i-con summary

[egypturnash]

A summary of my I-Con experience:

Got going late, got hung up in New York City traffic. Got completely lost while trying to get from hotel to con site because all their directions take you to a point a couple of miles south of where the map of the campus they provided starts, so we were driving about aimlessly in the dark "east" and "west" campuses rather than the "main" campus. Looking back I can't find any warning of this fact; I didn't finally figure out the real geography of where the con was spread out versus where they were telling us to go until Sunday.

Argued with Nick a lot. Didn't sell a damn thing in the (very out-of-the-way) art show; didn't even have the heart to figure out where I was supposed to have a table (I wasn't listed anywhere in the dealer's room map) to deal from for the six or so hours I wasn't committed to panels what with all the stress, and the way I felt really out of place as a tiny bit of a very creator-focused fandom in what I realized is a very media-fandom con.

We had an okay time the last day after I did my last few panels. And apparently a hell of a lot of the people who made it to the art show were talking about the Tarot pieces I'd brought. But I hauled 'em all back home. (I saw like four "sold" stickers in the entire show when I checked it mid-day Sunday.)

I don't think I'd go again. Though I'm pretty sure I won't get invited back next year, what with missing fully half the panels they put me on.

Comments

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

You played Cosmic Encounter and co-won!

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

I mentioned you were at I-Con to a friend of mine who does a lot of cons, and he said he was avoiding I-Con based on all the bad things he'd heard about it. We didn't go into detail, but among the connish folk, I-Con is apparently not held in high regard.

I'm sorry the trip didn't go well for you :(

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

To cheer you up, an awesome unsolicited review of Absinthe from a trans fiend of mine from high school!

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's pretty neat!

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

You should tell her that! She's just as nervous and anti-social as the rest of us.

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

Lost in the weirdly organized con sauce. Sorry to hear it wasn't a thrill.

[auntiesiannan.livejournal.com]

I agree about where they stuck the art show this year. All in all the layout of the con was just awful--in past years they've had the art show and box office in the same building as the dealer room, which made more sense because people like to have all the money going on in one place. To have to schlep all over the campus in the bitter cold made no sense.

My husband worked transportation this year, his first time volunteering, and will never do it again.

I'm so sorry about your experience. I loved the work you had on display.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's good to know. I was having a really hard time believing a con could get to its 29th installment while being this badly laid out! I guess I just went at exactly the wrong time.

Glad you liked my stuff! You can see the whole deck at my website if you haven't already.

[auntiesiannan.livejournal.com]

Love love LOVE! But the Artspots link leads me to an error page--and I really want a Magician print! :)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Looks like Artspots has quit doing prints. I've got some of them set up as prints on Deviantart, and, luckily for my lazy self today, that includes the Magician.

[auntiesiannan.livejournal.com]

Awesome :) Done!