tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post1937262260413646799..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Strange Chicano in Stranger Con - Parte 2 Contributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-43623758685956644122013-10-03T08:19:43.013-06:002013-10-03T08:19:43.013-06:00To Neil from Chicago,
Thanks for your two comments...To Neil from Chicago,<br />Thanks for your two comments. Yes, there are other cons, also in the SW, where authors can hawk even their Chicano hero novels. I attended some and will do more, as I'm able.<br />I've done best at the big cons when I've got a gringo friend/chaperone who's part of the in-crowd to present me to agents, editors, etc. Get yourself one. Or two.<br />I'll check out <b>Ink</b> and <b>Salsa Nocturna.</b><br />Suerte,<br />RudyGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-71962617637010705422013-10-02T16:37:54.610-06:002013-10-02T16:37:54.610-06:00For people not familiar with the science fiction c...For people not familiar with the science fiction community and it's odd habits, a little context might help. There is a World Science Fiction convention every year, but it is put on by a different committee, in their home city. So there is a built-in range of variation. And one place it shows up is in programming; creating and filling dozens of panels, or a few hundred for a Worldcon, is a real challenge, and personality and circumstance have large effects.<br /><br />Having been to a lot of cons, I have a good idea what the usual people have to say about the usual subjects. For me, as for many, cons are primarily a social occasion, and Worldcon most of all.<br />As the importance of Worldcon as a professional event has grown, some of the socializing has been dampened, alas. I certainly hope for your increasing professional success, but -- in your particular "minority" situation in the particular situation of San Antonio, how did you feel when you were out in the crowd or at parties?Neil in Chicagohttp://users.rcn.com/neilrest/NNG.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-23385430475983998492013-09-18T11:23:48.266-06:002013-09-18T11:23:48.266-06:00Great outline for a non-fiction book, possibly aca...Great outline for a non-fiction book, possibly academic that straddles popular culture. Maybe memoir, my life in sci-fi. Don't forget some of Daniel Olivas's work. Melinda Palaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09723387105472411698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-69551024207661237682013-09-15T13:31:32.351-06:002013-09-15T13:31:32.351-06:00Stina linked me here; I'm glad she did, and I&...Stina linked me here; I'm glad she did, and I'm glad you wrote this, and I'm glad I read it. I learned things (and discovered a rec list of fiction by authors I might not otherwise have found out about, which is always good.) Thank you for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-75463221747541001042013-09-15T11:08:57.773-06:002013-09-15T11:08:57.773-06:00great post. i'm very glad we met. (oh, and tha...great post. i'm very glad we met. (oh, and thanks for the link. :))Stinahttp://csleicht.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-75253094265824002502013-09-14T13:39:23.466-06:002013-09-14T13:39:23.466-06:00yeah, rudy ch. good article/commentary on the sci-...yeah, rudy ch. good article/commentary on the sci-fi literary world. just wanted to mention that reyes cardenas ends his book, reyes cardenas chicano poet 1970-2010, with from aztlan to the moons of mars/a chicano verse novela, his latest installment of chicano sci-fi. juanjuan tejedanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-71801951207907572422013-09-14T12:16:16.374-06:002013-09-14T12:16:16.374-06:00Almost too much to think about!Almost too much to think about!ERNEST HOGANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540897948215678872noreply@blogger.com