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My fellow members of the Society of Voluptuaries who were with me at the con type much faster than I do, so they took on the task of attempting to transcribe the panels. Which they should be finishing up for sharing any day now. (Hint, hint.) My job was to write down anything that particularly [...]

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For anyone thinking about inviting Elizabeth Bear to a future convention: She is a kick-ass moderator.

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Scattered thoughts: Mris is brilliant.  Seth has some amazing Scotch.   I had an epiphany: when I write a second novel set in a world I created, I’m writing fanfic.  Pretty cool, huh?

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I’m back from Fourth Street.  Near as I can tell, the division of labor is: Lydia and others did the work, I got the glory.  I’m good with that. I hesitate to try to single out anyone’s contributions, because there are so many I’m going to miss.  But the discussion was consistently at a high [...]

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I am in Dallas with Reesa’s mom, Deborah, after flying back this evening. The rest of the Dream Café is headed back by car with TxAnne, driving through the night. I’m exhausted and my brain is churning in ways I can’t even write about yet. The panels were stimulating and we’re all full of ideas [...]

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It seems like the revival of Fourth Street Fantasy is a success, if one judges by the first day alone. The two panels today — From Cool Idea to Story and Grinding Buttons and Pushing Axes were entertaining and stimulating. The fascinating discussions that began there spilled over into the bar, the restaurant, and the [...]

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Last night Steve’s friend Tesla hosted a wonderful party with good scotch and better music. We all had a wonderful time. Today 4th Street starts. Steve is already getting ready while Reesa & I are eating some food in the hotel’s cafe prior to opening ceremonies. The hotel is filling up with people in yellow [...]

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Reesa, Steve, Jennifer and Anne got in safely at about 10 this morning, if the datestamp on the phone call is accurate (I was pretty out of it so I couldn’t tell you myself). They are sleeping off the drive in preparation for good times tonight. As for me, I slept about 12 hours and [...]

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We’d hoped to make a post before we left, but the last 24 hours have been extremely hectic ones at the Dream Café. We tried, and failed to finish our move from Slutbarn into the new Dream Café — we’ll be finishing it up after the con. After not a lot of sleep we ran [...]

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Early this morning Reesa, Kit, and I finished up the first cut of programming for Fourth Street Fantasy Convention.  As usual, we’ve already found one panelist who can’t be there at the times her panels are scheduled, but that’s part of the gig. The current plan is to leave for Minnesota on Tuesday, arriving sometime [...]

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