ConCarolinas 2009 Day 1

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DATE : Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:50:15 GMT
Entered in Database : 2009-06-17 20:50:15
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ConCarolinas was fantastic as always! Started off with a signing at Barnes & Noble at Carolina Place Mall with David B. Coe, Misty Massey and Faith Hunter. We had a blast! David, Misty, Faith and I also shared hallway tables at the con, which was a great place for us to sign books, meet with readers and enjoy watching people go by. Of course a highlight for me was being on several panels with Katherine Kurtz, and also getting to talk with Mark Rainey, who has written for new incarnations of Dark Shadows. The hallway was a busy place. Our “neighbors” included CJ Henderson, Elaine Corvidae, Glenda Finkelstein, Crymsyn Hart, Bob Aldrich, JF Lewis, Kimberly Alexis, James Maxey, Davey Beauchamp, Sabrina Luna, Dahlia Rose, Tony Ruggiero, Mark Rainey, Ed Schubert, Tally Johnson and AJ Hartley. More friends in the dealer room included Debra Kileen, Michael Sullivan, Stephen Zimmer, Anthony Karnowski, And friends around the con—Stephen Euin Cobb, Nathan Butler, Mike Pederson, Stuart Jaffe, Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit, Torch, Tina McSwain and Tonya Denny. Apologies if I’ve left anyone out! It was an extremely BUSY con, since I was on about 14 panels—but I asked to be busy, so I was happy. Of course that meant I didn’t get much time for listening to filk, watching the Star Trek Phase II screening or checking out other panels. We started off with a fun panel on Fan Media—fan fiction, podcasting, video mashups and fan-produced films. My fellow panelists were Nathan P. Butler and Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit, so it was a spirited discussion with lots of audience participation. I was on a YA panel later that night, where we talked about changing audience tastes in fantasy and sci fi and how readers move into other aspects of the genres as they move from YA into adult fiction.