I love the con and the people who attend it. I started my professional writing career there, and I love to work with new writers as well as get to be on panels with great people. I think the panels are really interesting. The con draws a really diverse group of people across the board, and that is great to see. I recommend it to my students every year, and usually a few are able to come, and they rave about how kind and helpful everyone is. It's just a great con.