i’m off to nerd prom

It’s so weird to have this great week working on Criminal Minds that I can’t talk about in any detail until October. I have no mouth, and I must scream, you could say. How about I just give up one little non-spoilery thing, and nobody tells on me, okay?

At the end of the shoot, I was thanking a lot of the people I worked with for making it such a great experience. Every single one of them told me that they wished I worked on the show every day. I guess the feeling was mutual.

So, yeah, that made me feel pretty good. If you get a chance to work on Criminal Minds, I highly recommend it.

Now, to business:

Tomorrow, I’m heading down to San Diego for an abbreviated stay at Comic-Con. Here’s my schedule:

  • On Thursday, I’ll be on a panel called Star Trek Without a Blueprint: How books and comics keep expanding the boundaries of the Star Trek universe. We’ll be talking about the future of Star Trek publishing in room 32AB from 4:00-5:00. I’ll be on the panel with Andy Mangels (moderator and Star Trek author), Margaret Clark (executive editor, Pocket Books), Andy Schmidt (senior editor, IDW) and Star Trek authors Kevin Dilmore, Dave Mack, Scott Tipton, and Dayton Ward.
  • The rest of the time, I’ll be with my friend Rich Stevens at the Dumbrella booth, which is number 1335. MC Frontalot is going to be there, too, so if you’re looking to fill that final square on Nerd Bingo, come and see us.

Oh. I guess it would be useful to know what I’m taking with me to sign and sell, wouldn’t it?

In addition to some 8x10s from Star Trek and Stand By Me, I’ll have copies of The Happiest Days of Our Lives , which I’m kind of hoping will sell out.

I’ll have a few copies of Dancing Barefoot and Just A Geek. I’ll also have a few copies of Volume 2 of the Star Trek Manga. I won’t have any copies of Volume 3 of the Star Trek Manga, but it’s just been released, so I’m sure you’ll be able to pick up a copy somewhere. If you bring it to the booth, I’m happy to sign it for you.

Finally, I will have copies of this year’s Chapbook, which is called Sunken Treasure. What’s that, you say? You don’t know what that is? You don’t have time to click a link, you say? Well, my lazy friend, allow me to show you part of the author’s note:

Every summer, I make one of these limited chapbooks and take them with me on the inevitable summer convention tour. In the past, I’ve pulled material from whatever I’m working on, as sort of a fall preview, but this year the book I’m working on is so top secret, I’d have to print the chapbook on self-destructing paper, and while that would make it a very limited edition, the costs associated are kind of prohibitive.

So for 2008’s limited edition chapbook extravaganza, I’ve put together the first ever Wil Wheaton Sampler. With the help of my editor Andrew, who is a former ninja warrior and recreational time traveler, I’ve pulled together things I like from all three of my books, my blog, and this groovy collaborative fiction project I play with called Ficlets. I’ve also included, for the first time anywhere, one of the scripts I wrote for a sketch comedy show at the ACME Comedy Theater.

I am really proud of Sunken Treasure, and I think Andrew (my friend and editor) and I came up with something really special. I only sold about a dozen of them at San Jose Super-Con (there really weren’t that many people there this year) and since I’m not welcome at the Creation convention in Vegas, the only places you can get copies of it will be Comic-Con and PAX. I’m anxious to get these little books out into the wild, though, so I hope you’ll tell everyone you know, for a grand total of 150 people (you guys can coordinate this, right?) to come by the Dumbrella booth and check it out. It’s so weird to make something I’m so proud of, and only get to share it with a handful of people so far.

I don’t know if I’ll be particularly motivated to post while I’m away. I’ll likely be posting all sorts of things to Twitter, including where I am and when I’ll be signing. There will also be pithy observations about my fellow geeks, so you don’t want to miss that. Erm, provided I can avoid the fail whale, that is. Ahem.

The Internet is quiet as hell lately. I feel like I’m talking into an empty tube, so thanks for reading and commenting; it makes me feel a little less like a crazy old man with no pants standing on the corner ranting about the weather.

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65 thoughts on “i’m off to nerd prom”

  1. If you post it, they will come. Or something like that, right? Although the mental image of you as a ranting old man is very amusing. Wish I could make Comic-Con, but I can’t wait to see you at PAX.

  2. Last month you posted:
    I called Creation this morning to find out, once and for all, if I was persona non grata or persona we’re coola, and if they were intersted in having me come to the Vegas convention or not. It turns out that my e-mails were going to people who are no longer with the company. The girl I spoke with this morning seemed very interested in bringing me out to the show, and though it would unprofessional to talk too much about the contents of our conversation, I felt that it was very positive and there’s a pretty good chance that I will end up being at the Big Honkin’ Vegas Convention this year after all. More details to come later.
    Today you posted:
    I’m not welcome at the Creation convention in Vegas
    So why did they change their minds?

