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Necon 25	[Jul. 18th, 2005\|10:41 am]
Necon 25 Highlights: + Riding to and from the convention with leethomas, suricattus and the ever-patient and wonderful Stefan Petrucha + Introducing everyone to friend and fellow Who Wants Cake writer Dan Braum and everyone thinking he was Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code + The incredibly hot woman who asked me to sign a copy of my book for her + Tom Monteleone hugging me and telling me never to stop writing + "Weekend without Fear" + Being the only one on the self-promotion panel who didn't display my work and still selling out of all the copies of Walk in Shadows I brought with me (and douglas_clegg was the best moderator I've ever worked with -- not only did he do his homework on each of the panelists, he managed to keep Darrell Schweitzer in line) + Having my work successfully pitched to agent Lori Perkins by a third party without my knowledge + Placing fourth in the infamous Game Show and being informed by Craig Shaw Gardner and Doug Winter that there would now be no escape from being a contestant in the future + Knocking Tom Monteleone out of the Game Show and not waking up dead the next morning + Seeing lokust again and finally meeting his partner + Running into someone I slept with many years ago and not having it be awkward + Breaking my self-imposed book-buying moratorium to pick up a copy of johndharvey's novel The Cleansing because lokust said it was good and he has good taste + Holly Newstein inscribing my copy of her novel with "To Nick - One of the cutest guys at Necon!" + Two words: Jack Haringa Necon 25 Lowlights: + The Vagina Tree is no longer there + Dan Braum's roommate, also known as That Guy with the Plastic Shark + My searing soar throat + Returning to four days' worth of unread LJ entries -- I skimmed them all this morning, so instead of replying with comments let me just say that's hilarious/I'm so sorry/he's an asshole/dude, don't let her play you like that/you really should get a new job/I don't read the novels, I'm waiting for the movie/how could you make out with someone with such a stupid name?/I still think Johnny Depp looks creepy in the trailer + spimby didn't come + no surprise visit from pgtremblay like last year
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lonesome_crow
2005-07-18 03:33 pm (UTC)

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Sounds like a good time was had by all!

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 03:35 pm (UTC)

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It was, and now we enter the recovery phase.

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gastonmonescu
2005-07-18 03:36 pm (UTC)

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You are writer, read you roar.

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jaylake
2005-07-18 03:37 pm (UTC)

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Kept Schweitzer in line?

I am not worthy...

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 03:40 pm (UTC)

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It was a marvel to behold.

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lokust
2005-07-18 04:11 pm (UTC)

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it really was.
i was stunned by his ability to shut him up.

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suricattus
2005-07-18 04:48 pm (UTC)

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Hey. Tina and I had some small part in that, too....

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 05:48 pm (UTC)

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Out of everyone, I think Tina is the one who got the most words out, while Richard Dansky and I were on the other end of the spectrum, sitting there muttering a few incoherent lines around our coffee cups.

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lokust
2005-07-18 06:20 pm (UTC)

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true!
all in all, it was marvelous to see his madness stopped, if only for a short while.

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horrorofitall
2005-07-18 03:48 pm (UTC)

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Knocking Tom Monteleone out of the Game Show and not waking up dead the next morning

"Tom I have two words for you. It begins with Borderlands and ends with 6."

Probably the single best line the entire weekend.

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 03:49 pm (UTC)

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Ha! Thanks, Paul, it was great meeting you too!

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spimby
2005-07-18 06:29 pm (UTC)

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You seriously said that? Now I really wish I'd been there.

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 06:31 pm (UTC)

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You should have been!

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lokust
2005-07-18 04:12 pm (UTC)

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hot hotness all around!
i did have a blast, and i'm going to actually spend time at the social aspects of it next year. and it's always great seeing jack. (who i actually let borrow that 'dark homage: hpl' set from delerium. here's hoping he takes good care of it!)
i'm glad to see you sold so many books and let me know what you think of john's book!

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 04:42 pm (UTC)

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It was so awesome seeing you, Shawn. I'm totally interested in that anthology project we talked about, too!

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laurie_daniels
2005-07-18 06:41 pm (UTC)

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Dan Braum's roommate, also known as That Guy with the Plastic Shark

All kinds of Zeppelin-esque images are running through my head now.

Welcome back-and congrats on selling out!

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-18 06:45 pm (UTC)

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Thanks, Laurie. Dan's roommate was carrying a little plastic shark around with him. We don't know what that was about, but we named the shark Nibbles.

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laurie_daniels
2005-07-18 11:05 pm (UTC)

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Ha! I think that's pretty charming, actually.

Did you drink? Did you get sick?

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nick_kaufmann
2005-07-19 04:38 am (UTC)

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Oh yes, there was drinking. I didn't get sick, but I felt pretty burnt by Saturday.

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