I had the great fortune of being able to attend this year’s World Fantasy Convention in San Jose. I sat in on a lot of fascinating panels, listened to some great stories, and met some great people. I’ll be posting about it over the next week or so (I took lots of notes). But first I thought I’d get the photos up. I wish I’d taken more, but I was so preoccupied with everything going on around me that I didn’t think about my camera very much. I’m such a dork that I forgot to get a pic with my buddy who attended the con with me, Stephen Gold. Here’s a look at the few pics I did get:
Patrick Swenson of Fairwood Press, who was kind enough to have a few drinks with me and share some of his experiences in the publishing world.
Artist John Picacio, who gave a fantastic presention about his artistic process. I was lucky enough to get a book autographed by him.
Author Michael Shea, who I discovered lives in the same town as I do!
Author Jay Lake, who always gives a fun, lively reading. I was able to get him to autograph a few books for my daughter.
Author Jeffrey Ford. I've read some of his stuff (good stories!). It was neat to put the face with the writing.
Author Jeff Vandemeer, reading from his book about sentient mushrooms and noir detectives.
My friend Ann Wilkes, reading from her novel, The Awesome Lavratt, with the gals from Broad Universe.
Author and Guest of Honor Michael Swanwick, preparing to read to his audience.
Tags: Ann Wilkes, Fairwood Press, Jay Lake, Jeff Vandemeer, Jeffrey Ford, John Picacio, Michael Shea, Michael Swanwick, Patrick Swenson, World Fantasy 2009