Rhapsodies

Well I’m psyched today is convention eve. I’m just putting together everything I need for setting up at the convention center. That will consist mostly of the furniture my sign and my book stands and some some supplies for making signs. Tape… String… (for reasons that have yet to be explained to me you always have to bring string to a convention.) Business cards, promotional cards and of course, swag. When I say swag I mean buttons and books! It’s funny with the books how pessimism and optimism contraduct each other in fascinating ways. Despite all of my experience I keep worrying… “Do I have enough? What if I sell out?” Which is immediatly followed up by… “oh. So you think you’re going to sell some.”

I’ve got my helper’s lined up… well… at least I think I do one tends to be annoyingly laid back when it comes to replying to his messages on facebook and it was embarrassing to discover I couldn’t make heads or tails out of the floor map when I was trying to give the other one directions.

But this is the reason to go to Thursday setup even when you don’t really have to… It get’s all of the worst case scenario stuff out of your system and best of all even if it’s only going to be industry types there that early but it’s so much fun! There’s something fascinating about looking behind the scenes and getting to shake hands with the men behind the curtain.

Finally there’s going to be a great opportunity to network at a Drink and Draw event this evening which will hopefully be a great opportunity to meet fellow artists. Networking is something I always try to get better at. (It’s tricky, sometimes I worry in trying to find potential colleagues I come off worse than a fanboy at these things)

Anyway zero hour people, can’t wait to see as many of you as possible at table c-12!