Posts Tagged ‘conventions’
Posted on September 2, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Bridging the Online to Offline Connection
Twitter. Facebook. LiveJournal. FriendFeed. Chat rooms and forums. The list of places where you can go to interact with someone online goes on and on and on. Eventually, you get to know personalities on these different platforms and (in some cases) can meet up with people offline. The experience of meeting someone offline can [...]
Posted on August 18, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
GenCon 2009 and the Writer’s Symposium Wrap-Up
GenCon this year was a world of difference from last year, partially because instead of running a booth I was on several panels at the Writer’s Symposium. This selection of panels, organized by Jean Rabe was structured so that budding writers and game designers could get the help that they needed on a variety of [...]
Posted on August 2, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
My GenCon 2009 Writer’s Symposium Schedule
Folks, things have been a bit crazy on my planet as I get ready for GenCon: Indy. This will be my first year I’ll be speaking on panels through the Writer’s Symposium, even though this is definitely not my first speaking engagement. I’ll be bringing along some mini-flyers for those of you that are interested [...]
Posted on May 28, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
WisCon: the Recap
Billed as a feminist science fiction convention, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I walked through the doors to WisCon for the first time. Held at the Concourse hotel in Madison, this was — by far — the best organized event I’ve ever attended. (This includes both the gaming-related and business events I’ve [...]
Posted on May 13, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Visit Me at these WisCon Panels
Next weekend I’m going to be attending WisCon, which is located in Madison. This will be my first time attending and speaking at the convention, and I plan on sticking to the writing panels as much as I can. The panels below are the ones I will be speaking at; if you follow me on [...]
Posted on April 27, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Observations from OddCon
This is the second year I went to OddCon hosted in Madison, Wisconsin. The convention is “fan-run” meaning that fans organized, scheduled and arranged three days of events, panels and signings. There were several professional writers on hand including Guests of Honor Emma Bull and Patrick Rothfuss, alongside notable writers Sarah Monette, Lori Devoti, Alex Bledsoe, Matt Forbeck, Adrian Drake, Chris Welch, Richard Chedwyck, Cam Banks, Jamie Chambers, Michael Damian Thomas and Lynne Thomas, Matt M McElroy, etc.
Posted on March 24, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Visit Me at OddCon During These Panels
From April 24th through the 26th, I will be appearing at Odyssey Con 2009, a small science fiction and fantasy convention held here in Madison, Wisconsin. This will be the first convention I’ll be speaking at this year, and I’ve taken on quite a few panels in order to share my thoughts with you and [...]
Posted on August 20, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
How to Run a Booth at a Con
Back from four days in Indy, I thought I’d share with those of you who have never run a booth before some tips on how to manage your time effectively and reach out to new customers.
Bring Proper Documentation
First things first. Make sure–before you go–you have a centralized location for all the con paperwork. Next [...]
Posted on August 18, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
GenCon 2008: Wrap-Up and Notes from the Booth
The past week has been a blur of faces, pitches and products flying past me so fast and furious that I’ve been trying to answer that mundane question: How was the show?
I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around the answer to that, because there was a lot going on. As a contributing author for [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Who I’ll be Hanging Out With at GenCon: Indy
This year at GenCon: Indianapolis 2008 I’ll be supporting publisher Abstract Nova Entertainment at Booth #2115. I’ve worked on several of the products we’ll be offering at the booth including Nuomenon, Exquisite Replicas, Aletheia and a novella featured in the Tales of the Seven Dogs Society.
As project manager for Flames Rising, I’ll be attending the [...]
Posted on July 22, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
When Fan Awards Make a Difference: Diana Jones and ENnie Awards for Gaming
As most of you know, I’ve done a lot of writing and editing within the gaming industry. Like other industries, there are some industry-facing and/or fan awards that softly bolster the businesses that do their very best. There are two awards that are typically presented at GenCon Indy that not a lot of folk are [...]
Posted on June 29, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Back from Wizard World Chicago 2008
Saturday I took the trip down to the beautiful Rosemont convention center in Des Plaines, Illinois for the Flames Rising webzine I’m project manager for. I had the opportunity to talk with artists, publishers, vendors and many, different folk excited about the comic book industry. This was my first comic book convention, and I have [...]
Posted on June 5, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
What to Expect from Gaming and SciFi Conventions When You’re Speaking
Thanks to everyone who recommended RSS feeds for me; I’m going through the list and love the recommendations. This next post was inspired by a question from Facebook; it was such a great one I wanted to write about it so everyone could read it.
So you’ve come to a milestone in your writing career; either [...]
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