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[mmerriam]

• 22:29 I think I'm going to need to reassess why I go to SF cons and what I want out of them. #
• 17:30 I'm home from 4th Street Fantasy. Lots of good stuff. A little bad stuff. Careswen has a migraine. #

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[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I had to do that a few years ago. (Because I am a total and complete social dork, and so the zipetty ease of A-listers and sekrit parties and deal making were not for the likes of moi. But once I realize that, and shifted my focus to friends and hearing talk about books and writing, my anxiety vanished, and I always have great times.)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I need to decide if going to so many conventions is really worth the time money and energy.

Going to so many...

[dlandon.livejournal.com]

probably isn't, frankly :) It's which cons you attend that matter. I think that the fact that you've attended quite a few is good, because now you can sit down and assess what you got out of each one, whether or not it was what you wanted to get out of it, how your needs might change when you have a book to promote, etc, etc, etc.

I've been happy with the two I attended this year (Wiscon and 4th St) but have found other cons to have no programming that appeals to me, or ruled them out for other reasons. I had to stop going for a while because it was too depressing for me because I hadn't yet sold another book, and people kept asking about that (still haven't, for that matter). So I'd just go home wanting to cry. I've moved past that point - for the most part ;) - and this is the first year that I've attended anything other than Minicon. Now I find the right con to inspire me to want to write when I get home (just finished four pages) and to leave me both energized about my story yet simultaneously exhausted.

Keep in mind that a different set of moderators can change everything ;)

But, yes, evaluating the 'who, what, where, when, why' is probably a good idea.

- D