Bouchercon 2007: Anybody going?

[Harry Hunsicker]

Who's planning to make the trek to Anchorage for B-Con this year? It's a seven-hour, $700 flight from Dallas. I imagine there will be a heavy contigent from the West Coast, but what about from the rest of the Lower 48?

[Sandra Ruttan]

Well, I'm not Lower 48, but I am going. I love Alaska and I don't see how an author can skip it in their debut year. Plus, my theory is, because a lot of people won't go to B'con Alaska, 2008 will be crawling with authors itching to get on panels and it will be a zoo. I'd love to go to Baltimore, but I'm reserving a decision on it, as I think B'con 2008 will be insane.

And for me, there isn't much of a cost difference in those flights. I prefer smaller conventions.

[Robert Gregory Browne]

Well, I'm on the West Coast and I have no plans to go at this point. I suppose I could change my mind, but I'll probably save it for next year.

[Anthony Rainone]

I haven't made up my mind. Seems a long way from NYC. If I go, I plan to take extra time and explore the surrounding area. Bear free areas, that is.

[Jack Getze]

Bear-free areas? I guess you're going to stay inside. Last time I was in Anchorage, they often strolled the streets.

[J.D. Rhoades]

Not really planning to go now. Seems awful pricey, not to mention a major drag, to get there from Nawth Ca'lina.

[Laura Benedict]

I wouldn't miss it! My novel comes out the day before B'con starts, so I'm hoping Ballantine will do something for it. Can't wait!

[J.D. Rhoades]

Holy mother of god. The shortest flight from NC is 13 hours and costs 600 clams.

No thank you.

[Harry Hunsicker]

That was kinda my thought. You can almost as easily fly to Europe. 'Course, they talk funny over there.

[Tribe]

Do you still need a passport to fly in and out of Alaska?

[Harry Hunsicker]

No, just bear repellent and a carton of mail-order brides from the Ukraine.

[Tribe]

These Ukranian women you speak of...where can they be found, Harry?

[Christa M. Miller]

Beware Ukrainian brides. My husband had one. She thought she was invisible. That's why he's with me now. (I haven't told him I really AM invisible.)