Jitters

Buffycon is this weekend; I'm on three panels tomorrow.

I've done quite a few academic conferences at this point, where I give a paper and then maybe field a question or two. I've done a couple of cons; one where I reconstructed my paper in my head bc I'd gotten put on the panel after running into my editor at the con and one that was completely free-form but where I was in *great* company. My co-panelist was a pro-tv writer and one of the Onion founders (Dan Vebber, formerly of Buffy and then of Futurama) and the hecklers from the audience were M. (whom I'd just met the evening before and had no idea would become my One True Love) and John K., our Onion writer friend (who I'd also just met). That one went really well, of course.
:-) Here I'm going to be completely freeform on panels of four. I teach, after all, and I don't *think* Buffy fans will be more difficult than 18 year olds taking a required freshman comp course at 8:30am. Just jittering away, stretching my experience a bit further.

Blessings and great gratitude to Sarah and Karen, who are keeping me company for the con!