I'm Not Supposed to Say Anything...
Mar. 5th, 2008 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse...but apparently due to a miscommunication, Wyrdsmiths won't be having its annual Sunday night party at WisCON. I'm of two minds about this. The front part of my brain is sort of disappointed. We usually have a pretty good turn out, and have, in the past, used the party as an excuse to hand-out a free self-published sampler of our members' work (ala New Wyrd and Tales from the Black Dog.) Without a party, there's really no point in going to the effort -- not to mention the expense -- of producing an anthology/sampler.
The back part of my brain is fairly relieved. The anthology is a lot of work, although, admittedly it's not usually work that I do -- that burden usually falls to Sean M. Murphy and Bill Henry. But, this year it would have required me to actually write something as my coffers of unpublished shorts is completely empty. Writing short stories is something that I really struggle with -- and it usually takes me a long time to write one that I'm satified with. So I always hesitate at the idea of "giving away" something that hasn't gone to market, because, well, I not only do I tend to work really hard on the story that appears in it, but I also have to pay to produce our sampler and my short stories sometimes actually sell, and thus make money for me.
The party is also usually a lot of work -- again, something I have to admit usually falls on other people's shoulders, although I have taken part in a few last minute shopping ventures with fellow Wyrdsmiths. And, of course, I try to be the hostess with the mostest (although that's not usually a lot of work for me, either).
On the flipside, having an annual Wyrdsmiths party means there's at least one party venue when friends know where to find me "after hours." Because Shawn and I have made WisCON into our once a year vacation-without-the-kid, I've noticed a tendency in me to simply disappear after my final panel of the day and thus I end up inadvertantly making myself inaccessable to people. This year, at least, I'm somewhat required (or at least expected) to attend the release party for PERIPHERY, the erotic science fiction lesbian anthology that will be debuting at WisCON in which I have an AngeLINK story. So, I guess what I'm saying is look for me there.
As usual, I willnot be attending the SIGN OUT.
We just can't stay the extra hours on Monday -- not with a little boy to fetch and grandparents (my folks) to rescue. :-)
The back part of my brain is fairly relieved. The anthology is a lot of work, although, admittedly it's not usually work that I do -- that burden usually falls to Sean M. Murphy and Bill Henry. But, this year it would have required me to actually write something as my coffers of unpublished shorts is completely empty. Writing short stories is something that I really struggle with -- and it usually takes me a long time to write one that I'm satified with. So I always hesitate at the idea of "giving away" something that hasn't gone to market, because, well, I not only do I tend to work really hard on the story that appears in it, but I also have to pay to produce our sampler and my short stories sometimes actually sell, and thus make money for me.
The party is also usually a lot of work -- again, something I have to admit usually falls on other people's shoulders, although I have taken part in a few last minute shopping ventures with fellow Wyrdsmiths. And, of course, I try to be the hostess with the mostest (although that's not usually a lot of work for me, either).
On the flipside, having an annual Wyrdsmiths party means there's at least one party venue when friends know where to find me "after hours." Because Shawn and I have made WisCON into our once a year vacation-without-the-kid, I've noticed a tendency in me to simply disappear after my final panel of the day and thus I end up inadvertantly making myself inaccessable to people. This year, at least, I'm somewhat required (or at least expected) to attend the release party for PERIPHERY, the erotic science fiction lesbian anthology that will be debuting at WisCON in which I have an AngeLINK story. So, I guess what I'm saying is look for me there.
As usual, I will
We just can't stay the extra hours on Monday -- not with a little boy to fetch and grandparents (my folks) to rescue. :-)