2026-05-08T17:41:35Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/tags/conventions/ D. Moonfire Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 2019-11-12T06:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/11/12/icon-retrospective/

Two weeks ago, I went to [ICON](https://iowa-icon.com/) for four days of fun and a lot of panels. Here are my thoughts and a few observations.

2019-09-30T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/09/30/icon-writing-workshop/

The deadline for submission for the writing workshop at [ICON 44](https://iowa-icon.com/) has been extended to October 15.

2019-09-09T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/09/09/icon-writing-workshop/

I will be running a writing workshop at [ICON 44](https://iowa-icon.com/). If you are interested, check out the post.

2018-10-09T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2018/10/09/icon-retrospective/

After a four day weekend of having fun at ICON, my home convention, it's time to focus on other things. The fleeting moments, though, are always good to write down.

2017-10-23T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/10/23/book-bums-2017/

In two weeks on Saturday, November 4, I'll be at the [Fourth Annual Book Bums Writing Workshop](http://www.wlpl.org/node/176308). This is a one-day workshop at the West Liberty Public Library.

2017-09-25T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2017/09/25/icon-events/

My "home" convention is [ICON](http://iowa-icon.com/icon42/index.html), Iowa's longest running Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions. This year, the convention is September 29--October 1, 2017; just a few days away.

2016-06-13T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/13/wiscon-discomfort/

I go to WisCon for a number of reasons, but probably the biggest one is that I go to be uncomfortable.

2016-06-06T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/06/06/wiscon-retrospective/

It's been a week since I got back from WisCon, time to talk about it. I should have done it sooner, but I have a few things going on.

2016-05-18T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2016/05/18/wiscon/

In just over a week, I'll be at WisCon on a few panels, doing a reading, and generally having fun.

2015-10-18T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/10/18/icon40-followup/

A followup for the last four days of glorious fun at ICON.

2015-06-01T05:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/06/01/wiscon/

A few weeks ago, I went on my big trip for the year which included four days at the family cabin and four days at WisCon, one of my two conventions of the year.

2015-02-25T06:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2015/02/25/what-is-going-on/

It's been a few weeks since I last posted. When I work on projects, I have a tendency to go silent because I could either post or I could work on it. But, here is what is going on.

2014-11-03T06:00:00Z gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2014/11/03/icon39-retrospective/

This year I was able to go to two days of ICON 39, one of the two conventions that I was planning on going this year. It was a fun two days of writing and talking.

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