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Melissa and I awoke early enough to get an overpriced breakfast at the hotel. \u00a0It wasn’t terrible, but it was a long measure from good. \u00a0The main problem was that the eggs tasted like powder.<\/p>\n

With our bodies fueled, Melissa and I began to attend panels. \u00a0I won’t detail the panels too much in this post, as I’m going to be putting all of my convention notes up above when I get home. \u00a0I will say that Melissa seemed to enjoy the panels much more than I expected. \u00a0Most of the topics were about writing and the business of writing, and it wasn’t really new to me. \u00a0I thought Melissa would be bored by much of it, but she took some notes of her own on her phone.<\/p>\n

At one point, we wandered over to FantasyCon<\/a>, taking place directly across the street at the Salt Palace. \u00a0We didn’t spend a ton of time there, but we got to see some interesting costumes, and a lot of really cool art. \u00a0We got our pictures taken in front of a green screen, and we were added to Guardians of the Galaxy. \u00a0As you can see below, Melissa is now named “Ravager” and my name is now “Outlaw.”<\/p>\n

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\"Melissa-Brian-Guardians\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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When all of the panels were finished, Melissa and I met up with Michael<\/a> in preparation for going out to dinner. \u00a0Michael was feeling a little down in general, as many of his plans for the weekend had fallen through, and his sales hadn’t been stellar that day. \u00a0He was down enough to have doubts about some of the relationships he’s enjoyed over the years with some of the big names that come to the conventions.<\/p>\n

As we were waiting for the elevator, Howard Tayler<\/a> approached us and asked if we had dinner plans. \u00a0We then went to a fantastic local Italian place that sold traditional pizza. \u00a0During the course of the conversation, it occurred to Howard that Michael would be perfect as a guest on the Writing Excuses Podcast, and invited Michael to join him on stage the next day. \u00a0As you can imagine, Michael’s feels of doubt were replaced with euphoria, and he walked about 6 inches off the ground back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

Once back at the hotel, I took Melissa up to the 15th floor, to enjoy the parties. \u00a0Unfortunately, the party scene was extremely dry. \u00a0We enjoyed a couple of nice conversations, but it wasn’t the kind of experience that I’m accustomed to at this sorts of conventions. \u00a0We excused ourselves relatively early and went to bed.<\/p>\n

It was a very full day, with more ups and than downs. \u00a0We’re having a really great time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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