Publishing Information For Genre Writers

I finally did it. I went to my first science fiction convention, LepreCon 27, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and had a great time. (To see some pictures of LepreCon 27, go to http://www.CreativeCauldron.com/leprecon.shtml)

I found out that the people at scifi conventions are different from people at any of the other writer's or artist's conventions that I have attended. At writer's and artist's events, the people are there mainly to learn. They treat the event like a mini-school. While at a scifi con, the main emphasis is on having fun. With a video room showing movies and TV shows, a gaming room for computer and board games, a Con Suite where people can meet, eat and have a good time. And don't forget the closing event, the Squirt Gun Fight.

Don't get me wrong, there was a lot there for writers and artists to learn, but Fun is King. The Con had many good panels, in fact, I was on three of them. It was at these panels where I learned some very interesting, and possible disturbing facts, for genre writers, and writers in general.

I gleaned this information while talking with several writers, including: