The Shadows on My Wall Don't Sleep

This weekend (Friday through Sunday) I helped staff a table at Fables and Flames, a romantasy fiction con in its first year. Vicky has an ongoing m/m romantasy series (branching out in new directions from her contemporary m/m romance) and got an author invite, but it's hard to staff a vendor table alone so I helped set up/take down the displays, provided some company, and held down the fort when she wanted to go do some other con activities. I handed out a lot of cards and flyers, and even sold a few books!

(I also picked up cards for every other author present and bought more things -- scented candles, weighted plushies, scrunchies, a 3D-printed fidget toy -- than was probably wise, but that is only to be expected at a con. Also I love my new plushies with fierce devotion, so there.)

Word is that the con either broke even or came very close, which is excellent for a first-year event. Hopefully that means they will run it again next year. :)

Anyway the con was a lot of fun but also very tiring -- and I didn't even have to be "on" most of the time. Also once we packed up early on Sunday afternoon, we drove across the street to IKEA and spent a couple hours looking at sofa beds and other assorted things. As is typical for a trip to IKEA, I came away with more than I meant to buy. I am now the proud (?) owner of a slightly dinged-up "as-is" desk, a coat stand, two wooden storage crates, a bath mat (that was probably intended as a hand towel but pssht like I care), and a $5 print of a botanical illustration of a fig. And also a pack of cinnamon rolls, because reasons.

So that was my weekend.