Bouchercon Itself
Bouchercon was huge. Lots and lots of people. In fact, so many that there were some that I knew were there that I never ran into. The hotel was also really large and confusing to find all the places where the different panels and events were taking place. Everyone found the hospitality room, of course. The Northern California chapters of Sisters in Crime and MWA served as the hosts and did they ever work hard. Drinks and goodies were available all through the day. I was on what was called a continuing coversation. Different topics were discussed at different time with different people. The conversation I was involved in was about procedurals--Michael Black, a Chicago cop I know pretty well, was one of my fellow conversationalist, as was Dr. Lyle--who I admire because of his knowledge of forensics and have asked him a lot of questions via the Internet. I have to admit I didn't go to many panels--it was far more fun to visit with people I know but don't get to see often. I had wo...