Next week I’ll be a Special Guest at San Diego Comic Con. Now, I’ve been to New York’s Comic Con several times, but SDCC is its bigger, meaner older brother, and I have to confess that I’ve been a little intimidated by the idea of the whole thing. Still, it’s hard not to get excited, ’cause holy crap see what I’ll be doing:
Thursday, July 12: Racebending.com: Creating Diverse Spaces for Diverse Representations
I was excited about this already, because I think the folks at Racebending are doing a hero’s work, poking Hollywood with a stick to get it to stop being so damn racist. Then I saw that Marjorie Liu, who’s cool as hell, would be on the panel. Then I saw that David Gaider would be on it — and for anybody who knows me in a gaming sense, my latest obsession has been the Dragon Age games. So now I get to gush at him over how incredibly well-written they are! (Haven’t started the Mass Effect series yet. In good time, people, in good time.)
Thursday, July 12: Spotlight on N. K. Jemisin
So, apparently I’m supposed to do something for this. Like, a reading or an interview or something… er. Um. Yeah. I’ll figure it out. ::ulp::
Friday, July 13: Epic Fantasy War
Me and a bunch of other fantasy writers being awesome together. I’ll finally get to meet Christopher Paolini and find out how he feels about my Inheritance Trilogy series name! I’ll finally get to fangirl in person at Lynn Flewelling! Did I mention AWESOMENESS?
Somewhere in there (probably after the Spotlight panel) I will do a signing, too. Or maybe two.
So see you soon, fellow SDCCers!
See you there! As a Special Guest, you should be somewhat protected from the overwhelmingness of it all.
I’m so excited for you! I hope you get a chance to wander about and pick up some cool swag while you’re there. I’m sad I passed on a chance to go this year, I had no idea you’d be speaking!