Ad Astra was a blast! Had a chance to be on a couple of panels – Collaboration, and Time Management – and enjoyed them. (possibly more than the audience!) I won’t go into any details, because, hey, they’re done! Suffice to say, you shoulda been there! You would have enjoyed them both.
Signed up for the small torture known as the Autograph Session while I was there. At least Ryan and I got to sit while we watched Rob Sawyer and Kelley Armstrong handle their various line ups. Some day, some day, that will be us!
While we were there, Ryan had a chance to speak to the Bakka Phoenix people — and they have since agreed to carry the Women of the Apocalypse! How cool is that? So now, all you folks in Toronto can’t complain. You can get our book!
Since I got back, I’ve been working feverishly on my next project. Gutting and ripping the first draft at this point, but I’m starting to like what I have down. (Starting being the key word, here.) Ryan has it right now… and though he, generally, is kind, I’m expecting some “butt kicking” because this story has to be taken up a notch. Trying to write the thing around the chaos that was my life for the past few months didn’t work quite as well as I’d hoped, so I still have lots of work to do. Luckily, I’m getting my spirit back, so I can do it.
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 17) we will be at the Stanley Milner Library in downtown Edmonton, flogging our books and congratulating the winners of the Alberta Readers Choice Awards. It runs from 10 AM to 4 PM, and it should be fun. Hey, I get to hang around with Barb Galler-Smith (Druids) for a while, and I haven’t done that in a long time. It should be good.
I’m glad I’m back at work. I missed it.