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Welp. The Phoenix Comicon was a thing that happened. I got no sleep and I have no more money because parking and I made an ass of myself many a times.

I REGRET NOTHING.

Highlights:

- I saw friends from San Diego CC!

- Naomi Novik added me to her contact list on her phone. . .as the editor for her books and George RR Martin's looked on, ooooing and awwwing at my work.I might be offered a job next year. For fucking real. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. It might never happen. They might find somebody better or totally forget. However, if they do email me, I will weep tears of joy.

- DRINKING WITH AUTHORS. There were only 3 authors listed on the programming. THEY ALL SHOWED UP.
1. One person I was with was a little too territorial over our table and not terribly cognizant that authors LOOK LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.
2. Leanne Hieber remembered me from last year. I went over to chat and was all, 'Hi, love your dress and books' and she gasped and got excited and was all, 'I know you from last year! You came to my table with the girl who was a dalek' and I was all, 'I didn't go to your table with a dalek' and she was all, 'No, the girl who was a dalek, in the red dress' and I was all, 'Uh, okay, so you do remember me from last year. I'm buying your book tomorrow, are you signing?' and she was all, 'hell yeah' and gave all the details and it was super awesome.
3. Upon realizing I was NOT the squeamish the sort, Jaye Wells shared VERY personal information.
4. Had someone take a photo of me w/ Jim Butcher, but after the event, I checked my phone and the photo is not there : (
5. Photo w/ John Scalzi!

- JOHN BARROWMAN SPOTLIGHT!

- Chicks who Dig Timelords was crashed by John Barrowman. (Also, I have authors I needs to reads).

- Went to Leanna Hieber's table to get signature. Dumped all my feels for Maggie (one of her characters) and almost made Hieber cry, as she, too, has intense Maggie feels. We dished on Poe, then she showed me her cameo wedding ring with rose stone and gold, which I was suitably impressed by; I lifted my hand and showed her the heirloom rose stone and gold ring that was almost identical save the cameo on my pinkey finger and we had ourselves a 'WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WOULD TOTES HAVE BEEN BFFS'-fest. But by then the line was growing long and you just can't monopolize an author. We air kissed and she told me to come back next year or else she'd cry.

- The erotica panel consisted of an euphemism contest. I did not know there would be a euphemism contest. The description implied we'd be discussing how to write erotica, but I was totes game. The rules: if we came up with A) a good one which B) they had not heard before, we won books. I kept winning books. Penis: "Dill spread on the cucumber" "Breaking the mercury on the meat thermometer". Boobies: "Bells over the hourglass" (at this point, I was declared the ringer and was interrogated as to whether I did this professionally. I did NOT mention fanfic porn). They thought "Rosettes on the cupcakes" for boobies was too romantic, as was "Stoking the Hearth" for cunnilingus, but they liked "Worshiping the Church of the Holy Taco" (here, I was banned from taking any more books). My absolute favorite (and NOT MINE) for the night was for fellatio: "Pee Wee's Play House" (I diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied).

That's all for tonight. So much more happened; so little time to write about the awesome of Party Like a Timelord, etc. Might write up more, later.

UPDATE:

I have a roommate! She's moving in tomorrow and (so far) is not crazy.

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