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Malice report 2 of 3
Apr. 30th, 2005 09:39 pmTook notes on Watson all day. Too tired to upload. Highlights:
Supernatural panel, where one author's description of her book sent me rushing to the dealer's room. Chris Freeburn's Dying for Redemption, about a ghost detective who set up shop in Limbo so the recently murdered can get their own deaths solved. One woman summed up the opening of the new supernatural romance and mystery subgenre market with "God bless Joss Whedon and the ground he walks on or I couldn't do this." Note more than a little bashing of the SF/F crew, even by avowed members. (a-HEM!) On the question "do you find it harder to get SF fans to read a mystery or mystery fans to read supernatural," I launched my hand in the air and announced "There are plenty of us who read both in the first place."
Bought some earrings and the books I mentioned. Dropped 9 books on the swap table and picked up more; will have a baker's dozen of paperbacks for Team Wench and have a couple more for me. Will get the castrati books signed Sunday; if I don't like them, they'll be more valuable for future TW auctions. (I'm gonna be gobsmacked if these book baskets don't do well in the raffles, I really am.) At this point have 4 basket's worth of books for MSFB (dozen romances, baker's dozen mysteries, half dozen F&SF hardbacks, and fairy tale assortment) and am working on possible baskets for Boobies #5, depending on the reception at MSFB.
Met my RtE boss and another reviewer, who has offered introductions to another review site that he also works for. Have read two books and drafted reviews while travelling to and from con.
Supernatural panel, where one author's description of her book sent me rushing to the dealer's room. Chris Freeburn's Dying for Redemption, about a ghost detective who set up shop in Limbo so the recently murdered can get their own deaths solved. One woman summed up the opening of the new supernatural romance and mystery subgenre market with "God bless Joss Whedon and the ground he walks on or I couldn't do this." Note more than a little bashing of the SF/F crew, even by avowed members. (a-HEM!) On the question "do you find it harder to get SF fans to read a mystery or mystery fans to read supernatural," I launched my hand in the air and announced "There are plenty of us who read both in the first place."
Bought some earrings and the books I mentioned. Dropped 9 books on the swap table and picked up more; will have a baker's dozen of paperbacks for Team Wench and have a couple more for me. Will get the castrati books signed Sunday; if I don't like them, they'll be more valuable for future TW auctions. (I'm gonna be gobsmacked if these book baskets don't do well in the raffles, I really am.) At this point have 4 basket's worth of books for MSFB (dozen romances, baker's dozen mysteries, half dozen F&SF hardbacks, and fairy tale assortment) and am working on possible baskets for Boobies #5, depending on the reception at MSFB.
Met my RtE boss and another reviewer, who has offered introductions to another review site that he also works for. Have read two books and drafted reviews while travelling to and from con.
