Only half-way through, and I'm already tired, but it's been a blast so far. Thursday was rather uneventful, as we arrived after lunch and really only scratched the surface of what the place had to offer. Spent much time at the Pocket Books booth, of course, hanging out with the editors, author Jeff Ayers, as well as all the nice folks who stopped by the booth to check things out.
Friday was more active, with a great Trek panel called: "Star Trek: Year 41 and Counting." Folks from all walks of life in the "behind-the-scenes" world of Trek were on the panel: Sandy Stone from www.startrek.com, Mike and Denise Okuda, Paula Block and John Van Citters from CBS Licensing (the kind people who approve all of the Trek fiction, among countless other things), Luis Reyes from TokyoPop (who's overseeing the forthcoming Trek Manga project), and Pocket editors Margaret Clark and Marco Palmieri. Moderated by Andy Mangels and attended by a huge room full of interested onlookers, the panel was an engaging discussion about all the great stuff happening in the Trek universe. Anybody who says Trek's dead just isn't paying attention.
After the panel, it was back to the Pocket booth for our first signing. Along with Mike Sussman, Kevin and I signed oversized postcards bearing the cover art for Glass Empires. We'd actually only met Mike in person just the night before, and getting a chance to hang out with him and talk for a bit was something I'd been looking forward to doing. While we were there we met up with TrekBBS members AlpineMaps, foravalon, and Ronald Held. Also caught up with fellow writers Kirsten Beyer and Kelly Cairo as well as their respective spouses.
And along the way throughout the day, we perused the main con floor, spent too much money, carted too much stuff back to the room, etc.
If I had to sum the day into a single word, that word would be:
"Dope."
posted by Dayton Ward # 10:26 AM 
