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Norwescon!

  • Apr. 3rd, 2012 at 5:58 PM
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I'm going to Norwescon this coming weekend and I'm starting to get pretty excited! It's a big science fiction/fantasy convention in the Seattle area, for those who don't know what I'm talking about. :) I've been going for years now as a panelist (art and film panels mostly) but this year I'm actually going to be on a fanfic panel. Woot! I'm so excited!

Originally I was going to be on two fanfic panels, but sadly one of them is a double-booking with a panel that I run, so I guess I'm off that one now. :( Which is a pity, because it was called When Fandoms Cross Language Barriers - The importance of cultural betas in fanfiction. I would really like to be on that panel, since I do a lot of multi-cultural stuff in my writing. The panel that I'm still on is called Twisting Canon - Why we love the Alternate Universe in fan fiction. That should be fun to do, both as a reader of AU fic and a writer of it. :D

I'm so excited to be going as a fanfic writer this year! Wheeeee-eeeee! :D

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nausicaa83
Apr. 4th, 2012 06:35 am (UTC)
Wow, that sounds so interesting! *______*
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mamishka_fic
Apr. 4th, 2012 07:32 am (UTC)
It's a lot of fun. Basically a huge gathering a geeky geeks all geeking out. ;) They have guest authors and artists and everything in between. There are panels on writing, on art, on music, on film - there are musical performances, crafting projects, an art show, a dealers room, a Masquerade - tons of great costumes all over the place, people hanging out and talking about all their favorite things. Every year they even make a mini movie! ;)

I've been going to cons since I was barely a teenager. For a long time they were the only place I ever felt like I fit in.
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nausicaa83
Apr. 4th, 2012 09:42 am (UTC)
I went to my first comic convention when I was 23, so it still feels very new. It always feels like I finally get to meet my People. :D
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mcbriderulz
Jul. 14th, 2012 06:29 pm (UTC)
I'm a little confused. Do you mean you are attending it, or are you gonna be at one of those tables answering questions and stuff? Sorry I've never been to a convention thing before and don't really understand :/
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mamishka_fic
Jul. 14th, 2012 07:12 pm (UTC)
Conventions are all a bit different these days. There are the old school ones, like Norwescon, and then there are the newer ones, like PAX and ComicCons and anime conventions. They all have a slightly different feel to them.

But what I meant was I was a panelist. So people would come to a panel on, say, "Cultural Betas in Fanfiction" and I would be one of the people sitting behind the table up front as a "pro" talking about the topic with the other panelists and answering questions from the audience. :)
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