Day: October 6, 2017

Journal

When you run a con, you’re never really not-running a conference…

In the weeks before a major event, you never really switch off. You just power down for a bit, waiting for the next call where you leap into action and get things done. We are five weeks out from GenreCon, and itโ€™s my sixth go-around running a big event, so I know what to expect from this bit. I know that I cannot be trusted with an iron, because weโ€™ve entered the period where I will just leave it on. I know Iโ€™ll climb aboard the wrong train and go 25 minutes out of my way before it occurs to me that I should be home by now. The nightmares have started and the constant, low-key adrenaline has set in. People keep reassuring me that things will be fine, and Iโ€™m about 99% sure that they will be, and event like GenreCon is a lot of moving parts and this is the period where Iโ€™m not responsible for all of