Woops! I didn’t get this posted yesterday. Has my post-a-day challenge for July already failed?

Not really. I’ll post this one now, and another later today. Life happens, and it’s important we forgive ourselves, especially when the rules we made up for ourselves are arbitrary.

Besides, the main reason I didn’t post yesterday was because the day was exceptionally full, and when we got back to my room last night, I immediately went to sleep. Baycon Day 2 was a full and happy day.

The biggest highlight of the day was in the evening, when Melissa and I took several wonderful people to dinner. Once every convention, I try to take a group out and treat them, so it can just be a time of low stress, good food, and happy conversation. Last night was no exception. It was a fabulous time.

I attended a panel earlier in the morning on How to Make Believable Characters, which was interesting and engaging. I found myself nodding my head a lot, agreeing with what was being said.

I participated on one panel a little later, on Noir in Science Fiction and Fantasy. When putting the program together, I’m not sure they knew my particular set of qualifications for that panel, since Spin City isn’t out or broadly known, but based on the experience of writing that novel, and because that particular combination of noir and SciFi is my catnip, I had a couple of things I could say on the subject. I think the panel went well. Attendance was light, so it was low stress and low stakes, which is fine by me.

In the evening, I briefly attended Rebecca Inch-Partridge’s party for the release of her book, Escaping the Dashia. Years ago, when Rebecca and I were in a writing group together, I read early versions of that book at the same time that group was reading early versions of The Repossessed Ghost. It’s great to see both books taking physical form and going out into the world.

Melissa and I went to Michael Gallowglas’s poetry slam, but I only could stay briefly. The poetry was excellent, and I wanted to stay for more, but my body simply said No, so I listened to it. We came back to the room and I immediately passed out.

All in all, I would say Day 2 was an excellent day. Highly recommend it. Would do it again.