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WorldCON 2011, Friday Report

Lessons learned: Convention center chairs are made for nymphs and are not, in fact, meant to be sat in. Some writers should never read their work aloud. Others should not be allowed to appear in public. CON food induces horrible flatulence in a large number of older men. Editors are people too. There are individuals

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WorldCON 2011, Thursday Report

Attending any event that caters to hard core Sci-Fi fans is an interesting experience. A friend pointed out that in any other crowd, just one of them would stick out like a sore thumb. However, here, they are safe. They are secret. Wait, there are no secrets. Yes, everyone here is a geek in one

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Another Whew Moment

I made it. Yay! I just topped 40,000 words on my new YA Dystopian novel. I made the goal a few weeks ago to get that many words typed before WorldCON (which starts in the morning). I didn’t think I could pull it off, but it happened. Again, Yay! Here are some of the last

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Kids in a Candy Shop

Don’t worry, no candy was harmed during this incident. Actually, no candy was even involved. Just the bar stools. So I’m off to WorldCON in a few days. There are four of us road-tripping to Reno from Salt Lake, and since my car has the best balance of shoulder room and gas mileage, I got

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