Had an amazing #Norwescon -- excellent panel discussions, wonderful chats with old and new friends alike, and even managed to cut a few thousand words from my too-long novel in between. @norwescon.org

My feed is full of post #Norwescon joy, space joy, and trans joy. My heart is so full right now.

Back in Albuquerque! Good to be home. I had a great time at #Norwescon and now I shall become flat for a couple days.

My sisters and I at #Norwescon on Thursday April 2nd.
I was a hobbit with a basket for luncheon picnic, middle sister was the Wolf after encountering Red Riding Hood, and oldest sister was wearing an outfit using the Plaid of our Grandmother's family line.

I had a lovely #Norwescon. It started with a meal with @mandatheginger.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @ksonney.redwombat.social.ap.brid.gy. It ended with a meal with Ursula, Kevin, and the Husband. I really enjoyed myself this con.

Sugar gliders sleeping inside a plushie treasure chest Mimic creature from DnD

Sugar gliders just trying to rest inside a mimic’s mouth without getting eaten.

Aren’t we all these days.

Had a lovely #Norwescon as always, thanks to the hard work of the incredible volunteers, great fellow panelists, and the company of so many awesome friends old and new.

@norwescon.org

It’s wild how I used to walk around #Norwescon as an attendee putting @inktofilm.bsky.social bookmarks everywhere just hoping someone might listen, then this year I got to interview @tkingfisher.com for a live podcast recording! Add in my brilliant friends & it’s an unforgettable convention.

Cosplayer dressed as a fairy

Two cosplayers dressed in adventuring garb

Cosplayer dressed in teal with crown

Dragon flag dancer

Sunday at #norwescon. Thank you to our Sunday cosplayers for sharing their creativity with us. #nwc48 is done!

Three women cosplaying as the three Disney Animated Sleeping Beauty Fairies, but interpreted as how they'd look if they just started their day, in slippers, pajama pants, comfy ponchos, and their hair in curlers covered with scarves. Left to right, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.

My sisters and I at #Norwescon on Sunday, April 5th, 2026. A rarely worn outfit, originally created for a Single Pattern Entry at a previous Norwescon, of the three Sleeping Beauty Fairies just starting their day.

Next year, I want to see YOU up there with me 🤘🏼 #norwescon #authorals #booksky

Three women in the Norwescon photo area. On the outside, the two women are in 1950s Poodle skirt variations of the Next Generation Star Trek uniforms, with the woman on the left in red for command, and the woman on the right in blue for medical, posed to examine the woman in the middle, (myself), dressed in a blue and gold coat-dress.

My sisters and I at #Norwescon on Saturday April 4th.
I wore my entry for the single pattern contest from the previous day, while they wore their 50s TNG Star Trek outfits.

Three sisters cosplaying as the three fairies from Sleeping Beauty at the Norwescon photo shoot area. From left to right Flora, Merryweather, and Fauna.

My sisters and I at #Norwescon on Friday April 3rd, 2026, as our traditional #ThreeFairies from Sleeping Beauty, beloved by many.

#Norwescon pro tip: leave NOTHING in your car. Not even your dirty laundry.

Thanks to @tkingfisher.com for being gracious when I was a bit rude while pushing our luggage cart (with the non-dirty laundry, etc.) back to our room while we dealt with the inevitable consequences of not doing the above.

I heard Brigitte read at Broad Universe at #norwescon and now I am so excited for this novel <3

#norwescon was lovely. I had an incredible time with everyone, i felt like i did all the things and simultaneously missed 80%. @tkingfisher.com was a wonderful guest of honor and I am so glad I caught her reading because the upcoming mystery novel is hilarious.

@margaret.bsky.social Just got back from #norwescon where your book, Everything that Isn't Winter, got a nice shout out at a cozy apocalypse panel. David Graeber got a nice shoutout at a world building panel too. Made me feel a little less alone in this world!

@jordanscarroll.bsky.social Just got back from #norwescon where there was a fantastic panel on prejudice in SFF where the moderator, www.instagram.com/thenoirpearl/, read extensively from Speculative Whiteness. Led to a great and hard discussion.

Damn. I hate being sick. I'm missing #Norwescon due to this forking cold.

Chicken Parmesan (on the menu as the Believer, squirrley style (half cream sauce, half marinara) from the 13 Coins restaurant

Traditional post #NorWesCon meal - Believer, squirrley style, at 13 Coins.

A trans woman standing in a hotel room with a shirt that has the low battery icon and the text ‘2% Battery Low’

Wearing an appropriate shirt for the last day of #NorWesCon

Mina, in a blue Jane Austen t-shirt, smiling and saying "I love you" in ASL while standing in front of a Tardis.

Thank you to all you lovely people who chatted with this #Deaf girl in #ASL at #Norwescon this weekend!
You added so much joy to my con experience!

It means the Moon to me that you reached out & included me as part of your con experience, even for simple or brief chats.

💙🤟🖖💙

XO Mina/מרים
(#NWC48)

Must make more friends at #norwescon to dance with. Too shy to dance by my lonesome 🤣

cosplayer in a dress holding books related to the character

cosplayer dressed as a deer in a dress

two cosplayers in pirate gear

Cosplayer dressed as monogolian hunter with a bow.

#Norwescon Saturday had plenty of great cosplays in the halls. Thank you for sharing your cosplay skills with our social media team today!
#NWC48

My entry into the #Norwescon Single Pattern contest: Nighttime Daytime

My solo panel " Let's Draw Some Space Pirates" went great! Glad everyone had a good time, loved the imagination on display!
May use mine in a cameo in a future Pirates of the Starry Seas chapter or something.
#ericlvargas #spacepirate #spaceship #mecha #norwescon

Just a reminder. This is my schedule today for #norwescon
AI Versus Human Narrators

2:00pm - 3:00pm @ Cascade 11

Creating a DIY Demo

4:00pm - 5:00pm @ Cascade 10

Writing for the Ear

5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Evergreen 1 & 2

#booksky #narrator #indieauthor #audiobooks

My book has sold out of the shop at #Norwescon!! It's not even halfway through Saturday yet!! I'm gonna cry!

In line to get a book autographed by T. Kingfisher! #norwescon

Award administrator Gordon Van Gelder and nominees William Alexander, Koji A. Dae, and Thomas Ha in a panel discussing Philip K. Dick, their work, and the award.

Koji A. Dae signs a poster print of her book cover.

William Alexander signs a poster print of his book cover.

Me ready for the evening, wearing a black kilt and a shirt that says, “This man isn’t wearing any pants!”

Day two of Norwescon for me is almost entirely about the Philip K. Dick Awards. The attending authors have a panel in the afternoon, then a small private social, then a fancy dinner, followed by the award ceremony. Congratulations to M. R. Carey for winning […]

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Close-up shot of a molded metal dragon with long horns and jeweled eyes perched on the top of a staff.

The topper of a staff seen in the dealers' room at Norwescon 29 in 2006, the first year I went to Norwescon. 20 years later, I'm now sitting in my hotel room at Norwescon 48 in 2026 (we lost a year to Covid, so the numbers seem off) as I prep the next few […]

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