You know your local Con is scraping the bottom of the barrel....

[crazychicknlady]

...when they invite me to be a participant.

It professes to be a Literary Con, too. Yeah, I've written a total of one filk, and co-written two filks, in the past 20 years. That is the sum total of my literary efforts since graduating college, unless you count the letter I wrote to my nasty neighbors back in January.

Technical knowledge? Not so much - I'm married to a physicist, I'm not one.

I could probably hold a panel on how to raise ducks and geese in a hot climate. Then again, I'm not sure how I'd fill the extra 49 minutes after using up the first one with, "Just add lots of water." Besides, not very science fictiony anyway.

They aren't alien or zombie ducks, after all.

I begged off with being too busy. Seeing as I still have one kid who qualifies as kid in tow, and a whole heap of animals at home to take care of, it's not a fake excuse. The Con is too damn far away to make a round trip in one day and still have the energy to do anything, so I'm only making it out one day and night anyway. Plus we just figured out it's a four day Con.

Kids, driving, animals, extreme heat, arg! No participation for me. Thanks all the same.

ETA: Okay, it belatedly occurred to me that complaining about being non-literary in a written venue is a little silly. But I don't consider my five years plugging away on a blog, with a readership of all of about 6 people, on the same level as writing short stories, novels, plays, music, and that sort of thing.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Are you kidding me????!!!! You are a dynamic, creative, intelligent woman who has a lot to share with the world. Please get this through your head: YOU ARE INTERESTING THEY ARE NOT SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL!!! Kid in tow or not! You should do this. Stretch yourself and enjoy the challenge. The rest of us are rooting for you. S--

Deep cleansing breath. Outrage ends in 3, 2, 1...

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie, but in a Science Fiction Literary Con sort of way, I am way under qualified. Even in a fan sort of way, I've only been on the periphery of conventions for years - mostly hanging out in the Con-suit, pool, and hotel room, rather than actively attending panels and events.