I traveled to Portland for events related to the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and literary con. The highlight today was Dark Horse’s event for the Lovecraft Unbound anthology (ed. Ellen Datlow). I was beyond thrilled to have a chance to mingle with writers and editors, including such luminaries as Ellen, Caitlin Kiernan, and Michael Shea who were nice enough to autograph my copy of the anthology for me. David D. Levine, Camille Alexa, and Felicity Shoulders were also there, and such a thrill to meet!
This was really my first chance to introduce myself in person to other writers as Mae Empson, recently published author (since my first short story published today!) Everyone was incredibly kind and generous in chatting with someone just starting out like me. I really envy the Portland literary circle – looks like a very warm, closeknit community. Now, I just need to find the parallel groups in Seattle, etc.
What a thrill! This is a day I will remember for a long time. 🙂
Woo! I am glad it worked out for you!!!
I’m just jealous I once again didn’t make it to the festival!
But I really appreciate the reports the attendees having been posting around the web.
I’ve been posting mostly Fritz Leiber and Robert Bloch images and audio while everyone else ran of to Portland for the film festival.
Stop by my blog here on wordpress sometime, and grab some audio files and more for yourself.
Will
aka CthulhuWho1
http://cthulhuwho1.com
Sounds like a great day. Im also incredibly jealous. I live in the UK so wasn’t able to make that one but its good to hear about it from you. Perhaps in the future it will be you signing the books.