Comic Con 2010

Lenni went to Comic Con!! Only on Saturday, as per my previous entry, but it was still very cool. 🙂 I did NOT dress up. I dressed for comfort. These things are marathons, people. You do not wear lycra onsies to a marathon. Or maybe you do. I’ve never run one. XD

Here’s Chewie being interviewed. I have no clue what about. You try elbowing your way close to Chewbacca. 0.0

This was the How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse panel. The guy at the podium made some smart ass crack about New York so if you see him being chased by zombies, fellow New Yorkers, trip him.

That is Seth Green. I did not get anywhere close to or speak to this man. They guy next to him looks pretty jazzed, though. XD

These are a couple of t-shirts that I thought were cool but I have a ton of shirts so I just enjoy the sayings and move on.

This guy is wearing a thong on his head. What? You need another reason for me to take a picture of him?

October 7, 2010 atthequillsmercy

NYCC!!

Lenni will be at New York Comic Con! 😀 Not that I’ll have a table or anything (maybe one day). But I’ll be attending on Friday as a representative of my library. ^_^ Last year, I met Jeff Somers so who knows who I’ll meet this year! 😀

The day I get a table will be the day I get throngs of fans imploring to meet me. 😉

Hint hint.

I’ll only be able to go on Friday since Ma has chemo on Saturday and I have OT on Sunday. But one day is better than no days. 🙂

July 31, 2010 atthequillsmercy

Advice of the day and Super Shortie Saturday

I LOVE Jeff Somers’ books. I got lucky enough to meet him quite by chance at NY Comic Con last year when I had no clue what he looked like. The exchange went something like this:

Me (with fangirlish glee): YOU wrote The Electric Church!!
Mr. Somers (in fear and quite ready to flee from me): Yeeesss…
Me: I LOVE that book!!
Mr. Somers (in very obvious relief): Oh, thank you. That’s great! Here, let me sign that copy for you.

And he did.

This is relevant because I wanted to share this video when Mr. Somers responds to an question about his writing process (which is a question I am often asked and think he has the best response):

I really enjoy what he says about word counts and having the best intentions for the day. I’m not giving up on my word goals but I’m not going to be as hard on myself if I don’t quite make it. But I’m sticking to my guns about cheap RED wine and not cheap white wine. White wine feels like nail polish remover on my tongue.

No, I have not deliberately tasted nail polish remover. I just stupidly put my finger near my mouth after cleaning off my nails.

Now, I’m not sure who’s luckier: Him, who get’s to write all day, or me, who get’s to see all these awesome books coming into the library all day and write whenever there’s a quiet moment to be had… I think I have to say me cause my job sends me to conventions and expos where I get advance copies of certain crazy author’s books. XD

For this week’s shortie? A snippet from the Dreamhunter sequel, Greenhouse:

Raquel smiled. "You don’t know what love feels like, huh?"
"Right to the point as always." Darjeeling grumbled, her cheeks turning the red that was once her hair.
"It’s warm." Raquel held her friend’s chin in one hand while applying muddy gel to Darjeeling’s eyebrows with the other. "You feel an overwhelming warmth when you look at them. You start to see them as brand new again, like they’re a fabulous stranger. If you don’t see them, it shocks you to your core." She smirked at Darjeeling’s bewildered expression." Sound familiar?"

Now, I’m off to do whatever I can while I’m at Dayjob. Tomorrow is Get New Shoes For Monkeygirl and Work On Website day. This clueless author finally figured out what was wrong with the root directory that was making the old page come up instead of the new one. Lookit me, lernin shit.