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Important => Calendar Event Discussion => Topic started by: jeditigger on August 10, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
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Jim approved the schedule today, huzzah. He has eight - EIGHT HELL'S BELLS EIGHT - panels and four hour-long signing sessions, though to be honest, the ones Sunday will probably work as one long signing, with a short break for Jim between.
If the schedule changes, I'll post here and on the Twitter account set up for DragonCon, @JimAtDragonCon. :)
FRIDAY
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Signing, International Hall South - Marriott
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
"The Clockwork Century & The Cinder Spires" with Cherie Priest, Peachtree Ballroom A-F - Westin
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
"The Men of Urban Fantasy," International BC - Westin
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
"Fightin' and Writin'," Embassy D-F - Hyatt
SATURDAY
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
"Mighty Men of Fantasy and SF," Regency VI - VII - Hyatt
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
"Sword and Laser Podcast - LIVE," A601 - A602 - Marriott
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"The Use of Magic in Urban Fantasy," Peachtree Ballroom A-F - Westin
SUNDAY
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Signing, International Hall South - Marriott
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Signing, International Hall South - Marriott
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"An Hour with Jim Butcher," Peachtree Ballroom A-F - Westin
MONDAY
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Signing, International Hall South - Marriott
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
"The Fae: Friend or Foe?," International BC - Westin
Again, if you're coming, please say hi! I will be the pudgy redhead hovering near Jim most of the time.
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Jim's added another signing to his Dragon*Con schedule. He'll be signing at Missing Volume's booth (2504-7) in the Americasmart on Saturday from 6pm - 7pm.
Important things to note: one, there's a hard stop at 7 when the hall closes, which means we'll have to cut the line off at some point; two, the lovely people at Missing Volume will have some of Jim's books for sale, yes...but you don't have to purchase anything to get them signed.
BONUS: Glennis will have COLD DAYS in paperback for sale before its 9/3 release date...and remember, the paperback comes with a sample from SKIN GAME.
Remember to follow @JimAtDragonCon on Twitter for the most up-to-date information; I will post all schedule changes there first. If any forum pals show, please say hi. :)
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Dragon*Con 2013 will be my first con ever and the main reason I decided this was the year to go is because Mr. Butcher will be there. As a con newbie, I have a couple questions about autograph sessions. I don't really have anything I need/want to have autographed...I'd really just like to say hi, express my fan-ness and maybe take a picture. Does Mr. Butcher allow photographs and, if so, is there any charge? Would it be better to do something like this at the autograph signing or is it better to stalk him at the panels?
Thanks in advance!
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Dragon*Con 2013 will be my first con ever and the main reason I decided this was the year to go is because Mr. Butcher will be there. As a con newbie, I have a couple questions about autograph sessions. I don't really have anything I need/want to have autographed...I'd really just like to say hi, express my fan-ness and maybe take a picture. Does Mr. Butcher allow photographs and, if so, is there any charge? Would it be better to do something like this at the autograph signing or is it better to stalk him at the panels?
Thanks in advance!
What I can say is from my experience with helping Jim at the last DragonCon he attended, and I don't think we'll have any changes THIS time. :)
Time is the one challenge, and Jim likes talking with as many of his readers as possible, so we ask people to try to limit themselves to two items per signing session. That's pretty much the only restriction. :) He doesn't charge for photos or autographs, and I'm sure he'd be delighted to meet you. After panels are difficult because we're usually being ushered out quickly so the staff can get ready for the next panel. Panels generally leave time for questions, however, especially Jim's solo panel on Sunday, and that's a good time for a "hey, love your work" moment and good times for pics too!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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I will be at the Con as well! I'll be planning on attending the Sunday 11:30 signing, an Hour with Jim Butcher and the Fae Friend or Foe panels. I might drop by some others on Saturday and Monday but those I plan on going to for sure.
