Armed with a year's worth of preparation and experience, I'm going back to face the beast for a second time. I'm not signed up as a volunteer, but I feel I'll have enough going on without that to make this year's Readercon experience much better than last year's.

Last year:

* Going in, I Didn't know anyone except Moss.
* It was my first time at a con.
* I had no plan of attack.

This year:

* I may be reading poems in the Goblin Fruit/Mythic Delirium reading tomorrow and the Rhysling Poetry Slan on Saturday. It's not definite since there are time limits and reading priority goes to official Readercon guests, but I'll definitely be at these two events with a potential purpose.

* The Goblin Fruit Summer launch party is tonight, and I'm planning to attend and meet new people in setting a smaller than the vastness of the whole con. Plus, they will automatically have something in common with me, since I assume anyone there will love Goblin Fruit.

* I'm carpooling with a local friend, so I will arrive with at least one person I already know.

* I'm planning to sign up for the speculative poetry workshop that Mike Allen is running. Yay structured time! Bonus: by the time said workshop happens, I should already have met some of the people in it.

* A bunch of people from the writing workshop I did last Fall should be there, and we may be having dinner tomorrow night.

* asakiyume is coming on Saturday! This year I know her better than I did last year, so the idea of meeting up with her is more exciting than nerve wracking.

* I found out last Friday that I was accepted to Viable Paradise, so if I run into people associated with that, I will have a reason to introduce myself. Though that still might induce panic as they are OMGstrangers!!!1!

* Thanks to attending other cons and actively reaching out (in my very reserved way) to the local SFF community, I have a much better chance of recognizing faces in the crowd this year.

If you are planning to attend and want to meet up, let me know!