I feel like I should say something about Boskone since I was there. So, I'll make this short and sweet.

The programming was good this year. There were multiple panels that I attended and found content rich. The best ones were the short story panels because the speakers did a great job of conveying their experience to the audience, which made the panels enriching. I also really enjoyed the panel on Richard Matheson. Due to the fact that I get lost every time I drive to the Convention Center, I missed the first 10 minutes of the panel, but it was still great. The audience was as well informed as the speaker, which made for a very engaging dialog. The television panels were just good fun.

The Literary Beers had a few issues since the bar wasn't prepared (or even open) for this type of thing. The restaurant didn't want us in there either. So, we got put in a room on the Mez level and I don't think people were able to find the new location because it wasn't marked.

The con suite was well stocked with goodies to eat and drink. Yet again, Viable Paradise did a great job of feeding the crowd and getting the VP message out there. I was really glad to see my VPX buddies Jen, John and Bart, and I wish we'd had more time to hang out. But since I was a 9-5er at the con, I wasn't around much.

It was really nice to catch up with Debra D, Jim K, and Kelly Link (even though she wasn't a VPer). I think I spent most of my time at panels rather than socializing, so I feel kind of like a bad socializer. Well, maybe I'll do a little more hanging out with people at Readercon, which should be a lot of fun!

Ok, that's it for now. What a sad little con report.

Addition:
There was also a good panel on utopias. I'm so glad that I attended that one because it gave me some great ideas (and don't dos) for my novel.

If you're interested, here' the link to the almost final version of the Boskone program.