I'll be sure to have my forum name MetalFae printed on my D*C Name tag. I'm usually blond but since I'm going as Pepper Potts I'll be the strawberry blonde/red head ;)
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@MetalFae - I'll probably see you at the Hour with Jim Butcher on Sunday. My name tag will say "Andi" and I'll be the plump redhead in a Dresden-themed tshirt with a big camera.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to make a complete fool out of myself. Oh well...at least I'll have fun and maybe get some nice pictures in the process!
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Hey, get some pictures of the two of you together.
Fandom at it's best.
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Dragon*Con 2013 will be my first con ever and the main reason I decided this was the year to go is because Mr. Butcher will be there. As a con newbie, I have a couple questions about autograph sessions. I don't really have anything I need/want to have autographed...I'd really just like to say hi, express my fan-ness and maybe take a picture. Does Mr. Butcher allow photographs and, if so, is there any charge? Would it be better to do something like this at the autograph signing or is it better to stalk him at the panels?
Thanks in advance!
This is probably going to come off as dickish, which isn't my intent, but please don't do this. If you wait in the signing line just to take a picture, you're stopping someone else from getting their books signed. The staff at Dragon*Con stick by their schedules like it's a religion; he has an hour per signing session and then he and everyone else are kicked out of the room for the next author (this will probably work a bit differently for the back-to-back sessions). There was at least five times the number of people in line as actually got in the room the last time he was at Dragon*Con, and even with multiple sessions, I expect the situation to be the same this year, if not worse.
The signing with The Missing Volume will help, but unless the new dealer rooms are substantially bigger than prior years, he'll actually get far fewer things signed during that hour because everything will be chaotic what with folks needing to pay for books (if they're purchasing from TMV) and all the other folks in the dealer room that are there to shop and don't particularly care that Jim's doing a signing. (On the flip side, the dealer rooms are apparently a block or two away from the host hotels this year, so that might cut down on the number of people wandering about.)
If nothing else, just have him sign your e-reader, convention badge, or program.
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@slayn - I'm just not the kind of person who keeps things - I'm not going to have him sign my badge or program just to toss it in the recycle bin.
Dresden Files is the only thing I have ever developed this sort of attachment to and I just want to shake the man's hand, if nothing else. It won't take any longer than signing two or three books for someone else and I'm willing to stand in line for however long it takes just to say hi. I guess I just don't understand why you think my 10 seconds to meet Mr. Butcher is somehow less important or less of a priority just because I don't want him to sign anything.
I 'm just going to stop here because the more I sit here and think about this, the more upset I get.
This is probably going to come off as dickish, which isn't my intent, but please don't do this. If you wait in the signing line just to take a picture, you're stopping someone else from getting their books signed. The staff at Dragon*Con stick by their schedules like it's a religion; he has an hour per signing session and then he and everyone else are kicked out of the room for the next author (this will probably work a bit differently for the back-to-back sessions). There was at least five times the number of people in line as actually got in the room the last time he was at Dragon*Con, and even with multiple sessions, I expect the situation to be the same this year, if not worse.
The signing with The Missing Volume will help, but unless the new dealer rooms are substantially bigger than prior years, he'll actually get far fewer things signed during that hour because everything will be chaotic what with folks needing to pay for books (if they're purchasing from TMV) and all the other folks in the dealer room that are there to shop and don't particularly care that Jim's doing a signing. (On the flip side, the dealer rooms are apparently a block or two away from the host hotels this year, so that might cut down on the number of people wandering about.)
If nothing else, just have him sign your e-reader, convention badge, or program.
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Well those slots are specifically billed as a signing event and you're not there to get something signed, preempting someone that is. That's kind of rude in my opinion. All I'm asking is that you consider the person that showed up for the event and didn't get in because you wanted Jim doing something besides the intended purpose of the event.
If you just want to tell Jim how awesome he is, go to the Hour With Jim event and let him know there, he usually does a Q&A session of decent length.
