The Saturday Evening Post.

.....I may not make it to midnight tonight. I'm tired. :-) But it was a good day here at NORWESCON. There is a part of me that says I should be on panels like TBT does. But you know, NORWESCON is my chance to relax, be inspired myself, and meet interesting people who do not necessarily play in the SCA. :-)

.....TBT and I slept in a little this morning. I didn't go to bed last night until after midnight. TBT stayed at the Stitch and Bitch until really late and I was already sound asleep when she returned. We didn't make it out the door this morning until well after 9AM. We did manage a Starbucks run here in the hotel and I still was able to make a panel at 10AM.

.....Spent a couple of hours today on writing panels. Listening to all kinds of advice, most of it contrary to what I thought should be sound advice to writing. Most of my limited education had me convinced that writing was a disciplined science that contained regimented outlines and plans and detailed notes that one developed into completed stories. What I heard today was that I needed to spend less time worried about the process and more time just, like, writing. Didn't matter so much what it was or where it went, just get into the habit of churning words out every day. That was the part you really want to regiment.

.....It was all encouraging and inspirational.

.....Stumbled on another panel concerning podcasting of all things. I had wanted to get into a panel on The Hobbit, but realized after about five minutes of it that I was going to learn nothing new. So I got out of the cramped and stuffy room. Next door was a panel on podcasting and I sat down our of curiosity. Podcasting is a lot easier than I thought it might be. Even to the point where it might be interesting to do some at June Faire to post online. :-)

.....Tried to get into the Autograph room to get some books signed by Patricia McKillip for TBT. The place was an absolute zoo. The line waiting to speak with her was over an hour in length. I stood in line for about a half hour and then realized that I wouldn't make it to the end before they would have to whisk her off to her next panel. I was disappointed but I suppose that if I really wanted her autograph I can probably find it on E-Bay.

.....Walked through the art room. There were a few new artists and mediums. I saw a few things I liked. But nothing really inspiring. Was able to get a closer look at the Artist Guest-Of-Honor's art-work. Very fantasy based, and very detail oriented. But I still liked it. All of her art on display reminded me a lot of Tennyson for some reason.

.....Watched TBT and her peeps in action on the Salish panel. It was rather well attended. There was so much information that the panel could have gone on for hours. I think that if they want to do this again they need to decide to narrow down the focus to a single aspect. But TBT had already figured that much out and was already talking about it with Melusine and Tsuruko.

.....I think I'll head up and catch a little bardic before it closes down for the evening. It's amazing how fast the weekend is blowing by. It seems like we just moved in today. :-)

.....Lots to think about and dream about. Time to run.

.....Aaron / Arontius.