Been There, Done That, 1998

This year I brought my family with me to Worldcon, Bucconneer 1998. Here is my convention report.

Exhibits

• August 7 - September 13, Wearable Art, an exhibition, Nicholas Colasanto Center, 2704 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA, 703-838-4827. Showcasing the work of local apparel, jewelry, and textile designers and craftpersons. I contributed a knitted coat with a design of leaves.

Signings, Readings, and Panel Discussions

• Thursday, February 5, 1998, 7:30 PM, Borders, Bailey's Crossroads, VA, (703) 998-0404. A panel discussion with several other authors, including Ann Crispin and Catherine Asaro
• Thursday, March 12, 1998, 7:30 -9:00 PM, Borders Books, Waldorf MD, on Hwy 301. (301) 705-6672.A panel discussion with several other authors, including Ann Crispin and Catherine Asaro
• Saturday, March 14, 1998, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, Beyond Comics, Lakeforest Mall, Gaithersburg, MD.
• Saturday, March 21, 1998, 8:00 PM, University of Virginia Bookstore, Charlottesville, VA, (804)924-3296, in connection with the Virginia Festival of the Book Panel discussion: "Science Fiction Brought to Earth".
• Wednesday, May 6, 1998, 7:30 - 9:00 PM, Arlington County Public Library, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA, (703)358-5990.
• Saturday, May 9, 1998, 3:45 PM, Annapolis Waterfront Arts Festival, at the Maryland Writer's Association Booth, City Dock, Annapolis, MD.
• Thursday, May 21, 1998, 5:30-6:30 PM, Future Fantasy Bookstore, 3705 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306
• Sunday, May 24, 1998, 1:00-3:00 PM, Other Change of Hobbit Bookstore, 2020 Shattuck Ave, Berkely, CA.
• Wednesday, June 10, 1998, 7:30 PM, Barnes & Noble, 3651 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Alexandria, VA, (703)299-9124. "Writing Short Fiction," with Mary Overton and Katheryn Abdul-Baki.
• Sunday, July 12, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, with Catherine Asaro, at Pandemonium Books & Games 36 JFK Street, Boston, MA. (617)547-3721 pandemo@tiac.net
• Saturday, September 26, 1998, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, The Women's Center presents a workshop, Careers in Writing and Editing, at ManTech International (First Floor Auditorium) 12015 Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA. Panelists include Amy Barden, Brenda Clough, Barbara Hart, Pat Hyland, Dr. Allan Lefcowitz (Artistic Director, The Writer's Center), Carol Lutyk, and Diane Ullius.

  Please call (703) 281-2657 for registration information.

Conventions

• Boskone XXXV, at the Sheraton Tara Hotel, Framingham, MA, February 13-15, 1998.
• JohnCon '98, on the Johns Hopkins University Campas in Baltimore, Maryland, February 20-22, (I will be there on the 21st).
• SheVaCon, at the Ingleside Inn in Staunton, Virginia, February 27, 28 and March 1, 1998.
• I-con 17, the East Coast's Largest Convention of Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy, on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, March 27-29, 1998.
• Balticon 32, at the Baltimore Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD, April 10-12, 1998.
• BayCon 1998, at the Doubletree Hotel, near the San Jose International Airport, Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25, 1998.
• ReaderCon, at the Boston Marriott Westborough, Westborough, Massachusetts, July 10-12.
• Bucconeer, the 1998 World SF convention, in Baltimore, MD, August 5-9, 1998.
  For Bucconeer I was, heaven help me, the SFWA liason. Here is my convention report. Here is a more complete report by Evelyn C. Leeper.
• Confluence '98, September 4-6, Labor Day Weekend, at the Sheraton Inn, Mars, PA, near the intersections of Interstates 79 and 76.
• Viable Paradise II: The Convention, October 2-4, 1998, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
• Albacon '98, October 9-11, 1998, at the Ramada Inn, 450 Nott Street, Schenectady, NY.

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