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I would think that waiting in line at the signing gives you a certain (brief) time period to chat with Jim. If that includes a photograph, that takes no longer than the signing would have, whats the big deal? Personally I think it's a lot more polite to try to chat with him briefly and express your admiration privately during a signing, than it is to try to do that publically, on a microphone, at a panel, while the entire crowd rolls their eyes, and wishes you would ask an interesting question, instead of just gushing. If you do it during a panel, you are basically wasting the time of the entire audience, I'd think. If you do it during a signing, that is YOUR time, and what you chose to do with it is between you and Jim.
Also, there won't BE time to chat with Jim before or after the panels, because lots of people have the same idea in mind. So the people running the con will be running interference and agressively trying to clear out the room. Imagine thinking you could chat with Miley Cyrus after the VMAs (BLEH!), and you get the idea of what DraconCon will be like.
Just my 2 cents worth.
My other pet peeve is when people ask Jim questions that he's answered in 30 different interviews before... If you want to ask a question, at least check out his previous interviews. Generally speaking, the same questions get the same answers, so are kind of a waste of time...
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Also, there won't BE time to chat with Jim before or after the panels, because lots of people have the same idea in mind. So the people running the con will be running interference and agressively trying to clear out the room. Imagine thinking you could chat with Miley Cyrus after the VMAs (BLEH!), and you get the idea of what DraconCon will be like.
In 2010 Jim did a lot of lingering outside the panel areas so people could get in a quick question or signature in part because of the signing kerfluffle then. This year, considering his schedule - which is pretty much crazy - I don't expect as much of that. YMMV. :)
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Jim had only one signing at that catastrophic DragonCon three years ago. This year, he has FIVE. While I expect he'll be busily signing all that time, I don't think it's "dickish" for a fan who doesn't need a signature to wait in line for the same amount of face time accorded to those that want one. One group of fans is no more or less important than another.
What is the author's signature about, if not a commemoration of the moment you met him face to face and enjoyed a personal connection? If you think getting an author's signature is more important than actually meeting the guy, there are Virtual Signings through Dog Eared Books every year for that.
The fans are what's important, not the things Jim is signing. As long as AndiSue gets the same amount of time with Jim as the other fans getting things signed, I see nothing wrong with her going through the signing line.
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Interesting - I didn't know that the 2010 Dragoncon insanity was the exception. :D I guess they just drastically underestimated Jim's popularity? Maybe I should have gone back to DragonCon. Oh well. I'm sure FaerieCon will be less overall chaotic anyway.
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Each time I've seen Jim, we've gotten books signed and a picture or two with him. I'd think that if someone wants to have a word with Jim and a picture, but no signature, it would actually be quicker that if there was a signature.
Granted my experiences have been at signings, not cons.
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Interesting - I didn't know that the 2010 Dragoncon insanity was the exception. :D I guess they just drastically underestimated Jim's popularity? Maybe I should have gone back to DragonCon. Oh well. I'm sure FaerieCon will be less overall chaotic anyway.
Don't get me wrong. There are almost always more folks who want stuff signed than cons budget time for. But I don't think that should create a dividing line of who gets to meet the author.
The Dragon*Con of three years ago was particularly heinous. There were fans who lined up over an hour in advance that weren't able to get anything signed. But cons are wising up to the sheer mass of Jim's readers and the fan demand for signing time and making allowances. Hopefully, that debacle won't happen again.
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The Dragon*Con of three years ago was particularly heinous. There were fans who lined up over an hour in advance that weren't able to get anything signed. But cons are wising up to the sheer mass of Jim's readers and the fan demand for signing time and making allowances. Hopefully, that debacle won't happen again.
When I first signed on to be Jim's sidekick again, I was asked what he needed. My immediate answer was MORE FREAKING SIGNINGS. They assured me that the signing policy that hosed us so badly in 2010 has been changed, and I would not be surprised if it were not in part because of Jim's experience.
