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ot: bundle of box sets
Humble Bundle has a whole bundle of box sets, in all kinds of genres, here:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bundle-bundles-open-road-media-books
The charity is Doctors Without Borders. Share the love!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bundle-bundles-open-road-media-books
The charity is Doctors Without Borders. Share the love!
Thanks For Naming Paintings
Thank you to all the people who made suggestions for Name That Painting! The paintings are now named, and will go up in my Redbubble shop in the next day or so.
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Artistic Voice
Write what you want to read.
Paint what you want to see.
Make what you want to exist.
That is how you find your voice.
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Paint what you want to see.
Make what you want to exist.
That is how you find your voice.
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1 October
And it's 71 in here. 71! I actually wanted to put on a t-shirt when I got out of bed at five--and I might even have some tea.
Been dealing with waves of kafuffle, between getting ready to hit the trail for the east coast this coming Sunday. Intermittent writing time.
Speaking of, A TIME OF DAUGHTERS, first half, comes out a week from today. If anyone wants an e-copy for possible reviewing purposes, let me know. I guess I ought to have asked earlier, but 1) pile-up of chores, 2) I depend on volunteers to help with production, as I'm already deep in debt on this book, and things were not all ready until yesterday, and 3)I'm so very bad at marketing--it didn't occur to me to ask until this morning at about two a.m. when I thought, oh, wait. . . .
Second book slated for December release, so both halves out this year.
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Been dealing with waves of kafuffle, between getting ready to hit the trail for the east coast this coming Sunday. Intermittent writing time.
Speaking of, A TIME OF DAUGHTERS, first half, comes out a week from today. If anyone wants an e-copy for possible reviewing purposes, let me know. I guess I ought to have asked earlier, but 1) pile-up of chores, 2) I depend on volunteers to help with production, as I'm already deep in debt on this book, and things were not all ready until yesterday, and 3)I'm so very bad at marketing--it didn't occur to me to ask until this morning at about two a.m. when I thought, oh, wait. . . .
Second book slated for December release, so both halves out this year.
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Books for September
Such Superheroes
Superhero origin stories are the most interesting, because they are the only ones where there is any character development. All the rest are Boys Own Adventure and Soap Opera.
Why do I say that?
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Things Can Be Better in Fanfic:
I've been reading a lot of Marvel Cinematic Universe stories lately, even though I haven't actually seen very many of the movies. It's one of the few universes where I don't mind spoilers because I don't really intend to watch all the movies -- there are too many of them to catch up on, anyway. And I've been reading mostly Alternate Universe stories, which means it doesn't matter that much if I don't know all the details. So... I've been reading a bunch of Tony-Stark-centric and Loki-centric stories, and I have a few recommendations. ( Collapse )
So, any recs for more Tony-centric or Loki-centric character-full stories (that are NOT SLASH)?
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Hope everyone who’s celebrating has a great holiday. The Boy and I have enjoyed a lovely roast dinner, soon to be followed by this awesome apple cake., which has become my go-to Rosh Hashanah cake since last year.
May your year be sweet.
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May your year be sweet.
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Deafness question
I have a new character in one of my books who is deaf due to a completely non-functional auditory nerve as the result of a family curse.
Having read up on this kind of hearing loss on Wikipedia and several other websites, I now have a question. So it says in the research I've done that side effects are vertigo, dizziness, nausea, and balance issues. Problem is, given the context in the research, they're likely talking about the most statistically significant cause, which is gradual damage to the auditory nerve. I can't find anything that answers the following question:
If someone is born with an already non-functional auditory nerve, do they still have dizziness, vertigo, nausea, and balance issues?
Having read up on this kind of hearing loss on Wikipedia and several other websites, I now have a question. So it says in the research I've done that side effects are vertigo, dizziness, nausea, and balance issues. Problem is, given the context in the research, they're likely talking about the most statistically significant cause, which is gradual damage to the auditory nerve. I can't find anything that answers the following question:
If someone is born with an already non-functional auditory nerve, do they still have dizziness, vertigo, nausea, and balance issues?
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Great booksigning in Seattle!
I got to listen to Megan Whalen Turner at the University bookstore on Friday, and it was fantastic! She talked about being expected to write long thank you letters for gifts when she was a kid, which seems like a lost art and a great tradition. She talked about how she chose the style for the Mede poetry, which is one of my favorite parts of her books and in my opinion is more unique and accessible than iambic hexameter! She Didn’t Tell us anything about the seventh book, though she did mention that she might want to write a story about Ina and Eurydice someday, and that would be awesome blossom!
My seven-year-old, Charles, came with me mostly because he wanted some mom time away from his little siblings, but as we drove into downtown I summarized the story of The Thief for him and I couldn’t take a breath without him urging me to “keep telling it, keep telling it!” He liked listening to Megan’s presentation, and asked her a somewhat nonsensical question about if she had been an artist as a kid. I’m not sure if he meant to say author instead of artist, or if he asked about art because he himself likes to draw, but she gave a great answer! I’m going to remind him in the future that a real author once told him that we become good at whatever we put time into practicing! She chose writing; he can choose art or whatever becomes his interest as life goes on, but great talent doesn’t just come to us automatically.
