things that start with s: sff cons, school, secrets

[aamcnamara]

Five things make a post. (Where does that phrase come from? We need a Wikipedia for the Internet.)

1. I am all done with IB forever for the rest of my life. As much as I grew fond of it in the last couple of weeks, I am glad to see it gone.

2. Wiscon! Just a week away now. I will be on one (1) panel, to wit:

Young Writer Q&A
Sun 2:30 - 3:45PM
Conference 4
Kelly Jones (M), Vylar Kaftan, Naomi Kritzer, Alena McNamara, Diana Sherman
If you're a writer under age 18, you may have a set of questions that most writing 101 books and panels don't typically answer. Should you mention in cover letters that you're a freshman in high school? Is there a way to mention your fiction writing in your college applications if you haven't actually sold anything? Should aspiring writers major in English? Where can you find people who will give you feedback on your writing without being patronizing? This panel is designed for young writers, college–age and under. (Panelists may be older, but we all started young.)

(I am not older.)

3. My "secrets" tag has been being used to denote posts which are about the Novel I am writing. For a long time it was a Notanovel, because my brain freaks out with all the rules about What Novels Must Do and What Novels Must Be if I admit that I am Writing A Novel. Now it is 20k words long and it is time for it to grow up and be a real novel.

4. I am, for once in my life, dressing up. I am even wearing high heels. I am, in fact, going to prom. I am not constructing my mental scenarios for the Perfect Prom Night. My feet will get sore, and I will spend a lot of time being bored and/or annoyed, but it will be okay.

5. I have registered for Fourth Street Fantasy convention.

Bonus number 6 is a secret.

Comments

[aliseadae]

secretsecret.

Is prom tonight? Will I get pictures?
I'm sorry I was not actually online earlier.

Wiscon!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

You will, I promise!

Wisconwiscon.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Wooo Fourth Street!

I hope you enjoy Prom like I enjoyed my Prom: not at all Perfect or Ideal or Fairy Princess. Just a nice time with my best friend, interspersed with annoyance at another friend's boyfriend.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

It was definitely a nice time with my friends. (Except for the part where I escaped from the music and went and sat on a counter at the far end of the room and just watched the seething mass of humanity. That was nice, too, but without my friends.) I believe that I'm glad I went, which is the main thing.

[writegirl23.livejournal.com]

WisCon! And you're on a panel! That's so awesome.

I hope you have/had fun at Prom.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Yes! I have half convinced myself that no one will come to my panel, of course.

It was reasonably enjoyable. I always find school dances a little strange, but that's life. Also, now I have an awesome dress and shoes to wear to the Wiscon Fancy Dress party, which if pressed I would admit to being part of my motives to go to prom in the first place. I am too much of a non-girly-girl to justify spending money on pretty things otherwise.

[writegirl23.livejournal.com]

I will come to your panel. With signs and cheers just for you. :)

Good motive for prom ... I ended up not going this year, since I would rather spend the money on going to WisCon. Although to be honest, my favorite part of prom is shopping for the dress.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I don't like shopping for clothes much in general, but dress-shopping can be fun.
WisCon is definitely a better use of your money.

[writegirl23.livejournal.com]

What exactly is the Fancy Dress Party? I saw it on the schedule but there weren't many details.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

It's one of the regular evening parties, except that its theme, instead of being something like Livejournal Users Hang Out or People Write Haiku For Earrings, is Come Dressed Up. As far as I can tell. I did not go to it last year.

I will likely bring fancy dress but may or may not ultimately decide to either wear it (the fancy dress) or attend.

[aliseadae]

and of course I'll attend your panel.