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This is a reminder to everyone who might be interested that Fourth Street Fantasy Convention is approaching.  For those who don’t know, this is a small convention (100+ people) heavily oriented toward writing and writers–I sort of made it up back in, I think, the late 80′s so I could hear smart people argue about [...]

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I’m off to Minnesota.  I expect to be there for a few weeks.  During this time, my normal email won’t work, so if you have to reach me use the one this my first three initials and my last name at gmail dot com.

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MisCon, in Missoula, Montana, was excellent.  About five hundred people (a good size, in my opinion), and many of them very much worth talking with.  I had a great time on panels, did a tiny bit of music.  I won’t mention the various Cool People I got to hang out with, because I’ll forget someone [...]

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I’m heading for Missoula, Montana.  See you next week if they let me out.

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First of all, all thanks and blessings on Tim and Serina Powers, who talked me into putting up with hours on a non-smoking flight to attend.  They said it was worth it, and they were right.  I have never been treated better at a convention, and rarely as well. It was a blast.  Lots of [...]

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Hey–Steve, Reesa and I are at ConDFW. We neglected to put anything up till now. The Con is halfway over, but –we’re here.

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Whence comes this custom of, “If you will agree to be our guest, you may bring a companion at a special discounted rate.”  What the hell?  Now even Readercon is doing it; I had thought better of Readercon. This should be part of a longer rant on how to treat guests and guests of honor, [...]

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Especially to Midori Snyder and Terri Windling for special award, non-professional (although: huh?) and to Ellen Datlow for the anthology Inferno. And, out of courtesy to their sensibilities I will not now be gnashing my teeth and screaming about rigged elections because neither Will Shetterly nor Emma Bull won.  They would certainly not appreciate such [...]

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Just want to let you know that, yes, there will be more posts on our trip to Tel Aviv. Be patient. All three of us have been down with some ucky virus, and lots of other things to do. But we’re getting there. skzb

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I notice while over England that their neat regular rows of farm fields look suspiciously similar to the long, narrow rows of flats in their towns. I wonder how many other places modeled their cities after their farm structure, whether intentionally or not? While airport food is usually sub-standard, it seems the English reputation for [...]

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