He drew her a picture of Hephestia holding Hamiathes’ Gift, which she posted on tumblr. What a memorable experience!
My seven-year-old, Charles, came with me mostly because he wanted some mom time away from his little siblings, but as we drove into downtown I summarized the story of The Thief for him and I couldn’t take a breath without him urging me to “keep telling it, keep telling it!” He liked listening to Megan’s presentation, and asked her a somewhat nonsensical question about if she had been an artist as a kid. I’m not sure if he meant to say author instead of artist, or if he asked about art because he himself likes to draw, but she gave a great answer! I’m going to remind him in the future that a real author once told him that we become good at whatever we put time into practicing! She chose writing; he can choose art or whatever becomes his interest as life goes on, but great talent doesn’t just come to us automatically.
He drew her a picture of Hephestia holding Hamiathes’ Gift, which she posted on tumblr. What a memorable experience!
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Psychiatry diagnosis - Hypnophobia, sleep deprivation, recurring dreams, delusion
Genre: Weird fiction
Setting: UK, present day
Query: I need a clinical psychiatric diagnosis for a person presenting as follows; recurring nightmares of falling causing interrupted sleep, the fear that he isn’t real but might be someone else’s dream, extreme sleep deprivation, night terrors. The individual is terrified of falling asleep, and has the same dream every time he does. He refuses to take any kind of sleep aid. No family history of mental illness, no recreational drug use, no family history of cerebral cancer, no traumatic head injury. The patient is intelligent and otherwise rational, but is very afraid of what will happen to him when whatever is dreaming him ends. Patient has not had an EEG or an MRI or CAT scan, but these will show no anomalies.
What I’m looking for is how a psychiatric health professional would describe this person in his notes. Any help would be gratefully received!
Searches: I’ve researched a variety of sleep disorders, including night terrors, sleep paralysis, REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder. I’ve looked at psychological disorders involving a sense of unreality (dissociative disorders), but without knowing the clinical language I’m stuck.
Setting: UK, present day
Query: I need a clinical psychiatric diagnosis for a person presenting as follows; recurring nightmares of falling causing interrupted sleep, the fear that he isn’t real but might be someone else’s dream, extreme sleep deprivation, night terrors. The individual is terrified of falling asleep, and has the same dream every time he does. He refuses to take any kind of sleep aid. No family history of mental illness, no recreational drug use, no family history of cerebral cancer, no traumatic head injury. The patient is intelligent and otherwise rational, but is very afraid of what will happen to him when whatever is dreaming him ends. Patient has not had an EEG or an MRI or CAT scan, but these will show no anomalies.
What I’m looking for is how a psychiatric health professional would describe this person in his notes. Any help would be gratefully received!
Searches: I’ve researched a variety of sleep disorders, including night terrors, sleep paralysis, REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder. I’ve looked at psychological disorders involving a sense of unreality (dissociative disorders), but without knowing the clinical language I’m stuck.
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French Language Speaker (Fluent) Needed for Short Story Set in New York
Hi there!
I'm currently working on a short story set in NYC, about a young twenty-something man who looks back on his relationship with a French girl over the course of a summer. The title and story itself plays around with the concept of the word été, which means both "summer" and "was." What I need help with most is how one would the phrase "The Summer That Was" be put in French?
According to Google, the French language has two tenses for describing things in the past: imparfait, which is used to describe something that lasts a while; and the passé composé, which describes something that was brief and now over. For the verb to be, the imparfait would be était; the passé composé would be a été.
The first thing I did, using my very elementary French skills, was try out my own literal translation of "The Summer That Was": L'été que a été, which Google said correct, but also gave me L'été qui a été. After a couple of tries, it also gave me L'été qui était, and L'été c'était... I was also somehow -- don't quite remember how I got to it -- led to L'été que avait été, which translates to "The Summer that Had Been," but which loses the poetry I feel "The Summer That Was" has.
So, my problem is: which is the more grammatically-, or even colloquially-, correct to say in French? If any French speakers out there can help, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance...
Top Ten Patterns I Want To Knit
It's been a few years since I did one of these last. I always find it interesting to see which ones fall off my list entirely and which ones remain year after year after year, but which I never end up actually knitting :-P ;-)
3 in 1 Liz found this awhile back and I wasn't originally terribly impressed by it, but it really grew on me and now I totally want to knit it! Perhaps not for myself though... somehow I can really see Nina in it :-D (I also love that the official photo looks like a Gryffindor sweater, but that's beside the point ;-) )
V-Pullover I love stripes :-D This reminds me a lot of $5 in Paris which is one of my all-time favourite knits. Nobody's made it yet though, which is slightly odd, but it might be because it's only available in REALLY small sizes. Even the largest is too small for me, so I'd have to adapt it.
Jurata I discovered last weekend that I need some fancy shawls for when I need to dress up. In the right colours, this pattern could be perfect for it. I might have some options in my stash already, so that might have to happen sooner rather than later.
Victoria Stylish and elegant - I love it!
Adventurous I'm pretty sure either this or Joji's other long cardigan, Citadels, has been on one of these lists before. It'll take FOREVER to knit (and use a ton of yarn), but I love the idea of a long knitted cardi.
