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Picture progress notice<\/em><\/strong>: I’m going to be spending the better part of the weekend processing images. \u00a0If all goes well, then next week will be a series of gallery posts, from each day of the convention.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n I know I\u2019ve \u201cbragged\u201d about how very little advertised as convention programming genuinely appeals to me to a point where I really wish to participate in a panel or a show, or anything that requires waiting in a long and time-sucking line.\u00a0 The fact is, I still glance at guest lists and panels regardless, it\u2019s just that I ultimately don\u2019t bother with them once the convention begins.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather wander around and take pictures and chance into running into friends and acquaintances as opposed to waiting in lines.\u00a0 It\u2019s not to say that I\u2019m not interested in them, it\u2019s more the fact that the reward of seeing or meeting doesn\u2019t outweigh my love for flexibility.<\/span><\/p>\n I broke this trend this year, ironically, in spite of my most recent manifesto about how convention programming doesn\u2019t appeal to me, when I went to go meet an author whose works I\u2019ve really enjoyed over the last few years, Jonathan Maberry.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Often times, I take a different route around the hotels, because the obvious walkways between them all are usually crammed-packed full of people, and all it really takes is one stroller, toddler, cane-aided walker or a wheelchair to bring the flow of people to a crawl.\u00a0 That being said, I have absolutely no qualms with taking any of the routes that make me have to dare step into the outside air, cross Courtland or Peachtree Center Avenue, especially if it gets me to Point B quicker than the common routes.<\/span><\/p>\n It turned out that going outside to from the Hilton back to the Marriott put me right in front of one of the Walk of Fame sections of the conventions, and a sign simply labeled \u201cauthor signings\u201d piqued my interest.\u00a0 And it just so happened that Jonathan Maberry was doing a meet and greet, and there weren\u2019t a ton of people in line at the time, so I figured why not?<\/span><\/p>\n One of my reluctances when it comes to meeting any sort of \u201ccelebrity\u201d is that their public persona is unappealing, and it gives me the opportunity to associate them with a less than savory opinion.\u00a0 Cases in point in my past are actors like David Carradine and Felicia Day, who weren\u2019t exactly gracious individuals to either me, or friends of mine.\u00a0 We\u2019ll leave it at that, but basically I\u2019m often times concerned that people whose works I\u2019ve liked, might be unappealing people when met in person.<\/span><\/p>\n Thankfully, Jonathan Maberry was absolutely none of that.\u00a0 Gracious, friendly and so easy to speak with, he took a few minutes to chat with me about some of the ironic coincidences revolving around his latest Joe Ledger novel\u00a0Code Zero<\/em>, how it culminated\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0Dragon*Con, and how the Ebola virus was actually in Atlanta at the CDC for the last two months, and me asking him if any girls attempted to costume as his interpretation of his latest antagonist.<\/span><\/p>\n If there was ever an opportunity to have broken my D*C meta, it couldn\u2019t have been much better than meeting an author whose works I enjoy, and actually turning out that he\u2019s an awesome person to his fans.\u00a0 Much appreciated, Jonathan!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Picture progress notice: I’m going to be spending the better part of the weekend processing images. \u00a0If all goes well, then next week will be a series of gallery posts, from each day of the convention. 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