14 Responses to Lonestar3, San Antonio, 2013

1. Paul (Drak Bibliophile) Howard says:

   Have Fun!
2. Tanja says:

   Sorry to miss the con — hope it goes well and you all have fun!
   I pre-ordered your book, so I’m hoping I’ll be doing some reading at around that time… :)
3. Chris G. says:

   Sounds like an inter­esting and wide-ranging collec­tion of panels (though I’ve never been to a Con with panels, so maybe it’s normal?).

   In any event, I hope that you enjoy what­ever you decide to read and have an enjoy­able and produc­tive time overall.
4. Rachelle says:

   Have a great time at Worldcon! I wish I could be there for the Firefly panel.
5. Estara Swanberg says:

   I hope you have fun, meet lots of old friends, make new ones and don’t get con crud.
6. Hilda says:

   I imagine that when you attend a few of these confer­ences is because you get some enjoy­ment out of them, and get to meet some of your fans. You prob­ably get some ideas for your craft, although I think in your case is much more giving to younger writers and listeners. SF writing is your job, like mine was legal writing. One confer­ence topic interest me. How people are turning to e‑reading more than books. I have been carrying books for years and years, home to home. Thou­sands. Some I donated. A year ago, I finally moved from a very large home to prob­ably my last and smaller home. I had thou­sands of books; all read one time and hoping to read at least once more. Donated dozens of boxes with a heavy heart. Reality is that, with very few excep­tions, they were read just once. I have only read yours more than once, but also you have so much I could read that it was only a month or so ago that I bought another author’s book (Dan Brown’s Inferno). I absolutely love books since I was a child; every time I opened a book, it was like trav­eling into an unknown world full of people. I was given a Nook; but holding it in my hands absolutely can not compare with holding a real book. I got some of yours that were not avail­able in book format.I think kids now a days will never get to discover the plea­sure feeling of what is hiding between the covers of a new book. But maybe what they will come to love is what is hiding in a blank screen
7. Ralph says:

   Unless life throws me another curve­ball, I hope to attend Lonestatr3.I want second every­thing Hilda said. That panel inter­ests me also. Growing up, there was no toy or present that could compare with a book. I still remember the very first book I was given as a present. It was Jack London’s Call of the Wild. I was in the third grade. I hid behind our living room couch and read it cover to cover. My family thought I had run away because no one could find me.
   That feel of a new book is inde­scrib­able! I sincerely hope this E‑book gener­a­tion will enjoy that same feeling from a screen. I have purchased Michelle’s books in paper and elec­tronic. More to support Michelle, but with the aware­ness of the space limi­ta­tion that is rapidly approaching.
8. Hilda says:

   My first book was a book of legends with pictures of incred­ible people and animals. From there, I quickly went to all the legends of the world. By 10 I was writing my own legends which enter­tained my family a lot. I don’t go anywhere without a book in my hands.
   My dentist 2 weeks ago asked me about Michelle Sagara’s books.
9. michelle says:

   True confes­sion: I love phys­ical books, still, because that’s what I grew up reading, and books were a large, large part of my life.

   But…I love ebooks because my father, whose eyesight has never, ever been good, can read them — he just adjusts the font size in the iPad so the font is very large. It means he can read what­ever he likes without having to cart around a magni­fying glass, because Large Type books aren’t all that common.

   My sons read phys­ical books, in part because I haven’t been able to interest them in iPads, and possibly because the books they’ve seen me read are phys­ical books.
10. michelle says:

    Unless life throws me another curve­ball, I hope to attend Lonestatr3.

    If you do make it, make sure you intro­duce your­self :D. (I assume you’ll also be busy with panels & friends, etc., while you’re there :))
11. easyreader says:

    I have been known to bring books to parties, just on the off chance that I get a moment to read. I currently own a Nook, a Kindle and an ipad and still buy hard­cover and paper­back books.
    I have pre ordered Cast in Sorrow for my Kindle, but intend to stop at the book­store on the way home and buy the book as well. I have been reading since the age of 4 and do not intend to stop until I no longer compre­hend what is happening. To para­phrase Charlton Heston, they will have to pry my books from my cold, dead hands.
12. Kat says:

    I live in Melbourne and I got a call from my book­shop. It’s here! So exciting, I have never got it on release day (earlier really given time zones). It usually takes a couple of weeks. I’m giddy with antic­i­pa­tion! Can’t wait for work to finish so I can go grab it.
13. Joey says:

    Hope you have a fun and happy time! I won’t be there as I opted to go to World Fantasy Con instead this year.
14. controuble says:

    It was wonderful seeing you again and meeting M. Finally finishes Cast in Sorrow a couple days ago — loved it! Now waiting for Touch and/or Oracle.