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

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm doing a minimum of 3 and sometimes as many as 5 a year. I think I need to cut back, at least until I have a novel to support.

Or maybe keep going to all the local cons, but only go on Saturdays (which is usually the biggest day of the con anyway) and skip the expense of the hotel room (except for CONvergence).