It’s been almost a week since I got a Twin Peaks re-watch post up here. They’ll resume shortly. It’s just that since last Thursday I was busy selling books and communing with other geeks at the 40th annual Seattle sci-fi & fantasy con known as Norwescon! I had a great time, sold some books, hung out with fellow authors Tiffany Pitts, Camela Thompson, and Janine Southard, went to a few panels, and almost made it to the final round in a gigantic Cards Against Humanity tournament.
I also took a lot of pictures! While you wait for the next Twin Peaks post, please enjoy a slice of my experience, captured through my less-than-perfect phone camera!
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— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) April 13, 2017
Tiffany Pitts and Camela Thompson after we’d just gotten our Thursday table set up in Writer’s Row
Me on my end of the table. Not visible, my “Porkins wasn’t ‘alright'” t-shirt.
Cosplayers everywhere!
Also everywhere, dogs in carts! (Seriously, I hadn’t realized how many dogs would be there.)
Some were even in costume. It’s R2-D-dog!
Fantastic attention to detail. “How can you have a yellow alert in spacedock?”
Starting on Friday, we were lucky enough to be moved into the Dealer Room, since there was a booth opening and we had three people at our smaller, isolated, un-powered hallway table.
One of the biggest attractions at our table was this little guy that Tiffany brought. He held free Starburst for passersby. Those X-Wings are crayons (also made by Tiffany).
This vendor (Firefox Fashions) was directly across from us. Everything there looked amazing.
Friday I also came as Walter White/Heisenberg. (The milkshake isn’t part of the cosplay. I just wanted a milkshake.)
Steampunk Han & Leia!
Ran into this guy at the Jack-in-the-Box across the street (where I was still dressed as Walter White). Sorry for the blurry pic.
Lana from Archer
King Triton and Ursula from The Little Mermaid. These two had a different costume for each day.
Poor Daleks. Can’t go upstairs to the Evergreen Rooms. (Note the “peacebonding” on the red one.)
Day 3 (Saturday): Dressed in my Imperial Naval Officer cosplay. Much more comfortable boots this time.
He’d apparently had a late night of bad decisions.
Fairy godmothers, with coffee. So many people wanted a picture of these three that they didn’t know where to look.
Still more great attention to detail.
He checked out. Not a ghost. (Damn, I look tired, huh? All that extroversion is exhausting!)
An excellent Klingon.
Dude! You need to put a leash on that thing!
Pyramid Head!
She accidentally bumped into someone a few moments later. Not great visibility in that thing, but it looked great!
Zeus Is Dead did amazing sales. People kept telling me the title and the cover pulled them in. (That’s a chocolate Serenity in front there. Also made by Tiffany, we were giving them away with a book purchase.)
I had a great time, but after 4 straight days of stepping out of my comfort zone and interacting with so many people, I came home Sunday evening and pretty much collapsed! 😀