ZCon Report

[przed]

Back from ZebraCon, having had a fabulous time. I drove there and back with stormheller and Valentin. To pass time during the 11 hour trip from Toronto to Chicago, we read fanfic out loud and played fannish Botticelli. (First person names a fannish character or actor. Next person takes the last letter from that name and uses it for the first letter of a new name. Continue until you can't possibly think of another name that begins with E or N or R.)

Finally got to meet blktauna and spent a fun lunch dishing HK stars. My Chicago UNCLE pals weren't attending the con, but I met them for dinner on Wednesday night and we ate Chinese food, watched the Cubs lose and talked far into the night.

I brought five vids for the vid show. Gay Bar went over quite well and I even had a few people tell me how much they liked Patterns. (That last was a bonus, since I pretty much figured I was making that one for my own enjoyment.) And, much to my delight, Sunshine in His Eyes won third place in the writing contest. (Our hotel room housed 2 of the 3 story contest winners, since stormheller won first place for her Due South story, Dual Citizenship.)

Alas, I had to miss the Saturday night party and award ceremony because UNCLE fan extraordinaire Diana K. gifted me with an extra ticket for Rose Rage at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. I'd just been mourning the fact that I didn't get to see this production in England--I love the history plays--so it was an unexpected pleasure.

Now I just have to catch up on all that missed sleep and finish a Wild Wild West story so my editor doesn't put a bounty on my head.

Comments

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

HI! Found you via sithdragn and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Gay Bar and Old Friends/Bookends. I wrote a Q/O fic using Bookends in it and so I was very interested in seeing what you did with it. Lovely, very, very nice work!

Thank you for sharing!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind comments. Bookends is a song I've always loved. My partner thinks it's the best vid I've done. (I'm partial to You Wanted More, myself.)