tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post5586130955669291252..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: Conventions - Are They Worth Attending?Barbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-7684982892988033722018-05-10T12:52:22.435-04:002018-05-10T12:52:22.435-04:00Yes, someone else making the bed is good.Yes, someone else making the bed is good.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-49300971668513621412018-05-10T09:35:53.937-04:002018-05-10T09:35:53.937-04:00Conventions are great for networking, good for boo...Conventions are great for networking, good for boosting book sales and I like any place where someone else makes my bed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-11947037421775155642018-05-09T16:45:41.585-04:002018-05-09T16:45:41.585-04:00Visiting interesting places is definitely a draw f...Visiting interesting places is definitely a draw for me.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-35103241214337057812018-05-09T16:17:48.086-04:002018-05-09T16:17:48.086-04:00I enjoyed Malice Domestic a lot - and Michael and ...I enjoyed Malice Domestic a lot - and Michael and his wife were some of the people I enjoyed meeting. If it leads on to publishing opportunities that is a bonus, but mostly I go to meet old friends and make new ones and to visit interesting places. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-44343506035058145962018-05-09T12:55:28.539-04:002018-05-09T12:55:28.539-04:00Hi, Michael. Sounds like you've had some wonde...Hi, Michael. Sounds like you've had some wonderful things happen from attending conventions. I attended the panel on Malice that you moderated with the Short Story nominees. Very interesting!Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-53265292105491602582018-05-09T10:57:51.495-04:002018-05-09T10:57:51.495-04:00I'm primarily a short story writer, so I don&#...I'm primarily a short story writer, so I don't attend conventions in the hopes of selling copies of my books to interested readers. I attend to meet other writers, to talk shop, to play poker, and to visit parts of the country I might not otherwise ever visit.<br /><br />Sometimes, though, good things happen unexpectedly. At my only LCC (in Santa Fe), I met an editor and have since placedMichael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.com