Fyrecon 3

Fyrecon was in Layton at the Weber State Davis campus, which is two buildings named D2 and D3. This was my first time going, and I went because I was not about to pass up a weekend with Maria Snyder. I went to writing classes, including some of Maria’s, and I was familiar to her, and I got to talk to her because she’ll happily chat with anybody. I ran into her often over the three days. Maria’s master class on writing fight scenes was all afternoon Saturday and was very helpful.

Because the lone elevator in D3 is “highly sensitive” and trapped the event organizers in there for about half an hour, I started avoiding it and went up or down three big flights of stairs almost every hour. (This elevator has a long history of trapping people. It’s needy.)

There was a small vendor hall, and I got a few books and small art prints and visited with people there. Glenn came with me to David Belt’s class on ancient weapons, which was cool. He wore a kilt and spoke in a Scottish accent and happens to be a member of the Tabernacle Choir. We handled swords and weapons (most replicas) dating from thousands of years ago up to the 1700s. I learned a lot. 

I met and hung out with lots of other local writers, including Jana Brown, Melissa McShane, Jay Barnson, Julie Frost, Nathan Shumate, Michael Darling, Johnny Worthen, Bree Moore, and others. They are all great fun.

Me with Maria