I forget which thread I said it on, but I was excited a few months ago because my friend and I had been invited to do a Star Wars panel at a con. I had expressed nervousness as it was a con I'd never heard of that has no website or event coordination to speak of and that we hadn't been officially invited yet. I've been checking with my friend to see if he'd heard anything, the guy hadn't responded to any emails.

Yesterday morning I joked with my friend about the "invitation", and how we'd never see it. Last night he texted in shock, we'd gotten the invite.

I deliberated for a while, but decided ultimately not to do it, for several reasons. One, my wife is going to a convention out of town that week, so me going to a convention in VA means boarding the dogs and travelling, which would cost lots of money. But mostly because every other convention I can think of has a site where you can find out who's going to be there, what panels are going to be available, and all this MONTHS in advance, you know, so your guests can plan ahead. This con is in two weeks.

So, only people who know the con exists will be there. Only people who read the program will know there is a Star Wars panel. And no one is going to care what we have to say.