Lil Red Head

Billy and I have decided that we are not going to fly to New Zealand this summer. I'm finding longer flights (8+ hours) have lasting effects on me, and so I'm trying to do as few of those as possible. For those of you going, I hope to see lots of pictures!

I was thinking it's kind of weird to fangirl over someone in a social group; where's the line between peer and fan? Hubby and I were just having a conversation about our bags. We have an 8 kilo limit each, and while the book is amazing and gorgeous, I think I will too leave it home. I'm also thinking I'd rather be volunteering for the cons than standing in lines, so if I get autographs, cool (maybe on a page of the program that I'll be carrying around anyway), and if not, hopefully we'll meet up and socialize. Autographs are cool but time with friends is far more valuable anyway.

Maybe a weird question: I'm considering bringing my World of Ice and Fire book with me to have autographed by GRRM, Elio, and Linda if possible. 1. Is that weird, and 2. would it be better to carry it around at Worldcon or Titancon/Eurocon? Thanks!

Reposting what I put on FB about an hour ago for the non-FB users among us. Wednesday 4 am t-shirt information update: MY PLAN: Thursday night, wherever we end up for the BWB party (Bueller, Bueller?) I'll bring the shirts and hubby; he will track shirts and payment as they are given out (I'm so glad for him!) If we have no party plans, I'll pick a bar or something and y'all can meet me there! To prep, I'm going through all the posts and adding any information to my shirt spreadsheet. For preorders I'm noting things like paid via PayPal or paying at con. For folks that missed getting in on the order, I'm noting time and date of the request and as much info as I can, such as name, size, and anything else mentioned. I plan to fulfill non-preorders in date/time order (with whatever we have available) as that seems fairest. LMK if I should override that for certain folks (life always has exceptions). Already I'm sure we have more demand than supply but I'll do what I can. I might be able to go up or down a size onsite to help out. Thanks, everyone!

Hi all! T-shirt information (long, so feel free to skip if N/A): The total cost was $848.32 (USD). There were 41 shirts requested which would be $20.69 per shirt. However, by ordering 52 shirts the per-shirt price lowered so that the final cost was only a few dollars more. (There's usually a few people who missed the signups, etc., so I figured it was worth it.) I can pick up the shirts Thursday afternoon (August 15) around 5:30 - 6 pm, so I'll have them with me from then on. So get your shirts from me early in the con! If everyone pays $20 per shirt and a few of the extras get picked up, I will be able to cover the costs. I've set up a PayPal Me, so you can send money to PayPal.Me/NikkiEbright. You should be able to pay by your PayPal account or credit card. (If I'm wrong, we'll work something out.) Please let me know which order you are paying for so I can keep track! Alternately, you can give me cash in person; I will take Euros (€18), USD ($20), or Pounds Sterling (£17)! Let me know if you have any questions and than you all for joining me on this fun endeavour!

Apologies for my lack of tech-savviness at the moment... I have updated the t-shirt link with images. There are 3 images shown, but we will be going with only one, and it is most likely to be the white shirt with red ink (or possibly a light gray shirt with red ink). I'll be putting in the order tomorrow (Colorado daytime) and they should be €17.50 per t-shirt if we order between 21-50 t-shirts. I'll plan to bus over on Thursday of Worldcon to pick them up (or if someone wants to drive me over, that's acceptable too). We are currently at 25 shirts (plus probably 2 for me and hubby)! Link again for those who were still on the fence. https://forms.gle/AJ9NsWukhscySmbV8

(Also pasted in the FB group - please send off to anyone not here and not in that group) Ok, we are getting down to the wire. We had hoped to have all the ducks in a row before polling people, but life happens! If you are interested in having a Dublin Worldcon BWB shirt, please fill in this form. I'll update everyone with information (like art and price) as I have more information. Thank you! https://forms.gle/aTiodz4AJ5AVdqyF6

Darn, I think we're full for TitanCon, but still need 1 more roommate for WorldCon.

I sent a message to Xray but no response yet. Mr X cannot receive messages. If you have other contact info, can you ping them please? Thanks!

BWB Worldcon T-Shirts: I don't want to step on any toes, so if someone is already on this or is the usual suspect, lmk and I'll help them. Otherwise - I haven't heard anything concrete about BWB t-shirts for Dublin Worldcon. I absolutely love my Sansa one from a few years ago (Spokane?) and really look forward to the idea of another BWB shirt (not that I'm lacking in the t-shirt area...) Under the nonprofit Shiny Garden, I'm running a convention in Denver the week before Worldcon. We will have a shirt printer onsite, and I can get shirts done on demand with them. I don't know how good the quality is, but two of our other cons have used them this year and say they're happy with the results. Also, I have used another shirt vendor, TShirtSpot, for larger quantities (50+) and have been happy with their cost and quality. So I could coordinate printing shirts pretty easily. The harder part would be figuring out how to get them from the US to Dublin. We fly on Monday the 12th from Denver to Amsterdam, and then from Ams to Dublin on Weds the 13th. We're on budget airlines, so minimal luggage space available. I could also reach out to Dublin and see if there's a shirt printer they're using that we could also use. I also am not a graphic designer, so I'd need someone else to design the shirts. What I'm saying is that with a few key pieces from others (specifically the design), I would be willing to take on this project. Thoughts?

I meant to ask earlier: will there be a BWB tshirt for this Worldcon? If so I'd like to get on the list please. Thank you!

My husband and I have a triple room for Dublin, and it's currently just us two, so we have room for a third. I'll message you privately with the details for you to consider. Edit: looks like you don't take messages here, so here's the information to consider: We got a triple accommodation so we had the possibility of finding someone to share with, and thus share the costs. Here are the details: Check in 2019-08-14 (Wednesday) Checkout 2019-08-19 (Monday) Location: Jurys Inn Parnell Street, Dublin, D01 E0H3, Ireland ("3* Hotel Triple Occupancy B&B") Here's the link from the Worldcon website: https://dublin2019.com/location/accommodation/hotels/6468-2/ Think about if this would work for you. Also, we're not big on partying or drinking and such (I'm actually here for the conversation, what?), but you wouldn't need to keep the same hours as us if you enjoy being out late. We plan to have a lazy breakfast in the mornings at the hotel because I'm not quick to move in the mornings either, lol. We could meet virtually beforehand too if you want to meet us before saying yes; we use skype and google hangouts. We also happen to live in the Netherlands, so we may be a few hours ahead of you. Let me know if this sounds good to you and if you have any questions. Thanks! ~Nikki

For Dublin, we have a reservation for Wednesday night through Monday morning. It's at the Jurys Inn Parnell Street, and we got a triple occupancy room, so we have room for one more if anyone is looking to split a room. I'd rather share with someone I know or someone known by those we know, so any BWB pretty much qualify. Bonus points if you're a con volunteer (Worldcon or TitanCon).

I did. I figure they're looping back to programming later. I'm running a con the week before and I'm just getting to programming stuff myself, aiming for February to get that rolling. It's a hugely different scale, the two cons, but the timeline makes sense.

Just booked our hotel for WorldCon. We'll be at the Jurys Inn Dublin Parnell Street and we got a triple accommodation so we can take one more (currently it's just me and Billy). We check in on Wednesday the 15th and out on Monday the 19th. We haven't made any plans for how to get to Belfast or when yet, but we do have our TitanCon/EuroCon memberships. I've offered to do panels and/or volunteer at WorldCon, but nothing yet. I'll probably do the same for TitanCon/EuroCon, so if anyone knows where there's help needed, let me know.