SF/F/H Conventions: Why?

[mmerriam]

I am currently examining why I attended Conventions. Considering this year there were (are) eight cons I can name off the top of my head right here in the Twin Cities, I need to figure out what it is I want out of them, how I plan to get the things I want, and what my plan to do so should be.

So my question to you, Oh Mighty Flist, is: If you attended SF/F/H conventions, why do you go and what do you get out of them?

And yes, I am still working on a novel, thank you for asking.

Dark Water Blues

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

Interesting question, I look forward to seeing the answers. Because I don't, and have been encouraged to start doing so for professional networking reasons. Faerieworlds is the only thing I currently go to, and it's as much festival as con, though there are writers at booths to commune with and definitely opportunities to network.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping we both get some answers!