Weekend roundup

[pbray]

Back from Boskone which was lots of fun, but unfortunately didn't get to hang out with friends as much as I wanted. Saw matociquala and truepenny only briefly to say "Hi!", as we kept meeting while on the way to panels/readings/appointments etc. Had a nice chat with arcaedia, got to meet Neil Clarke clarkesworld, saw tryslora who recommended a new author to me and admired the custom printed M&M's, chatted briefly with Walter Hunt about his new project, had a fantastic dinner Saturday night with wen_spencer and Ann Cecil, saw rolanni and kinzel and commiserated over the printing problems which meant their new book wasn't ready for Boskone, and saw many others whose names/LJ ids have slipped my mind.

Handed out many postcards for THE FIRST BETRAYAL, as well as lizards and the M&M's. Overall a great weekend, but a tad rushed and no time to actually see Boston. Furthest I got from the hotel/Prudential center was a walk over to Turner Fisheries for dinner.

jennifer_dunne and jpsorrow proved admirable traveling companions, sharing the long drive and the hotel room with grace. Sadly they discovered a new game to play while visiting the game room, so I can see more game nights in my immediate future.

Bought many books from Larry Smith, including Patricia Briggs' new urban fantasy MOON CALLED which immediately sucked me in.

Came back to the day job to find everyone in crisis mode--the automated forecast process on Friday didn't work so everyone is manually cranking numbers and I'm trying to troubleshoot the database. Fun.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Iiii will be at I-CON (http://iconsf.org/) in New York March 24-26, or dates very much like that, and later this year will be at ButcherCon (http://butchercon.org/), which is featuring my friend Jim Butcher (http://jim-butcher.com/) as its star guest.

Whether I end up going to WFC depends *totally* on whether I get the book that's due in November done by, er, October. And on finances, but mostly on the book.

You?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

No cons in March for me, due to the impending book deadline (insert giant mallet of doom). I'll be at Balticon at the end of May which coincides with the new release, then WFC is a definite.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

We'll have to hope for WFC, then. WHere's it being held this year, anyway? Texas?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's in Austin, Texas, and will celebrate local author/SFF icon Robert E. Howard.