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3 years ago
I didn't mention it much here, but this past weekend I attended Fur the More, my first convention since, well, Fur the More 2020. Only the second time I've been out of the house for more than a day in that time. And it was okay. The health precautions were bearable after the last couple years. (The closest thing to an issue was on the hotel's end, really.)
My bigger concern was more of a social one, and to be honest I handled that badly (as I implied, if you follow my Twitter feed). In particular, I've been so down about my writing that I'd built up this critical mass of dread regarding talking about it at all. I guess I feel like a pitiable figure regarding my writing already, even before things went to hell, and the thought of talking about my failures in person even to sympathetic ears was just too much. Yes, I'm aware a lot of other writers have struggled under the weight of the pandemic, and that I built this all up in my head to an unreasonable degree. (I've not meant to imply that my feelings are in any way rational or logical.) But I still isolated myself socially and feel incredibly guilty about doing so. And that's just something I'll need to grapple with. I don't think anyone who would have been there and expected to see me is likely to see this, but if you were at the con and hoped to see me there, I'm deeply sorry and I'll try to do better in the future.
Also, while I'm not going to call anyone out by name, I do want to take a moment to thank someone for some kind words they shared this weekend. The timing of them was unfortunately bad, as between convention stuff and having a bad brain day I didn't really get the chance to sit and absorb them until the worst of it had passed. I still greatly appreciate it, though.
In completely unrelated news, while I'm here, I wanna take a moment to promote a friend's novel. "Redcap, Whitecap, Goblin, Thief" is an urban fantasy novel by Vaughn R. Demont. I mean, I can't think of anything I could say about it that isn't already on the linked page, so go check it out. I beta read it and contributed to the setting many years back, and I think it's some of his best work.
My bigger concern was more of a social one, and to be honest I handled that badly (as I implied, if you follow my Twitter feed). In particular, I've been so down about my writing that I'd built up this critical mass of dread regarding talking about it at all. I guess I feel like a pitiable figure regarding my writing already, even before things went to hell, and the thought of talking about my failures in person even to sympathetic ears was just too much. Yes, I'm aware a lot of other writers have struggled under the weight of the pandemic, and that I built this all up in my head to an unreasonable degree. (I've not meant to imply that my feelings are in any way rational or logical.) But I still isolated myself socially and feel incredibly guilty about doing so. And that's just something I'll need to grapple with. I don't think anyone who would have been there and expected to see me is likely to see this, but if you were at the con and hoped to see me there, I'm deeply sorry and I'll try to do better in the future.
Also, while I'm not going to call anyone out by name, I do want to take a moment to thank someone for some kind words they shared this weekend. The timing of them was unfortunately bad, as between convention stuff and having a bad brain day I didn't really get the chance to sit and absorb them until the worst of it had passed. I still greatly appreciate it, though.
In completely unrelated news, while I'm here, I wanna take a moment to promote a friend's novel. "Redcap, Whitecap, Goblin, Thief" is an urban fantasy novel by Vaughn R. Demont. I mean, I can't think of anything I could say about it that isn't already on the linked page, so go check it out. I beta read it and contributed to the setting many years back, and I think it's some of his best work.
