Why, it was most excellent, thank you.
I did what I usually do, drank, ate and mucked about with some of my favorite people. Alistair Kimble was my wingman and guide for it all (I lost my guidebook within minutes of getting the damn thing.).
Highlights included:
Dinner at Gene & Georgetti's. Mark Van Name was kind enough to invite us after I'd suggested the place as somewhere he might like to dine. I hadn't eaten there in more than 14 years, and they did not fail my recommendation.
A Literary Bheers with Chuck Gannon, which was lots of fun and resulted in a tale that shall be told a few more times in the future.
The Baen Party: I love this publishing house, and know many of their authors, so I enjoyed myself quite a bit.
Hanging at the Big Bar and soaking in the sights and conversation with folks like Writer's of The Future winner, David Carani and several other winners of that competition, including an old hand, Myke Cole.
Another fine dinner with Eric Flint, Chuck Gannon, and several other contributors to the Grantville Gazette. It was nice to put faces to names.
I also met a few more people I have seen before but not had opportunity to speak to before...
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Thank you, L.E. Modesitt
Sunday, the last night of WFC, I was lucky enough to go out dinner with Mark Van Name, L.E. Modesitt, and Eric Flint.
What I'm working on came up. I suppose it was simply the kind thing to do, you know, ask the kid what he's doing and all that. At any rate, they were informed of what I was working on and what I do for a living.
We then talked about that old saw of 'writing what you know'.
L.E. Modesitt said two very interesting things on this point; the first of which was about his worst-selling book (He has 56 novels out there. That's right, FIFTY-SIX!). The poor-selling novel was based on his experiences in DC. The tale he told was quite funny in hindsight: the book sold less than three hundred copies in hardback. Not funny at the time, I'm sure.
The second thing L.E. talked about was the difference between his experience and spy thrillers. Namely, how boring the reality of DC was: no political killings, no international assassins, just a lot of suicides when people were discovered to have sold themselves or accused of crimes they could not live with.
Riding home today, I was trying to figure out what the hell to do about the character that has been giving me a headache for the last few months.
Like a thunderbolt, L.E.'s words came back to me! I was screaming into my helmet like an idiot at 70 miles an hour.
Thank you, L.E.
Plot problem solved.
What I'm working on came up. I suppose it was simply the kind thing to do, you know, ask the kid what he's doing and all that. At any rate, they were informed of what I was working on and what I do for a living.
We then talked about that old saw of 'writing what you know'.
L.E. Modesitt said two very interesting things on this point; the first of which was about his worst-selling book (He has 56 novels out there. That's right, FIFTY-SIX!). The poor-selling novel was based on his experiences in DC. The tale he told was quite funny in hindsight: the book sold less than three hundred copies in hardback. Not funny at the time, I'm sure.
The second thing L.E. talked about was the difference between his experience and spy thrillers. Namely, how boring the reality of DC was: no political killings, no international assassins, just a lot of suicides when people were discovered to have sold themselves or accused of crimes they could not live with.
Riding home today, I was trying to figure out what the hell to do about the character that has been giving me a headache for the last few months.
Like a thunderbolt, L.E.'s words came back to me! I was screaming into my helmet like an idiot at 70 miles an hour.
Thank you, L.E.
Plot problem solved.
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