Guest...how???

[robyn5201.livejournal.com]

Can someone tell me how DragonCon obtains their guests?  If there is an author I would love to see there and that would def fit in well how do I make this happen?  I know I have no control over that.  I was just wondering if the author has to request "guest status" or if DC officially invites them.  If DC invites them then how to you get a buzz in their ear to do this?

Comments

[kittenspeaks.livejournal.com]

Everyone has to fill out a guest application.

[wildflowerz.livejournal.com]

D*C will tell you that the person has to contact them. The potential guests will tell you that D*C contacts them first.

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

We have to fill out a guest application. If there's someone you want to see at the con, best idea would be to send that author an email suggesting that you'd be a happy, happy fan if he or she applied to be a guest.

[feuervogel]

The guest application of which everyone else is speaking is here: http://dragoncon.org/dc_guest_app.php

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Honestly it is a little bit of both.

The application to be a guest is the best way to go.

You can also suggest people to the various track directors which is the best way to get a name in front of the PTB.

[eoywin.livejournal.com]

Unless that author is hugely popular, their chances aren't great. I've had to author friends apply and get turned down. And even Peter S. Beagle (who has been a guest in the past) can't get back on the guest list because he isn't a big enough name.

So, have them apply but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[mollyisacatlady.livejournal.com]

Well that blows about Beagle. I met him when he was a guest before and I'd love to see him again. Where did you hear that?

[eoywin.livejournal.com]

I follow him on FB and I have friends who are good friends with him. He tried to become a guest a couple years in a row and was denied - he posted about it on his FB.

[rozhena-ashford.livejournal.com]

And yet, I've seen guests with an autograph session where I wonder why they're there... Some sit there lonely the whole session or only have a small handful of fans and then nothing after they leave....