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When I first signed on to be Jim's sidekick again, I was asked what he needed. My immediate answer was MORE FREAKING SIGNINGS. They assured me that the signing policy that hosed us so badly in 2010 has been changed, and I would not be surprised if it were not in part because of Jim's experience.
How does one volunteer to be an author's sidekick at a con? :)
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How does one volunteer to be an author's sidekick at a con? :)
I think a Hunger Games is involved.
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The Dragon*Con of three years ago was particularly heinous. There were fans who lined up over an hour in advance that weren't able to get anything signed. But cons are wising up to the sheer mass of Jim's readers and the fan demand for signing time and making allowances. Hopefully, that debacle won't happen again.
It was a bit worse than that, actually. At one point right before the signing started, DCon staff counted off an arbitrary number of people and said something like "if you're behind this guy, you won't get in." I was five or six people behind said guy, but said "to hell with that, I've been here two hours." My friends and I stayed around and it turned out we got in the room and had our books signed, as did something like the next 20 people in line behind us. At least those that didn't leave, because a fair number did.
I'd also like to extend an apology to Andi; my view is, obviously, somewhat tainted by my prior experience with Jim's signing at Dragon*Con. I'll trust his staff when they say things will be better this year.
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I think a Hunger Games is involved.
Best. Answer. Ever. Of course, I'm WAY more Rue than Katniss so I'd be SO dead. 'Cellie would probably be the one decorating me in flowers.
It was a bit worse than that, actually. At one point right before the signing started, DCon staff counted off an arbitrary number of people and said something like "if you're behind this guy, you won't get in."
Dude, I can pretty much promise you we had no idea that happened. How discouraging! I am SO sorry. The whole "one signing only, per non-Guest of Honor author" thing was a big fustercluck. I'll make sure to check the lines this year and talk to the DCon staff about handling people waiting. No wonder you had a bad taste in your mouth about it.
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Best. Answer. Ever. Of course, I'm WAY more Rue than Katniss so I'd be SO dead. 'Cellie would probably be the one decorating me in flowers.
Bah. You're badass.
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Dragoncon is my one con a year most years, so I too was at that debacle that was the Jim Butcher signing at Dragoncon 2010... I was also one of the people who lined up outside the dealer's room in hopes he would be signing at buzzy multimedia's booth. I don't use twitter so I missed the improvised streetside signing. This year should be much easier on the fans. Three books to get signed means at least two signing lines. On a positive note I did get the artist to autograph my Backup hardcover that year and I braved the cattlecall that is NY Comicon later that year to get the autographs I missed at dragoncon.
I'll be the guy with the "Ick in magic" and Splattercon buttons on my badge lanyard.
Danny
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I got to the signing late anyway in 2010 cause my husband wanted to go to some panel on voiceacting beforehand. >:( So I knew it was hopeless when I got there and saw the line! But I did get my book signed by putting it at Jim's spot at a panel with a note and a Starburst. Desperate times, desperate measures. ;) And I got to ask a few questions during various panels, which was more important to me than the signed book anyway.
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Oh, one thing I noticed at signings... Dragoncon seemed to combine signings for one author they expect to be really popular, with an author or two they don't expect to be popular. For example, they had Brandon Sanderson in a room with a big line for him, with 1-2 other authors who had maybe a fan or two. I felt terrible watching that, personally, so I had my husband save our space in line while I met the other authors and found out about their works. I had some interesting conversations, and felt like I was helping newer authors who probably were uncomfortable in that situation, so I'd recommend doing this if you have someone to save your spot.
And if you have a chance to meet Brandon Sanderson sometime, he is *REALLY* nice. I've met him 3x and he was always polite to every fan - even the few who were rather rude to him. And his events aren't as crazy as Jim's so you don't have to be there as early. Plus his writing is awesome. ;)
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Don't get me wrong. There are almost always more folks who want stuff signed than cons budget time for. But I don't think that should create a dividing line of who gets to meet the author.
