Wondercon in Los Angeles

This was the first year that Wondercon has been in Los Angeles, and it was perfect timing for me since it was the first time I had a booth.  It made it easier for me to get to the convention, allowed me to go home every night without having to get a hotel, and it was easier for me to get people to help out with the booth and promotions.

What made me nervous, however, was not knowing what to expect.  I had gone to several Wondercons in Anaheim, including the first one when it moved there from San Francisco.  (I remember rain leaking in all over the convention floor which they caught with carbage cans.)  Each year I took note on what I would do when I ran my own booth, and I had everything planned based on what I saw.

So when it changed to LA the very year I decided to run a booth, much of what I had learned became useless, and I had to go off of what seemed would work regardless of the venue.  It turned out fine, and I really stressed myself over very little.  But it was a little discouraging having spent several years learning only to have to relearn again elsewhere.

It’s something I’ve had to learn in general.  Sometimes you spend so much time learning that things change before you get to use the knowledge you picked up.