World Fantasy was awesome. And very low on internet-connectedness. Which actually felt kinda good. We were relating to real people in real time. You know, like in the olden days. But now we have left San Diego and have headed north, a bit, and are staying in The Spiffiest Motel 6 Evar. I mean, seriously: […]
I am sitting on the floor in the convention center lobby, World Fantasy Con happening all around me, while I (and a bunch of people who managed to snag chairs) are enjoying the free wifi the con offers, rather than paying $10 per computer per day in our already-spendy rooms… 🙂 One must be frugal,
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Busy day today! Fun stuff, but, busy! Got up reasonably early and commenced The Watering of the Orchids, then the Marquise and I got ourselves ready and in the car, and drove out to Multnomah Falls to meet Ramblin Phyl for lunch. visual aid: it is a darn big waterfall A delightful time was had
It’s fun to have out-of-town visitors, you get to show them all the sights you haven’t gotten to see yourself, yet…plus old favorites. Today the Marquise and I went to Chinatown: And then of course Powell’s. 🙂 I was…um…not restrained. Well neither of us were. She signed stock, but I couldn’t persuade her to sign
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Mark and I have very similar Subarus, as it happens. Mine is a few years older; his has more miles. His has a CD player, mine doesn’t; his windshield is crappy, and his air conditioning doesn’t work, but my dash lights are almost gone. His car is used for storage, and is full of stuff;
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Got home late last night, spent today organizing and whatnotting and making ready to send Mark to California…I will follow in a few days. Meanwhile, it’s nice to have someone around the house who can do heavy lifting. 🙂 Because I’m not exactly needing the air conditioner-units upstairs these days, not so much… And there
Oh good lord I slept ten hours last night. Ten! I can’t remember when that’s ever happened, when I haven’t been sick. I don’t think I’m sick…but damn, was I tired last night. Yesterday evening was fun–clearly too much fun! Mark and I met up with the Bournes and Scarlettina, had a delicious dinner at
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World Fantasy posted its schedule today, and I have a panel! 9:00 PM Thursday Pacific 1: Out From Under the Bed: Monster as Protagonist Writing from the perhaps less than sympathetic point of view of a true monster is a unique challenge. The writer is asked to bring the monster out into the light, and
Box of books arrived today! Detail of cover (fuzzy, sorry….) Very cool! In other news: progressing apace on Hogboblin edits, and finding more trouble on every page, sigh; swimming up a storm; the squirrels are digging thousands of holes in my back yard; I had a very good meeting with a realtor yesterday; a lovely