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Readercon Reflections
Jul. 16th, 2024 11:57 amI had a packed weekend going to ReaderCon, a speculative fiction convention. This year I didn't have my roommate, as I had during most cons, but that was okay. I did have a buddy nearby who I drove along with myself to the convention on Friday and Saturday. Unlike last year, I ended up skipping Sunday because I had a ton of other things I needed to catch up on this weekend. Still, there was a lot to enjoy!
As per usual my eating habits were chaotic. There's not really built-in long breaks in the structure of the con, I think it's assumed you'll take a timeslot off to have your meal... but ahahah I wanted to go to so many panels that I did a lot of shoveling a few bites in my mouth or having a granola bar in the ~10 min between panels. I briefly met a few lovely people, got some recs and books, and have plenty of thoughts!
Warning as always I am long-winded as hell, so many things are put under cuts etc, feel free to skip around bc there are MANY thoughts :D.
( The panels )
( The book haul )
( Masking sidenote )
Super fun! Much like last year though, I wish I had made a bit more of an effort to socialize more and meet some people. I talked to a few, but it's hard to connect in between panels. My buddy I went with is VERY sociable and has been to a lot of these so she was fluttering about saying hello to all sorts of people, but I'm not at that level yet haha. I actually did see some people from the writing group I attend, and reconnected with one enough to be invited to her OTHER writing group. I'm very busy atm, but I'm hoping to check out that writing group in a few months or something.
And I'm hoping to attend again next year! My buddy who introduced me to these was right, Boskone and ReaderCon are both great times!
As per usual my eating habits were chaotic. There's not really built-in long breaks in the structure of the con, I think it's assumed you'll take a timeslot off to have your meal... but ahahah I wanted to go to so many panels that I did a lot of shoveling a few bites in my mouth or having a granola bar in the ~10 min between panels. I briefly met a few lovely people, got some recs and books, and have plenty of thoughts!
Warning as always I am long-winded as hell, so many things are put under cuts etc, feel free to skip around bc there are MANY thoughts :D.
( The panels )
( The book haul )
( Masking sidenote )
Super fun! Much like last year though, I wish I had made a bit more of an effort to socialize more and meet some people. I talked to a few, but it's hard to connect in between panels. My buddy I went with is VERY sociable and has been to a lot of these so she was fluttering about saying hello to all sorts of people, but I'm not at that level yet haha. I actually did see some people from the writing group I attend, and reconnected with one enough to be invited to her OTHER writing group. I'm very busy atm, but I'm hoping to check out that writing group in a few months or something.
And I'm hoping to attend again next year! My buddy who introduced me to these was right, Boskone and ReaderCon are both great times!
