Subject: [FFML] [con report][a-kon10] Doug's mini con report
From: doug_w@mail.geocities.com
Date: 6/7/1999, 10:13 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com



Hello all! I have just returned from my first con! A-kon 10.


I arrived about noon on friday and checked into my hotel room. I was sure
to get a room in the east wing, where the con was being held. I hit the
dealer room first, I spent way too much money. I met the Tavicat people and
got an autograph on a new copy of Reality Check #1. Then I went to hear Tim
Thomerson (Drek, from the trancers movie) He was very funny, I got lots of
him on tape. I will post video files on my website eventually.


After that I noticed that novelist P.N. Elrod was giving his talk. I went
into the room and sat down. Elrod wasn't in site, some woman with a really
big hat was talking. I tapped the guy in front of me and asked who she was.
P.N. ELROD IS A WOMAN!!! She gave a great talk about writing. Some of her
advice was to look in the 808 section of your library. (dewey decimal 808)
lots of helpfull books on writing. For those of you who saw that P.N. Elrod
wrote a book with TV star Nigel Bennet of Forever Knight (he played
Lacroix) and Psi-factor. You can rest assured that acording to Elrod he
actually wrote his part of the book. (Even Will Shatner didn't write the
Tech-war novels.)

After that I wandered around and then went back to my room.

at 7:30 I went down to the lobby and met Bastion Fitsroy, a pre-reader and
friend. (Isn't it nifty that you cna call someone a friend even if you've
never met them?) We talked till 8 when somemore FFML people shoed up.
Richard Lawson, Zen, lara Bartram, Sean Gaffney, and others. Zen was sans
spatula. Zen looks like he should be on the back of a harley. gaffney looks
like 'Mathew' from Newsradio, only no glasses. Richard remindes me of the
guy who I buy my comics from. We went to Fudruckers for dinner. I sat
between Lara and late arriving Richard (he took a wrong turn out of the
airport) Lara says the next part of 'A wolf in Samuria's clothing' is
written but not typed. Richard is too busy to write right now.

After that I went to bed. (I'm not good at staying up late.)

Saturday I spent some more money and then watched videos. At noon I went to
the VIZ panel. Viz is going to stop putting out Maison Ikkoku Dubs, for
those who are interested. (Just not selling enough) But the subs will
continue with either 3 or 4 episodes per tape. At three I went to the fan
fiction panel. I have lots of it on tape.

I went back to the video room until the cosplay. The cos-play was good, but
long. There was one girl dressed as Lina Inverse who hadn't thought things
through on her costume, she made shoulder pads out of sheet metal and they
had shrap ends. She had to wrap the ends in plastic tape so no one got
hurt. I got into an elevator with her later she had to lean sideways so the
pads where vertical. I sat next to richard who I had to keep asking who
people where dressed as. He was real nice and never hurt me for my
stupidity. Richard Lawson is an all-around good guy. There was on group who
did an Eva bit with Kaji hitting on Ristsuko and Misato, they ended up
going off with Gendo. Kaji stood around saying something about there being
one girl for him and Tiffinaly grant stood up and yelled "Me!". Very funny.

After the whole bit was over I went back too my room. I Decided that for
sunday my mission was to find Tiffany Grant and get her on tape, then go
home. On and impulse I decided to check out the con-suite. And,
lo-and-behold, Tiffany was there. She was wearing the famouse fan-made
Plug-Suit and eating peanut butter and celery. I finished up my tape with her.

ADV has passed on the EVA movies. Bandai want's too much money for them. I
will post vidoe of her in all her red suited glory. She was really nice.

After that I went back to my room and to bed. The next day I hit the
dealers room again and then went home.

Lots of Fun. I probabaly won't be able to go next year. And next time I'm
flying!!
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