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Do any of you have suggestions for possible guests for ConDFW that--and this is important--you think would bring in lots of attendees to see them?
Normally we pay more attention to who we think would provide good panels, rather than numbers of attendees who'd show up just to see them, but after this most recent year when we ended up having to pay for function space at the hotel due to not making room block*, we really, really need to find a guest who will bring in the crowds. We had good luck in the past with Lois McMaster Bujold and Jim Butcher--someone on that level would be awesome.
They also need to live in the US or Canada, as our budget does not extend to international flights from anywhere else.
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* In part due to hotel shenanigans which were, while totally legal by the contract, not to our benefit.
Normally we pay more attention to who we think would provide good panels, rather than numbers of attendees who'd show up just to see them, but after this most recent year when we ended up having to pay for function space at the hotel due to not making room block*, we really, really need to find a guest who will bring in the crowds. We had good luck in the past with Lois McMaster Bujold and Jim Butcher--someone on that level would be awesome.
They also need to live in the US or Canada, as our budget does not extend to international flights from anywhere else.
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* In part due to hotel shenanigans which were, while totally legal by the contract, not to our benefit.
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(And the amusing bit: we had Sanderson a couple of years ago, Aggiecon (another convention in state) has Martin this month, Scalzi keeps turning us down, and I've been attempting to convince our guest officer to get Rothfuss. :D)
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Maybe go for sf marginals but geek heroes?:
Jonathan Coulton (who has not written books that I know of)
Wil Wheaton, who has written books and of course has the blogger and Star Trek credit
I bet Jim Hines would be a great guest, but he isn't that well known
Martha Wells is coming anyway, as far as her blog says, I believe.
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