Well, I got here mid afternoon, I have to say that I am not that impressed with the hotel, it really is in the middle of nowhere and you are are kind of stuck here with no car, but still, had a nice time today--reconnected with AngeliqueWins and some of her friends, and got some stuff in the dealer's room, several copies of Jonathan's new DVD and some other goodies...KLS, Lara, Marie, and Jerry Lacy were in the dealer's room doing autographs for awhile--the autographs are in there due to space constraints, and they are kindly willing to sign your program or whatever you have without having to buy the star's books, etc, though I did some of that. I was warned they might sell out of weekend registrations by tomorrow, so anyone coming tomorrow do that first (I did that for a friend coming in tomorrow who has not been to a Fest in years and is coming mostly since they are a JF fan). John Karlen and Marie did the first panel, some scenes shown and Q&A, never had seen JK at a Fest, he is looking good--during that panel Jonathan came out for a cameo and got a warm embrace from JK and Marie, okay, of course I am going to say I wish Jonathan had come out during the following panel when Lara, KLS and Jerry Lacey were onstage, but there may still be hope for J and L on stage together during the cast reunion tomorrow, MAYBE). Then like I said the following panel was Lara, KLS and Jerry Lacey on stage with scenes and Q&A, some interesting scenes like with Trask and Cassandra, and 1795 when Angelique gives Josette the amulet for her wedding dress (good scene). I had never seen Mr. Lacey at a DS con either, so that was interesting for me, too. Then after awhile they showed a "surprise" screening of the 2004 pilot, I missed most of it, but since I had never seen it what I saw was interesting, but I can maybe see why it did not sell, though I liked Alec Newman as Barnabas.
There was a lot of talk about the DS reborn CDs, there are new ones out, for those who are interested, and I think the stars have enjoyed doing them, but the only one I have is the audio book of Anqelique's Descent (gee, wonder why?????)
Another things, Lara gave more info about her third DS novel, which includes several plotlines, including a flashback back to the 1920's and Flapper Liz, that might be interesting---she also has a deal to maybe get Angeliques' descent republished by Tor in addition to her third book, so that would be interesting..
