DragonCon, oh, DragonCon....

DragonCon is a huge event that is much like a small city, assembled within a big city, if that small city had to be built and inhabited overnight, and could exist for only four days a year....and if it were populated with an explosively creative citizenry of all ages, including pre-natal and post octogenarian.

 There is, every year, a blood drive near the YA track rooms. Vampires line up next to corsetted and begoggled Steam-Punkers, Elves, Zombies, Jokers, Storm Troopers, and the astounding variety of one-of-a-kinders.


There are more and more Steam Punk costumes. The men are gadget-encrusted, carrying weapons of infinite copper/bronze/leather/lens/and goggle design.  The woman are mostly Victorian ....lovely corsetted gowns with modern twists here and there. But I saw a few like this one...a woman actually dressed for the kind of adventure Steam Punk books usually contain. I have a Steam Punk novel banging on the door.  I look forward to writing it.