I promised it, and now, nearly a month after I dragged my exhausted carcass home, here it is! The List Of Things I Learned at RainbowCon.

1. There are two kinds of planners: big picture and little detail. My bosses are ALL the former. Fortunately, the entire support staff was the latter. It worked out shockingly well.

2. Displaying unexpected competence is not a good way to get LESS responsibility. Say hello to your volunteer coordinator for 2015. 

3. Florida is hot and sticky. 

4. I am apparently flushing money away with impugnity by not self-publishing any of the short stories I've sold, and to which I hold the rights. (See home page for rectification. (Heehee.))
5. Don't give me power. I like it way too much. Okay, maybe I already knew that, but heading panels was FUN, my friends. I want to do more. 

6. Con crud is inescapable. 


7. Paper swag is a waste of money and resources, especially when it's plastered with your book covers. Go with neutral and appealing or skip the paper altogether; better to save up for nice swag and have nothing to hand out for three cons in a row than have all your money tossed. 

8. But DO carry business cards, especially if you offer author services (I do editing and marketing). Authors like knowing who to call so that they don't have to do the grunt work themselves! 

9. Self-publishing doesn't really have much of a stigma anymore. 

10. Every single author, reader, or general -goer I met at this con was freakin' amazing. Community is fabulous, and I'm glad to have met all of you. See you in 2015!