SQUIDERS! MileHiCon is NEXT WEEKEND omg.
They’ve moved it to the first weekend of October rather than the fourth, and I am apparently unprepared for this change. But at least now it’s not going to interfere with Halloween activities some years.
Anyway, I’m behind on preparation. I mean, it’s not a lot–most stuff I just carry around from year to year with little variation. And it’s my own fault panel-wise, I’ve had the schedule for, like, almost a month. I’m moderating another editing panel this year (whee, must have done a good job last year or something) and am also on a panel about how far horses can travel, which I think is about realistic travel in fantasy, but I’m not 100% sure.
It’s in person this year too! I’ll admit that makes me a little nervous, but they are requiring masks and you get a special Vaccinated! ribbon to hang off your name tag if you’re vaccinated.
(I do love my con ribbons.)
Anyway, hopefully this isn’t a horrible mistake. The Critter Crunch is on again this year, and the larger, mobile one has expressed interest in going (also building his own robot, but that ain’t happening before the con), but I think I’m going to wait and see how safe I feel the con is before I commit to taking him. He’s not old enough to be vaccinated and with how dumb some people are about everything, I want to be safe.
Emotions suck. I’m excited for the con, yet scared. Luckily it’s not that big of convention, in the great scheme of things, so it could certainly be worse.
In other news, my favorite coffee shop is open for inside dining again, provided you show proof of vaccination, which is fine for me. As an added bonus, the vaccination requirement has a bunch of people up in arms, so I don’t have to worry about those people being in said coffee shop.
Anyway, here’s my normal to-do list for the con, for my own use so I can find it again later:
- Sign up for author co-op table slot
- File sales permits with the usual government agencies
- Figure out what horse panel is supposed to be about (alas, no descriptions are available yet)
- Research how far a horse can actually travel
- Prepare moderator questions for editing panel
- Costumes? (Probably too late, but ponder anyway)
- Make Writers’ Motivation Series fliers to put out
- Order fun masks?
I feel like I’m forgetting something. Hold on, checking previous years’ lists.
Oh, yeah, business cards. I never remember my damn business cards. Oh! Credit card reader! Good job, past!Kit. Very on top of things.
Has anyone been to a con recently? Tips you would recommend?
