Aspiring Writers Info: Conventions...which to attend?

There's a useful thread going on over at Reddit on media conventions--are they useful for writers, how do you categorize them, ROI--things a writer has to consider. This is also useful for fans--where will you find instant entertainment, and maybe people who enjoy similar things? For me, also meeting people who enjoy different things is important.

This is a very male geeky list, and does not include conventions like World Fantasy Con and Sirens, very different conventions.

New cover for Night Calls in ebook

When you have the Gift, your life is not your own.


I was born to a family that harnessed the winds and could read futures in fire and water. Yet my mother kept her secrets.

Then the werewolf came, sharing his madness.

Now it's my turn to keep secrets....