I don't know if y'all have this weekend's plans set in stone already (hey -- maybe some of you have already had long weeks. It could happen!) or what, but if you're in the Bay Area and you're casting about for a way to spend your Saturday, come on out to the Alameda Literati book fair and writer's conference.
Extra bonus: you can see me in action. I'll be speaking on an 11 a.m. panel titled "The Blab on Blogging: How to Get Started and Where to Go Next." My co-panelists are Matt Holohan of I Fought the Law; Dan Brodnitz of Cecil vortex; and John Knox White of Stop, Drop & Roll. It promises to be an interesting mix, what with a smart lawyer, a vibrant artist, a civic activist and, um ... me.
This is going to be like the panel I did at last year's Flow conference, I know it. There, we had a boatload of PhDs and -- again -- me. And all of them were saying these fantastically insightful and penetrating things about HBO's role in the business and pop culture landscapes of television, and when it was my turn to talk, the first words out of my mouth were, "I'm just here because somebody has to stick up for Real Sex."
So come on -- you know you don't want to miss the sequel to that!
On a related note: there are other Alameda bloggers who don't appear to be speaking at the event but should be called out anyway. You've seen Lauren Do in the comments recently -- she writes Blogging Bayport Alameda. Ayse Sercan writes Casa Decrepit, which is a fantastic reno blog and an inspiration for my own gardening. And finally, two of the three bloggers over at the Oakland As blog Catfish Stew are Alamedans: Ken Arneson and Philip Michaels. So our tiny island is simply packed with bloggers. Awesome!
Oh, don't sell yourself short.
It's probably a bit of a trek for a weekend trip from Toronto, so I will not be in attendance, but it sounds fun!
Posted by: drunken monkey | 2007.10.31 at 07:44
I would love to come see you this weekend, but your event is unfortunately not in my neighborhood. Doesn't that just suck? I trust you'll post about it for those of us who cannot attend.
Posted by: Dellface | 2007.11.01 at 21:19
Very nice to meet you today -- that was a lot of fun....
-Cecil (aka Dan)
Posted by: Cecil Vortex | 2007.11.03 at 12:38
The first thing my husband told me when he got back from the panel was that one of his co-panelists was a TWoP writer. Suddenly I was star-struck in a way that has never happened in a life not void of so-called celebrity encounters. I spent a very geeky drive that evening regaling him with stories of Recaps I Have Read In My Time. Now I have another reason to be sad we've moved away.
Posted by: DrMH | 2007.11.05 at 21:57
Awww! Your comment made my evening. Also, I am sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you after the panel.
Posted by: Lisa S. | 2007.11.05 at 22:42