  3. As one of the lucky few who got one at SuperCon, I have to say, it’s good and you should all go get one. 🙂
    How’s the robot, btw?

  4. Have fun this weekend! Totally going to pick up a chapbook at PAX, assuming you don’t sell them all at Comic-Con. 🙂

  6. There is no way in hell I can possibly make it to California at all this year, let alone Comic-Con in a few days.
    And thus, by virtue of living in Big Sky Country, I am once again screwed out of a Very Cool Thing.
    =(

  8. @Richard Smith: I really can’t say, and even if I did, it wouldn’t change anything. Suffice to say, I’m deeply disappointed.

  9. The post-TV/post-Dominion War Deep Space Nine books are *fantastic*. (LtCdr Vaughn, wooo!) And Peter David’s New Frontier books were also quite fantastic up until around book what was it, 10 or 11 or so and then they just got weird. (Ugh, Shelby. But MacKenzie Calhoun? Awesome.)
    I hope somebody tapes or transcribes the “Star Trek Without a Blueprint” session, because I know that is going to be a really interesting session!
    Established Trek writers are great, but maybe the new DS9 and the New Frontier work shows that most of all, what Star Trek as a whole needs is fresh air, fresh ideas. There are so many stories out there to be told. (The sim groups I’ve been in would happily back that up with tons and tons of writing.)
    And when will YOU write a Trek book, Wil? You have a unique perspective as a writer, after all. 🙂 Not to mention a very good writer’s voice.

  10. Damn…I can’t get to Comic-Con, and you can’t get to Denvention…ah well. But a couple of my brothers will be at Comic-Con; I should have them look you up for me.

  12. Aww man! You Killed at the Vegas Con last year! Creation’s idea of sticking it to very one yet again, what will they replace you with? Bingo like they had you running against last year? Sorry Creation I’d rather LMAFO listening to Wil Wheaton reading us Blue Light Special and his Geek Squad Review of Justice than putting a mark on my bingo card. *Drops Dark Side of the Moon hat in tribute*
    P.S. Kick ass on the panel at Comic Con!

  14. “I really can’t say, and even if I did, it wouldn’t change anything. Suffice to say, I’m deeply disappointed.”
    @Wil Duuude. I’m sorry. 🙁

  15. Hope you have fun at Comic Con 🙂 I have always wanted to go, maybe next year. You should try and make it out to GenCon, it’s always a blast!

  16. Wil: Nice Harlan Ellison reference. Probably one of his best.
    Have fun storming the castle…er…going to prom.
    Here’s hoping Twitter doesn’t go down a few dozen times while you are at the Con.

  17. Wil – Man, I’m so sorry about Vegas – is it run by a bunch of boneheads, or what?? It’s a shame because it’s a loss for the fans there.
    I’m so glad you had a great time on Criminal Minds. I can’t wait to see the episode in October. I’ve never watched it, but I will now.
    Have a great week-end at the Con. Any chance you might make the chapbook available to your online fans??

  19. it *is* awful quiet all over the place– I am too busy enjoying the 30 minutes of good weather that MN gets a year…
    I am seriously bummed about not living closer to get a chapbook!
    I just ran across my roomie’s dog in my WWDN shirt from all those years ago… I have also been meaning to post books in teh wild… I have a couple of those!
    Have you seen those Lego Princess Leia in the hot getup keychain thing? I thought of you at the Lego store yesterday… but I wondered if you were more of a rebel troop guy… Hmmmm.
    Have fun selling the chapbooks!

  20. So… the crazy old man with no pants standing on the corner ranting about the weather… that WASN’T you? Boy, am I embarrassed.

  21. Well I’m torn. I really would love it if you did well selling your books and chapbook but if that means there will be less choice for me at PAX then maybe not so much 🙂
    Looking forward to see you at PAX and trading some shiny gold rocks. I am having trouble finding gold rocks tho’, how about gold-pressed rocks?

  22. I would be heading down to Comic-con, but our project finals the same week! Would have liked to see you in person Wil, always enjoy your work (even the Wesley Crusher char in TNG).

  23. I’ll definitely be seeing you there! Save a copy of “Happiest Days” for me! 😀
    I know how you feel about the whole “empty tube” thing, I don’t get comments on my blog but… constant vigilance! Wow, HP reference on Wil Wheatons blog, I never thought I’d be this nerdy.

  24. Well, shoot. The one year I’ll be skipping SDCC is the year you are going and being all busy n stuff. I guess I’ll have to be patient and get Happiest Days some other way 🙂 Have fun!

  25. You driving or taking the train down?
    Want to pick me up on the way? haha
    I am taking the early train, saving gas and avoiding traffic. See you tomorrow. Save a chapbook for me if possible.

