Dateline Darkovercon

[hrj]

It's always fun to make someone's day. So there I was, sitting in on the every-author-in-attendence autographing session, even though none of the dealers actually have the new Sword and Sorceress so I didn't figure I'd get much business. But one of my acquaintances brings up their copy of Baby Names for Dummies to get it autographed and while I'm telling my story about how my book probably has the highest proportion of any baby-name book of SF authors used as name examples, it occurs to me to check the "famous people with this name" listings under Esther. Sure enough, I'd used guest of honor Esther Friesner's name as an example. As she was sitting right at the next autograph table, I had to show it to her. "Tickled pink" seems to describe the effect.

Nice con, nice hanging out, nice panels. I suppose I could try to come up with a more detailed con report but my brain's a little fried.

Comments

[mariedeblois.livejournal.com]

Bwhahaha! That's amusing as all get out.

Also: Hi! I found you via wulfsdottir, though we've met at KWHSS a time or two.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Dangit, now I'm even more pissed at missing Darkover this year! I coulda thanked Esther in person for the "Chicks in Chainmail" series (and gotten my copies autographed!). And I didn't get to hear you sing, either. Poop.

But I'm glad you had fun and were able to make someone's day.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

And I didn't get to hear you sing, either. Poop

I haven't done much singing at Darkovercon in the last mumblety-ump years (except for the Hallelujah chorus, of course). After a couple of years during the time when I was in grad school and came out to Darkover and tried to do a concert and ended up with a horrible head-cold and tried to sing anyway ... and then I just wasn't writing as much, and it was a hassle to deal with instruments, and I'm busy doing author-type stuff at the con rather than music-type stuff ....

[patoadam]

Wow, I didn't know you wrote a Baby Names book. It makes perfect sense -- you have the ideal qualifications.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

If you go searching for it, it helps to know that I wrote it under the pen name Margaret Rose.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Did you get Esther to autograph the book too? :-)