Presentation matters. I know, it makes me sound like an evil marketing person but someone who had no idea what Ad Astra was would look at that website and keep going.
I'm not disagreeing with you in the least. :)
I don't drink alcohol and as part of my "Let's at least try to keep my weight measured in three digits" I no longer eat any sweet I did not make from scratch myself.
Hmm... can't think of anything else offhand that distinguishes Ad Astra from any other literary con, then. It's still a good time, though.
(Though you don't actually have to eat the cheesecake at the beefcake/cheesecake event; you could just pay $5 to have some cute young thing sit on your lap for five minutes, and the money would go to Casey House. I don't think they care so long as it stays within the bounds of legality, decency, and comfort of the servers. And at Ad Astra, sometimes I think "decency" is a relative term. ;) )
Re: PR material
I'm not disagreeing with you in the least. :)
I don't drink alcohol and as part of my "Let's at least try to keep my weight measured in three digits" I no longer eat any sweet I did not make from scratch myself.
Hmm... can't think of anything else offhand that distinguishes Ad Astra from any other literary con, then. It's still a good time, though.
(Though you don't actually have to eat the cheesecake at the beefcake/cheesecake event; you could just pay $5 to have some cute young thing sit on your lap for five minutes, and the money would go to Casey House. I don't think they care so long as it stays within the bounds of legality, decency, and comfort of the servers. And at Ad Astra, sometimes I think "decency" is a relative term. ;) )