Helping out my hometown convention...

...for just a minute.

Some of you may have seen the latest from San Diego via Newsarama. Things have been going this direction thereabouts for a couple of years now, if memory is working properly. So it seems a good idea to have a roster of alternative options for fan gatherings of this sort, if not at the same scale across the continent.

One of these got revived last year, in a bit of a rush, called CAN-CON. Officially, the sub-title is "the Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature", but I still like to think of it as a convention. An event where, for a weekend, fans and professionals in the field can get together to have some shared fun and learn stuff from each other.

This year, it's September 9th to 11th, and the organizers prevailed upon duncanmac  and myself to set up a spot on Livejournal for anyone interested in attending in either capacity to keep an eye out for news and get questions answered before showing up, if they're of a mind to do so.

That venue is can_con_news . Hope to see you there from time to time between now and September.

Ottawa SF

Just as a refresher, we have an LJ community for local science fiction and fantasy fandom:

ottawa_sf 

Anyone who hasn't already signed up is welcome to join in the fun! It's moderated, so we can keep out the spambots, too!

"msfreakout" by Jamie McKelvin

msfreakout
Originally uploaded by Jamie McKelvie

Jamie - aka kenix - points out a peril of working with multiple input tools in the course of using Manga Studio here. Click on the photo to look at his original posting on Flickr!

Many thanks, Jamie, for permission to link this. As a beginning user of the software myself, this is something I needed to know about!

One regret from this weekend?

I wish I could have gone to G-Anime.

That's all.

Going to bed now.

In the morning, I'll be back at an old day job again...