AussieCon isn’t the first convention I’ve been to. My first convention was Conflux in Canberra, and it involved a heap of nervousness and excitement (and staring at Garth Nix, trying to figure out if he was real). I eventually be came a comfortable fish in a comfortable Conflux pond.
AussieCon? Well, that is going to be huge compared to Conflux. This baby is international, and it’s not a big surprise that many of the hotels are booked out for the time of and around the conference. There are going to be signings, movies, talks, book launches… I’m drooling just thinking about it.
That being said, I’m blocking out time to write on the conference schedule.
I’ve written before about how hotel rooms are my muse, and this room is going to be nice. While I am certainly going to enjoy the con as much as I can, I’m not going to let such a gorgeous muse go to waste.
Did that read weird to anyone else?
Anyway, I always carry around my little story ideas book with me at conferences because they are so incredibly inspirational, but I rarely make time to right. (Most times because I stayed in places a good distance away and had late nights combined with early mornings. This time, I’m staying in the hotel that is connected to the convention centre. No big drives involved.
I have the niggling feeling, though, that if anyone heard me talk about blocking out writing time during a conference, they would think I’m a little weird. Even though that time will likely be later at night (seeing as the program creators are sane and things don’t start until 10am most mornings).
Have you ever been to a conference? Have you/would you make time to write? Dedication to the craft or a waste of good networking time?
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