Imagicon - Day 2 and 3

So, with all that went on, I didn't have time to update the blog until now - Monday morning after the convention, sorry.
Here is the recap of day 2 and 3 of Imagicon:
Saturday started with a 10am panel on Killing off Characters. We had a blast discussing ways in which we 'did in' characters. From there I went to my table and chatted with all those who stopped by. Just before Noon (and my two panels), we had a fire alarm go off and had to exit the convention space. So, now we have all these costumed people standing outside, meandering around, waiting until we were allowed back into the building. I have to say that several passers by did a double take, the kind that could cause whiplash, when they saw this motley crew standing around outside. After a few minutes, we were allowed back in, and I scrambled to the panel room. Since I was double booked, I'd decided to do a half-and-half session at each. The first half hour, I attended the Ghouls and Monsters panel. We had fun talking about the monsters we created. And in usual style, I tossed out a question to my fellow panelists, then promptly left!
From there, I raced, literately, down the escalator and into the 1st floor panel, No DQ Q&A. There, I joined wrestler Mr. Terrific, and Amazing Race stars to discuss whatever the audience wished to talk about. Of course, my field of ghosts really brought out the goose bumps, as expected. After that session, I wandered back to my table and chatted with more folks, and sold and signed books.
Sometime around 5:00, my stomach reminded me that it was once again time to find food, since the last meal had been at 8 in the morning. After packing up, I headed to grab a burger at the pub - yes, I know I was a bad girl, but it certainly was worth it!
In all the running, I'd forgotten about the Artist Meet and Greet, and realized it wasn't too late to stop by. After making a wrong turn, I found the room. I had a nice glass of wine, and talked with the artists attending the convention.
At 7:00 I went to my last panel of the day, Making make-believe, believable. I was really tired, but managed to keep it together and give my thoughts on the topic.
After the panel, I went to my room and crashed. Hard.

Sunday:
We had an early start - the writing seminar started at 8am. This meant that I had to be up, ready, packed, checked-out of the hotel, and fed all by 8. I managed to accomplish it, but I think it had a lot to do with the fact that I'd gone to bed early the night before. We broke into groups and started helping the attending writers with their prose. My group worked our guys hard. We had them write both a character, as well as a setting, using prompts that we'd given them. They did a great job!
At 11:30, I went directly to the panel, Creating Villains, where we discussed creating the 'bad guys' and answered some great questions tossed out to us by the audience.
With a long drive home ahead, I left when the panel was over.
All in all it was a good convention. I met a lot of new faces, and had some good times talking with some old friends.
Here are the links to those writerly friends, all of whom were panel mates at one time or another over the course of the weekend:
Alan Gilbreath
M.B Weston
Jeremy Lewis
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jeannie Holmes
Wandering Men