Keycon 2010 is over. Three days of interesting fandom, meeting old friends, making new ones, and being Patient ‘0’.
Canvention (the Prix Aurora Awards) was part of Keycon this year, which usually means a fabulous writers track. Things went a little wrong, and many of the visiting writers ended up with no panels. I can’t complain though, because I wouldn’t be able to do the programming, so kudos to all those that try — they are better than I.
Robert J. Sawyer won the Best Novel Aurora for Wake, beating out the 4 other nominees. I’d read 3 of the 5 nominees this year, so I felt good with voting this year. Sorry Rob, if you read this, I voted for Hayden Trenholm. At the rate Hayden is going, I’m sure his third (and final?) book in the series (Stealing Home) will be nominated next year.
The awards banquet was well done. Thankfully they ran out of desert before they got to Sherry, Adria, (and here) and I. We all had a fruit plate instead, and were the envy of all.
Sheila Gilbert , editor at DAW was there. A pitch session was scheduled, which was great. It wasn’t incredibly well done, those of us waiting to do pitches could hear the people making pitches. Not great. We tried to keep our conversations a bit loud, to create a bit of privacy for those pitching. My pitch went okay. Sheila asked for the full, but I have a feeling she asked for a full from anyone that pitched something that was completed.
Conventions usually drain me, and I end up sick for couple of days after the con. This time, I went in with a sinus cold. I was patient ‘0’. If you got sick at Keycon, it’s my fault.
Along with the regular panels, I managed breakfast with Hayden and his lovely wife Liz, a ‘before banquet’ drink with Rob Sawyer, Virginia O’Dine of Bundoran Press, Edward Willet, Hayden Trenholm and Liz, Sherry, Adria, a couple more I can’t recall right now.
Overall, a great weekend. I had fun.