P1060895 Karen's son Matthew and Scott Lynch

at a pre-ArmadilloCon dinner at Serrano's

P1060897 Nancy Hightower and Patrice Sarath

at a pre-ArmadilloCon dinner at Serrano's

P1060901 Troyce Wilson, Martha Wells, and Nancy Hightower

at the hotel bar after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner

P1060898 Rani Graff and Sharon Shinn

Rani Graff, a science fiction editor from Israel, and Sharon Shinn at a pre-ArmadilloCon dinner at Serrano's

P1060901 Troyce Wilson, Martha Wells, and Nancy Hightower

at the hotel bar after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner

P1060904 J. Kathleen Cheney

who usually goes by Janet, at the hotel bar after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner.

P1060905 Martha Wells, Nancy Hightower, Stina Leicht, Melissa Tyler

at the hotel bar after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner

P1060907 Melissa Tyler, Rick, Kimberly Frost

at the hotel bar after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner

P1060909 Nancy Hightower and the Consuite sheep

It's an eerily human-like sheep. Surely makes you do a double take. Scott Lynch later observed the sheep's human hands may be what's tricking the eye. Not surprisingly, it was reported that on Saturday night a drunk person sat down to talk to the sheep.

P1060910 Sharon Shinn and Rani Graff

Sharon Shinn and Rani Graff, a science fiction editor from Israel, at the Consuite after the pre-ArmadilloCon dinner. This is when the conversation turned to trashy bodice rippers with Navy Seals, and teletubbies.

P1060913 Last preparations in the Consuite

Patrice Sarath, Dan, Wendy and Sharon Shinn attach lanyards to convention badges, all the while continuing a conversation about bodice rippers, especially those featuring Navy Seals. :-)

P1060887 Laura Domitz, Scott Zrubek and Scott Lynch

at a pre-ArmadilloCon dinner at Serrano's

P1060888 Karen Meschke, Sara Felix, Don Webb and Laura Domitz

at a pre-ArmadilloCon dinner at Serrano's

P1060921 Jim Frenkel and Matthew Bey

read Space Squid, Matthew Bey's fanzine, on Friday morning before the writers' workshop.

P1060921 Scott Lynch and Martin Wagner

chat before the writers' workshop.

P1060985 Martha Wells and Sharon Shinn

In the "City Building: Creating a city that both works for your story, and makes sense for the world it is in" panel.

P1060986 Scott Lynch, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Rob Rogers, and Vincent Docherty

In the "City Building: Creating a city that both works for your story, and makes sense for the world it is in" panel.

P1060957 Jenny Blackford

at the Meet The Pros party after the opening ceremony.