Boskone 45 Report!!!

Friday, February 15th
Around 5:30, I headed over to the Westin Waterfront. I was super duper nervous because I had never taken the Silver Line before, and I turn into a nervous wreck very, very easily. Aha ha. Anyway, I made it there in one piece, despite the chill wind, and was very amused by the hotel's automatic revolving door. I proceeded to follow random people around the hotel until I found the registration table.
I killed time for a while, checking out the Huckster's Room and watching Peeps be electrocuted. At 7, I went to Selling What You Write, which was hosted by Elaine Isaak. It was pretty informative; I took a bunch of notes that I will hopefully not lose....
Afterward, I hung around the art show for a while. Gawd, the art was amazing. Waaaant.
I left at around 9, since there was nothing else I particularly wanted to do.

Saturday, February 16th
I meant to get over to the con at around 10, but I was running late, so...not so much. I spent a while looking at art again, before placing a bid on a piece. A print, of course. I could have afforded some of the original pieces, but then I'd be broke for the rest of the semester, which would be dreadful.
I met Adam Golaski of New Genre, who is an Emerson alum. Go Lions! We discussed my anxieties about attending Boskone (I was terrified that I'd make a fool of myself in front of Important People, who would proceed to hate me forever and ever and ruin my chances of a successful career. Hey, I never claimed to be a rational person.) and whatnot, and I got a free pen. Hurrah!
After all of that, I went to the Mining Your Obsessions panel, featuring Beth Bernobich, Patricia Bray, Gregory Frost, Joshua B. Palmatier, and Tamora Pierce. Afterward, I went to Tammy's autographing session (where I got a second autograph for my copy of Alanna: The First Adventure), book reading (where she read an excerpt from Bloodhound), and kaffeeklatsch (where I consumed no coffee).
At that point, I decided to head out, since Lee's radio show was due to start in a couple of hours and I wanted to go hang out in the studio with him, which I did.

Sunday, February 17th
I got to the con late, again. I'm so bad at mornings, haha!
After hanging around for a while, I went to Flicks Making Fun of Fantasy, run by Gregory Frost, MaryAnn Johanson, Timothy Liebe, and Howard Waldrop. It was pretty entertaining, with lots of Disney-bashing and mentioning of movies that I've never heard of. Next was How Not to Get Published (Ginjer Buchanan, Daniel P. Dern, Paul Melko, and Eleanor Wood), which was pretty informative and whatnot. After that, I sulked for a while because I got outbid on the art I wanted. Sigh. Hanging out in the Huckster's Room cheered me up, though, and I bought some cute earrings.
Finally, I went to Talk with Tammy, which was rather awesome and lasted an hour longer than it was supposed to, so it was doubly awesome.
Then, to my sadness, Boskone was over and I had to go home. Awww. But anyway, I had a great time, and I can't wait 'til next year. Yay!