Rabbit redux and What Not to Wear...the writer's version

[chickwriter]

Welcome to the first day of March, which is nothing like the eleventh of March, but we'll leave that day to Leslie Nielsen.

Things that have amused me today:
Sarah Weinman's post about some other post re: author's dress codes

Jon Jordan of Crimespree Magazine put in his .02

Me, I'm all atwitter, I must now unpack and repack my suitcase for ConDor, because, horrors! I forgot the pantyhose...Uhm. No.

As I replied to Jon's post, I'm of the SJ Rozan school of dress. Black on black, with blue jeans as an accent. I do, however, tend to skew my dress to the audience. At a mystery con banquet, I dress in my nice black slacks and/or my fab black velvet pants/jacket. If I'm presenting at a panel, I go for the black jeans and some sort of jacket, usually over a plain black tee. At an SF/F con, I pull out the fannish t's to wear under the overshirt. At a fannish con, it's all about the comfort, dude, because I'm so not the fashion maven. I fail at dress-up, always have. There was a brief, if insane moment in the late 70s, while in college that I went for the hair/makeup thing. It didn't last long AT all. I was into sensible shoes before the Robin Williams/Billy Crystal riff.

Seriously, trying to standardize what writers should wear just makes me want to laugh. Because slaves to corporate "business casual" type wear: not so much. Part of what makes us tick is creativity and individuality - whether it's feather boas and glittery shoes or my Joss Whedon is My Master Now t-shirt. It all goes.

In other news:

• Work is still beyond busy. I've not made it home earlier than 8:00 any night this week or last. It's a good kind of busy, mostly, but still.


• I'm off to San Diego on Friday a.m. at the unbelievable hour of half-past not!dawn (e.g., 6:27 a.m.) - of the good, I get into SD at 12:45 and then it's party, paneling and hanging with my SF/F homies. My return flight on Monday is at the same ungodly hour, but I'm back home at a reasonable time and can nap.


• I'm not taking Blanche to SD, so I'll be offline for four days. This is almost inconceivable, but I'm trying to travel light.

Comments

[arallara.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that is freaking *hilarious*. And she's so specific, too! Suggesting brands and colors and everything! My god! I loved reading people's responses. *g*

You know, one of the reasons I really enjoy reading your journal is the occasional glimpse into the world of mystery writing and publishing, which I would otherwise know nothing about. It's so cool.

Jeans and a T-shirt ARE formal at a Con

[untamed-sylph.livejournal.com]

And unless you're a banker or a man in drag, no one wears panty hose in this state. Which means that it's really easy for large girls to find hose here.

Cool on the fan shirts! Maybe this year I won't leave my X-babies T in the hotel room :)

Re: Jeans and a T-shirt ARE formal at a Con

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

and I have a pretty new jacket that I also need not to leave in the hotel room...

why is "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" playing in my head? ;)

Re: Jeans and a T-shirt ARE formal at a Con

[untamed-sylph.livejournal.com]

Cool - me wanna see. Me talk pretty one day

And I thought "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" was a fact, not a song ;)

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

sure! bring pantyhose! who knows what creative uses we can find for them...?
:: big evil grin ::

[reginagiraffe]

If this is an indication of her creativity level, no wonder she has to self-publish.