
WriterFolk
Tim Powers and Serena Powers
Janet Freeman-Dailey
Aynjel
bravado111, with shelly-rae in the background
People and Costumes
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Posted: 10:12 am Sun October 25 2009 |
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Greg
October 25th, 2009 at 6:04 pmWOW now I wish again that I was still living in seattle or got a chance to go and a costume to go in…
Meran
October 26th, 2009 at 1:36 amGreat fun being had, I can tell! I may need to source some of these when I look for steampunk items for painting