Hi folks,
Last weekend myself and Mandi attended, and hosted an event and panel at this years Sci-Fi on the Rock for our Welcome to Deadhouse Goosebumps book club (#GBCGhostNextDoor on Twitter).
This adventure all started with suggestions from our spouses. So, we came up with a few ideas, went through the application process and waited. We are new to the event and panelist, and our YouTube book club is under a year old - so we figured that we didn't have much of a shot of being accepted. Then the email came. We were accepted as panelist. For both ideas that we submitted. Oh snap! Oh snap! OH SNAP!
Planning the panels was super fun. We love the Goosebumps series and we were able to create a plan that we were both happy with. The "Reader Beware, You Choose the Scare!" event was first - it was the first evening of the event, and scheduled to be 2 hours long. Here we read through the Diary of the Mad Mummy, and backtracked 4 times to get 4 different endings. We had anticipated hitting 3 read different endings - but the crowd was so interactive and energized that we went for the 4th upon request. As our first ever hosting event at the con - we were very happy with how this turned out.
One the second evening of Sci-Fi on the Rock we hosted a panel - "Welcome to Deadhouse - A Goosebumps Book Club". We had a smaller turn out for the panel, but it was listed in the schedule as an activity instead of an event in error. So, that's fine. The small crowd was very interactive and we loved chatting to everyone in the smaller setting.
Outside of hosting, we were able to take in some of the other panels, photo-ops and shopping.
We did enjoy the Engen Books panels - Lit Wars and Dysfunctional Writers Panel (I believe those are the correct panel names), and Rainbow Sun Francks' panel.
Being 25 weeks pregnant did present challenges (energy level, feet swelling and being kicked - lots), do I wasn't able to take in as much as I wanted to. But, that is life.
For next year, there are a few things that I hope will return that I missed out on this year.
Thanks all for today.
Later Days,
Jen
Last weekend myself and Mandi attended, and hosted an event and panel at this years Sci-Fi on the Rock for our Welcome to Deadhouse Goosebumps book club (#GBCGhostNextDoor on Twitter).
This adventure all started with suggestions from our spouses. So, we came up with a few ideas, went through the application process and waited. We are new to the event and panelist, and our YouTube book club is under a year old - so we figured that we didn't have much of a shot of being accepted. Then the email came. We were accepted as panelist. For both ideas that we submitted. Oh snap! Oh snap! OH SNAP!
Planning the panels was super fun. We love the Goosebumps series and we were able to create a plan that we were both happy with. The "Reader Beware, You Choose the Scare!" event was first - it was the first evening of the event, and scheduled to be 2 hours long. Here we read through the Diary of the Mad Mummy, and backtracked 4 times to get 4 different endings. We had anticipated hitting 3 read different endings - but the crowd was so interactive and energized that we went for the 4th upon request. As our first ever hosting event at the con - we were very happy with how this turned out.One the second evening of Sci-Fi on the Rock we hosted a panel - "Welcome to Deadhouse - A Goosebumps Book Club". We had a smaller turn out for the panel, but it was listed in the schedule as an activity instead of an event in error. So, that's fine. The small crowd was very interactive and we loved chatting to everyone in the smaller setting.
Outside of hosting, we were able to take in some of the other panels, photo-ops and shopping.We did enjoy the Engen Books panels - Lit Wars and Dysfunctional Writers Panel (I believe those are the correct panel names), and Rainbow Sun Francks' panel.
Being 25 weeks pregnant did present challenges (energy level, feet swelling and being kicked - lots), do I wasn't able to take in as much as I wanted to. But, that is life.
For next year, there are a few things that I hope will return that I missed out on this year.
Thanks all for today.
Later Days,
Jen
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