The Dragon*Con of three years ago was particularly heinous. There were fans who lined up over an hour in advance that weren't able to get anything signed. But cons are wising up to the sheer mass of Jim's readers and the fan demand for signing time and making allowances. Hopefully, that debacle won't happen again.
As one of the fans that got shut out of the signing in 2010, I was happy that they seem to have gotten their act together this year, with not only more signings, but much better crowd control and staff volunteers to keep the crown calm and happy. I was in line for the first signing by 9:30 this morning, it started promptly at 10am, and things moved pretty quickly. It took less than an hour to move through the queues and get signed, say "Hi!", get a photo snapped, and get out. I did feel kind of sorry for the other authors in the room, who didn't have the huge line of fans waiting to see them, though. 8)
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Well I'm in the signing line now and one thing that is kind of irritating me is that some people have brought like 5 books to have signed o.o If anything will take up time, that will. I would have assumed a 2 book limit... But there's a guy in line right now with literally a bag full of books. Obviously all those books getting signed isn't going to happen bit I find it interesting that some people are even trying to pull that lol...
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Well I'm in the signing line now and one thing that is kind of irritating me is that some people have brought like 5 books to have signed o.o If anything will take up time, that will. I would have assumed a 2 book limit... But there's a guy in line right now with literally a bag full of books. Obviously all those books getting signed isn't going to happen bit I find it interesting that some people are even trying to pull that lol...
Yeah, Jim's general policy is that he only signs 3 per person per trip through the line. Those folks with bags of books aren't going to be permitted to get them all signed.
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Yeah, Jim's general policy is that he only signs 3 per person per trip through the line. Those folks with bags of books aren't going to be permitted to get them all signed.
He had jeditigger acting as Gatekeeper, handing him the two books or items to be signed.
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He had jeditigger acting as Gatekeeper, handing him the two books or items to be signed.
Every now and again we'd let three slide past, but Jim's goal is to say hi to as many people as possible, and he can't do that if some schmuck brings up 10 books. No way would I, or anyone else guarding him, let that happen.
You guys were amazing, by the way. So friendly, so patient. I am always impressed by the caliber of people Jim's writing attracts.
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Best. Answer. Ever. Of course, I'm WAY more Rue than Katniss so I'd be SO dead. 'Cellie would probably be the one decorating me in flowers.
No, wait, I like the Rue metaphor, but from earlier on ;-) POOF, you're right there going "shhh," with a handful of Everything You Need, then THIS WAY! and instant Perfect Hiding Spot, then soft smile and point behind you, there you go, Exactly What You Were Looking For. Ta-dahhh.
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No, wait, I like the Rue metaphor, but from earlier on ;-) POOF, you're right there going "shhh," with a handful of Everything You Need, then THIS WAY! and instant Perfect Hiding Spot, then soft smile and point behind you, there you go, Exactly What You Were Looking For. Ta-dahhh.
Well, people aren't there to see ME. My goal was to be as unobtrusive as possible and let you guys - you wonderful people who stood hours in line to meet Jim - do your thing and have your time with him.
But I like the metaphor your way, so thank you for the kind words.
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Every now and again we'd let three slide past, but Jim's goal is to say hi to as many people as possible, and he can't do that if some schmuck brings up 10 books. No way would I, or anyone else guarding him, let that happen.
You guys were amazing, by the way. So friendly, so patient. I am always impressed by the caliber of people Jim's writing attracts.
Aw shucks... no my dear, YOU'RE amazing! Lol :D
Waiting in line was no problem too. Just chatting Dresden verse stuff and also telling everyone about the forums was an awesome way to pass time :)
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You guys were amazing, by the way. So friendly, so patient. I am always impressed by the caliber of people Jim's writing attracts.
You managed to take a pretty good photo with my phone, too. Thanks! :)
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You managed to take a pretty good photo with my phone, too. Thanks! :)
Shocking! Are you sure it was me? I basically just made sure the pics came out and returned the cameras. :)