Last week I got an email from MileHiCon with the schedule of panels for this year, and then I didn’t do anything because, you know–oh, actually, you probably don’t, I was in a play last week, I was a teenager which was very funny to me but also very fun. But I didn’t have a lot of free time. And then a few days ago I got the updated MileHiCon schedule and was like, crap, I haven’t even had a chance to look at it, I know they gave me Sunday panels and I need to see if they overlap the Critter Crunch, because that would be tragic and it might be too late to change it because I haven’t gotten on it.
So last night I finally went to look and, they’re not doing the Critter Crunch at all this year. D:
(For those new to the blog, the Critter Crunch is apparently the first ever robot fighting competition, going since the mid-’80s. They have 2 lb and 20 lb categories, and the bigger, mobile one has been talking about making a robot to fight in it for years. He’s actually making a robot at school this year so this news has been DEVASTATING.)
Anyway, so I guess it’s fine that I didn’t check the schedule.
I HAVE checked it now, and I’m on one panel with Connie Willis and another with Mary Robinette Kowal, which is more bestsellers than I normally interact with and I am freaking out a little bit about that.
Also I have been reminded that MileHiCon is coming up in three weeks and I need to prep for it.
This includes looking at the descriptions for the panels I’m on more than a few days out (no trying to find a short story a few hours before it needs to be read this year, thank you), and I’ll need to order more copies of Hallowed Hill and Hidden Worlds.
Also need to find my con supplies and make sure they’re all where they’re supposed to be, and maybe print out more flyers.
Probably something else, but that’s a good place to start.
Nano is still kind of gnawing at me (it’s the 25th anniversary!) but no story has miraculously come into being, so we continue to mostly ignore it. But it is hard, sometimes, to watch people in my writing communities gearing up and getting excited while we continue on continuing on. Alas.
How’s October treating you, squiders?
