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I was at the Seattle Worldcon last week. Went into town on Tuesday to drop off books. Went back in Wednesday for the start of the con. Had panels every day for five days. Worked at the table where we were selling our books every day as well.
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Today, I’m beyond exhausted. I have no voice because I talked more in the last five days than I have for the last five months. I am not writing today. Depending on sleep, may or may not be writing tomorrow. Fingers crossed that I’ll get back to writing by Wednesday.
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Was it a good convention? Absolutely. Blaze and I set goals before we go to any convention, and then rate it based on how well we achieve them.
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Our primary goal for this convention (and in general) is to meet other writers, particularly those who are newer to the craft, to show them an alternative way. So much of the time writers get blasted with THE RULES—you must outline, you must plot out the emotional beats for your story, you can only write in one genre, there’s no money in indie publishing, etc.
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We’re there to be the example of how it can be different. You can write into the darkness and still write books that are not only good, but popular. You can write more than one genre. It’s possible to make a living as an indie author. All those things.
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So I think it was very successful from that standpoint. I don’t want to overexaggerate it, but I honestly believe that being there, being open to talking and questions, changed lives.
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That’s why we go to cons.
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There were a couple of other reasons that were secondary to the primary goal, and those were met as well.
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One, was to get our name out there again. We haven’t gone to a local con for a while. Both Blaze and I give really good panel. And it showed. People came up to us after our panels and let us know that we had just given them the best panel at the con. (Very different panels, for Blaze and me, but the same reaction.)
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Chances are, if we can get on panels, we’ll be at Norwescon in 2026. Stay tuned.
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The other reason to attend was to potentially sell books in the dealer’s room. We were luckily invited into a group of other writers, and we all banded together to have a single table.
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No one, and I mean NO ONE, had any idea whether or not we would be successful. Worldcon isn’t like a normal con. Sure, it might happen every year, and you’ll have some repeat visitors. But a lot of people are going to be new.
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Fortunately, we were more successful than I would have ever dreamed of. Now, I didn’t bring that many copies of my books to start with—somewhere between six to eight copies of each title was all.
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But then I SOLD OUT. Almost every title of mine was gone. Some were gone by Saturday night, and the con didn’t finish until Sunday.
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I’m still gobsmacked at that.
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Blaze sold out of some of his titles. So did some of the other people at the table. One author was left with a single copy of an anthology that she was in. Every other book of hers was gone.
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So yes, it was a successful convention. Yes, we are considering doing it again at Norwescon. None of those decisions can be made at this time. We’re all too exhausted at this point to make any decisions.
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So I leave you with a picture that someone else took of Amanda Cherry, Laura Anne Gilman, and I, with our books at the table.
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Daring starship captain? Check.
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Best friend/deadly assassin? Check.
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Aliens? Still searching...
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Rosey builds personalized racing starships for a living. She doesn't care about finding live aliens.
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However, she will go and check out this supposed alien wreck for her best friend, Jamaal.
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What she discovers may change the galaxy.
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Alien Wreck—the start of a new, fast-paced science fiction series by master storyteller Leah R Cutter—leads the reader on a daring galactic treasure hunt, with everyone racing to find the missing pieces of the alien puzzle.
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Be sure to read the rest of this finished series!
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To celebrate the release of my new science fiction book, Alien Wreck, we're offering the complete box set of The Long Run series up for sale!
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Judit—a hard-headed captain of a starship who may swear a bit too much in Hungarian—gets hired by a powerful alien to break the stranglehold that the Universal Trading Cartel has on, well, everyone in the galaxy.
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Follow Judit and her quirky alien crew as they con their way through star systems, as well as all the corporate mechanations.
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I've always called this series "Leverage vs. Star Trek." Possibly it's the evil universe version of Star Trek as well...
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This box set contains all four of the books in this completed series!
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