  27. Hey, Wil, come in out of the rain, and don’t worry about your hat, I’ll keep it right here in the kitchen, where no one can squash the tinfoil- but, PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD– PUT ON SOME DAMN PANTS!

  28. Unfortunately, Anne would probably take amiss the kind of comments that come to my mind in reference to a Wil with no pants ranting on a corner.
    So hope you enjoy the prom!
    I’ve been eagerly awaiting the season premiere of Criminal Minds already, but I certainly look forward to the entire season now.
    It would be nice if your character could return like the detective from New Orleans… *G*

  30. I noticed it being increasingly quiet. I’m frightened because I think perhaps the simulation is breaking down.
    I’m afraid to lift the shades, now. What if all I see is uniform grey nothingness?
    What if I’m the only one left? Were any of you ever… really real?

  31. Can you buy Happiest Days of Our Lives in England i’m wondering? I would import it but the postage might cost twice the book price.
    You should totally come to england for something. Though the weather isn’t quite as nice as Hawaii…

  32. Oooh, that’d be cool. Also, it’d be a chance for you to have a Guinness that wasn’t (yick!) pasteurised.
    In the dream world where everything’s puppies and kittens and unicorns fart rainbows, you could synch up with Jon Coulton’s next UK gig and do a twofer.
    And then we’d all have jetpacks and flying cars and robots.
    Yes.

  33. Ah, nerd prom, when a young man’s fancy turns toward shiny decahedron and the sweet, sweet pleasures of a good LARP.
    Good times, good times.
    Enjoy, take lots of pictures, and watch out for the spiked punch.
    ps: Is there a way for East-Coasters to get a little love and eventually be able to purchase the coolness of “Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton’s Hot Cocoa Box Sampler” (other than flying seven hours to give you the shiny rocks in person)? Your consideration of this would be truly lurvley …

  34. Hi Wil!
    I live in a portion of the country generally known as the East Coast.
    I know you’re aware of such a location, as your brother took some damn cool pix of a cemetery right down the street from me. (here at work)
    Will you be coming east anytime soon? I would like a groovy Chap Book, too!
    Hope you have fun!

  35. We’re here, Wil. No worries.
    Ach. SO unhappy I’m not going to NerdProm. Everyone I would possibly want to visit is going to be at THE SAME TABLE.
    Dumbrella + Wheaton = SUPERAWESOME!

  36. > The Internet is quiet as hell lately.
    > I feel like I’m talking into an empty tube
    It all goes in a cycle. Patience young Jedi.

  38. Although I could’ve done without this imagery of you without pants, just wanted to drop a quick note to say “we’re still here” and have fun.
    Go seek out Felicia Day and make sure she has a great first prom/dance and report back. 🙂

  39. “it makes me feel a little less like a crazy old man with no pants standing on the corner ranting about the weather”
    Dude, I did *not* need that visual this early in the morning.

  42. I’m completely bummed that I’m not going to be able to attend… you know… coporeally.
    BUT!
    My friend is bringing my copy of Just a Geek to be signed by Grandmaster Wheaton. Hopefully he can pick up a signed chapbook for me.

  44. Hi Wil,
    First time reader and poster here. Found your blog by chance actually. Good thing too! Been a fan for a long time. Like many, no moola for conventions of any sort. Plus, there are none around here in the Foothills of North Carolina (I’m a “Damn Yankee” down har! LOL).
    Anyways, I have LOADS of reading to catch up on here with all your archives. Thankfully, I work from home, so I should find some time.
    Congrats on being on Criminal Minds – one of my fave shows – can’t wait to see your October episode!
    Have a safe and fun convention!
    ~ Barb

  45. Oh, how I wish I were at SDCC this year. I also sent my copy of JAG with a friend, but now I must beg him for any spare gold rocks to trade for a chapbook. Hopefully I’ll be able to meet you next year, sir!

  46. This is way off topic, but I read that you’re an Arsenal supporter. Any truth to that? Also, no posts tagged “sports” in almost a year. Is that a consequence of little time or little interest?

  47. Have fun at the con, Wil, and good luck selling out of your books! I’ll make it to San Diego for that someday…when I have more than a week’s vacation per year. And if you have any chapbooks left at the end of your Con tour to sell, I’m sure those of us unable to make it to the cons would be happy to pick them up if you sell them online.

  50. Oh for pity’s sake somebody say something Comments(49) I can’t stand numbers like that give it an even (50). Now see if you would have followed Ali’s advice you would of had a can of Coolwhip with you and you wouldn’t have had to be all embarassed about standing on the corner with no pants. Coolwhip clothing, biodegradeable, enviromentally friendly, and just down right tasty in a pinch.

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