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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

50. You are just outside of Denver!

Oh, oh, oh!! Mile Hi will happen October 1-3. I am planning on attending. Please PM me if you decide to go.

One of my few regrets in life is that I did not start attending s-f cons many years ago. Once I finally started attending, about a decade ago,(aside of some random attending of ConQuest in Kansas City) I started making many friends, especially with writers. OMG! I will only say that I got to see the 2017 eclipse with one very well known writer, which made the eclipse even better than it already was.

Honestly, my friendship with various writers has come out of attending various cons.

Along with Mile Hi and Bubonicon (which isn't too much of a stretch for someone from Denver) I attend the Jack Williamson Lectureship in Portales (OMFG! An absolutely incredible and very small event) and COSine in Colorado Springs. COSine is in January, which means going to the Springs from Santa Fe in January is a bit problematical. I'd been aware of that con for several years, and once, at Bubonicon, talked with some representatives of that con about my hesitation. We wound up agreeing that there would be a special Raton Pass price, which was the same as the advance purchase price. I'd book the hotel, but not pay for the con until I got there, just in case the Raton Pass was impassible. In the several years I've gone to COSine, I was always able to get there. It's a relatively small con, which I personally like.

Another small con is the Jack Williamson Lectureship in Portales, NM. It really is a very out of the way place, which is an important reason why it is so small. I love it. Connie Willis always attends. She gives a talk at the lunch on Saturday, which is always a hoot. I do happen to be an enormous fan of Connie Willis, who is smart, funny, and always on point. And, like so many who attend cons of any kind, is always open to meeting with fans.

In 2019 I went to SoonerCon in Norman, OK. It was perhaps the best con I've ever been to. I am looking forward to attending again, hopefully in 2022. As you might already know or guess, s-f people are extremely friendly, and the cons are wonderful. As already noted, I've been to various ones over the years. SoonerCon had a level of friendliness above and beyond what I was used to. Wow. They also had some programming quite unlike what I'd known before, such as voice acting. I might sign up for some of that at my next SoonerCon. Not that I expect to become a voice actor, but for the very different experience.

I hope all this is inspirational to you. And even if you and I never meet, I sincerely hope you attend various cons.