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Swancon was my first ever Australian con and I totally fell in love with it. (Now I just have to figure out how to make enough money to come back every year!) Comments comments
Read More Swancon: How it went – the short versionMy presentation yesterday evening was a total success! As in: people showed up! (To my great surprise!) Seriously, I was truly surprised at how many people came to hear me speak at 10 o’clock at night. Comments comments
Read More Bulgarian Science FictionSmall or big, any con with four guests of honour ends up with lots of interesting programming items. But small ones, like Swancon, have the advantage: very few scheduling conflicts! I will not have to choose between Charlie Stross, John Birmingham, Gail Simone and Lucy Sussex. Comments comments
Read More Swancon 2013Croatian SF conventions are many and varied. They can be small, 100 to 350 people, and they can be large, like last year’s Kontakt with 1300 people. But none of them are held in hotels. Comments comments
Read More Cons at hotelsEven tough I am wholly unafraid of flying, I still turn into a nervous wreck when travelling. Flying is enjoyable for me. All the parts that freak the shit out of people – the take off, the landing, the occasional turbulence and the falling free feeling – are worlds of fun. Comments comments
Read More Sweating the transfer