{"id":1083,"date":"2015-07-09T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2015-07-09T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T14:46:10","slug":"pre-gaming-readercon-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/pre-gaming-readercon-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-gaming ReaderCON 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RClogo.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1085\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RClogo-300x67.gif\" alt=\"RClogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be the sixth year I&#8217;ll be attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readercon.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReaderCON<\/a>. \u00a0Held in the Burlington Marriott, outside of Boston (and about 15 miles from home), the conference has been my absolute favorite of anything\u00a0I attend as a writer.<\/p>\n<p>I always try to post my daily experience with friends, panels, and updates on the various wackiness that goes on. \u00a0If you are interested, some of my past posts on ReaderCon can be found:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2011\/07\/15\/readercon02\/\">ReaderCON 22<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2011\/07\/15\/readercon02\/\">ReaderCON 23<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2013\/07\/12\/rc24blog\/\">ReaderCON 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2014\/07\/10\/readercon25\/\">ReaderCON 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I look forward to ReaderCON every year. \u00a0As many of you are &#8220;part-time&#8221; writers yourselves, you&#8217;ll understand that this weekend is special. It&#8217;s my little slice of the year when I <em><strong>am<\/strong><\/em> a full time writer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s glorious.<\/p>\n<p>As a little primer, I&#8217;m including the full reading of Scott Edelman (a friend and a bit of a mentor to me&#8211;but don&#8217;t tell him that) sharing with us his short story\u00a0<em>And the Trees Were Happy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Readercon 2014: Scott Edelman reads\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O77Ux8eTQPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here is Scott and I being totally serious and stoic:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1018.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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