It's always a relief to get back home after a convention excursion.
Had a good time at Crescent Con, which was the last of that series of conventions. My reasoning was that at some point in the past, they were discussing potential guests of honor, and someone in authority said, "The last person we'd want for GOH is Peter David." And with this being the last, well...
Did a ton of panels, ranging from discussing how to get a book sold to judging a "Worst First Paragraph for an SF story" contest to doing a reading. Read the script for the Spike one-shot (out this week) and my short story, "Killing Time by the River Styx" which is in the newly published short story collection, "Meeting by the River." Went over pretty well, and I'll have some news about the audio version of "Styx" before long.
Kath had a number of panels as well, and also sold a couple of things in the art auction, which was great. We also were able to spend time with friends Wendy and Richard Pini and Marv Wolfman, and also got to know actor John Billingsley and his wife, Bonni. For my money, John as "Doctor Flox" was easily the best thing on "Enterprise," and was also great on "West Wing" as the guy who tried to convince CJ to completely restructure the world map on Big Block of Cheese Day.
Didn't really get out of the hotel until today; we went to the aquarium, which naturally was a big hit with Caroline, and the Riverside Mall, which was an even bigger hit with Ariel. Would've liked to get really into the French Quarter, but wasn't able to do it. Maybe next time.
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I'm glad you had a good time at the convention as the GoH. 'Wish I could have met you in person.
(All apologies to John Billingsley but ...) I was never HUGE into "Enterprise" mostly because I was usually at work when it originally aired. I'll catch a few reruns when they come on SPACE: The Imagination Station. My fave was ST:DS9!
Right now, I'm enjoying reading "Tales of the Dominion War" but have not yet gotten to the New Frontier short story.
And as far as not being able to make it to the French Quarter...well as a father of 2 and the grandfather of 1 I totally understand. My sympathies.
For my money, John's Phlox was at first the only really distinct character on the show. The others (characters, I mean) were kinda just "well, here we are."
And Worst SF Paragraph Ever? My only question is how did you get it out of my computer?
You go to New Orleans and don't get to the French Quarter?? Isn't that almost sacrilegious?
Oh, and as for you not being invited to WW Chicago (referring to a previous blog post of yours), I'm asking you to come. This year the con definitely needed some more energy and fun.
Home again, home again, jiggidy jig!
(Anyone get the reference?
Believe me, the Quarter is not all it's cracked up to be, unless you LIKE stinky bars and strip clubs. Then again, I may be biased. :)
Glad you finally got out of the hotel, Peter. Did you guys get to pet the shark at the aquarium?
Always a pleasure seeing you at cons, even if I can only afford it once a century, and thanks a ton for all the FALLEN ANGEL gossip. Now I'm REALLY going to be pimping it out to my local Comic Book Guy. :)