Maple Leaves Sweater This one is very subject to change. I love the way colourwork looks in yokes, and this is my current favourite, but I'm more in love with the idea, than with this particular sweater - if that makes sense.
ObLaDi Like I said - I LOVE stripes! I'd probably do the two-colour version, just because I go crazy if I have too many skeins hanging off my knitting, but I actually also really love the 1-colour version, which is always a good sign, as it means I like the style by itself, and not just because I get distracted by the colours.
Almond Tee Stripes AND pockets!!! :-D
Water and Stone The ridiculous thing is that not only has this been on here (at least) once before, I HAVE THE YARN FOR IT!!! I really should just get my A in G and swatch for it already!
Impressionist's Shawl The interesting thing is that I actually don't care much for the designer's yarn choice, so I had pretty much discounted it as being pretty average. But then other people's projects started showing up and I loved EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! So here it is after all.
Previous entries: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 - all links to LJ.
3 in 1 Liz found this awhile back and I wasn't originally terribly impressed by it, but it really grew on me and now I totally want to knit it! Perhaps not for myself though... somehow I can really see Nina in it :-D (I also love that the official photo looks like a Gryffindor sweater, but that's beside the point ;-) )
V-Pullover I love stripes :-D This reminds me a lot of $5 in Paris which is one of my all-time favourite knits. Nobody's made it yet though, which is slightly odd, but it might be because it's only available in REALLY small sizes. Even the largest is too small for me, so I'd have to adapt it.
Jurata I discovered last weekend that I need some fancy shawls for when I need to dress up. In the right colours, this pattern could be perfect for it. I might have some options in my stash already, so that might have to happen sooner rather than later.
Victoria Stylish and elegant - I love it!
Adventurous I'm pretty sure either this or Joji's other long cardigan, Citadels, has been on one of these lists before. It'll take FOREVER to knit (and use a ton of yarn), but I love the idea of a long knitted cardi.
Maple Leaves Sweater This one is very subject to change. I love the way colourwork looks in yokes, and this is my current favourite, but I'm more in love with the idea, than with this particular sweater - if that makes sense.
ObLaDi Like I said - I LOVE stripes! I'd probably do the two-colour version, just because I go crazy if I have too many skeins hanging off my knitting, but I actually also really love the 1-colour version, which is always a good sign, as it means I like the style by itself, and not just because I get distracted by the colours.
Almond Tee Stripes AND pockets!!! :-D
Water and Stone The ridiculous thing is that not only has this been on here (at least) once before, I HAVE THE YARN FOR IT!!! I really should just get my A in G and swatch for it already!
Impressionist's Shawl The interesting thing is that I actually don't care much for the designer's yarn choice, so I had pretty much discounted it as being pretty average. But then other people's projects started showing up and I loved EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! So here it is after all.
Previous entries: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 - all links to LJ.
WIP Wednesday - Week 39
I know I did one of these just last week, but thanks to my weekend away, I have gotten a TON of knitting done since last Wednesday. No finished objects, but three works in progress that have all seen significant progress.
Nina's sweater might not look all that much different from last time, but it now has both a neckband and 3/4 of a sleeve! I could have gotten further last night, but had reached the point where I needed to start the colourwork and was too lazy to get up from the couch and go get the green yarn :-P The colours are a bit washed out here, but it looks really awesome IRL :-D
The sweater was too large to bring away with me though, so I cast on two new things last week :-D First up - the Aranami shawl which I've been eager to cast on for quite awhile. Not that I really need another shawl, but I figured it would work well as travel knitting, and could make for a nice present for someone. It turned out to be the PERFECT travel knitting project, so I knit on it pretty much every time we were back in our room. Super easy to learn the pattern off by heart, and so extremely potato-chippy :) It looks a bit weird at the moment, as I decided to do the entire left side before I started "filling in" the tiers - but I wanted to see how the colours played together and besides... it's my knitting! I can break the rules if I want to ;-)
I also cast on a pair of socks for a colleague of mine. She's moved here from Spain and gets cold in winter, so I offered to knit her something. She immediately jumped at the offer, and asked for some hand knit socks in the brightest, most happiest colour I could find! As luck would have it, I had some almost neon bright colour in my stash, so could cast on right away. I wanted something a bit more intricate than plain vanilla, so found an easily adaptable pattern with some faux cable. They made for perfect car knitting, so I got quite a bit of the leg done there.
Nina's sweater might not look all that much different from last time, but it now has both a neckband and 3/4 of a sleeve! I could have gotten further last night, but had reached the point where I needed to start the colourwork and was too lazy to get up from the couch and go get the green yarn :-P The colours are a bit washed out here, but it looks really awesome IRL :-D
The sweater was too large to bring away with me though, so I cast on two new things last week :-D First up - the Aranami shawl which I've been eager to cast on for quite awhile. Not that I really need another shawl, but I figured it would work well as travel knitting, and could make for a nice present for someone. It turned out to be the PERFECT travel knitting project, so I knit on it pretty much every time we were back in our room. Super easy to learn the pattern off by heart, and so extremely potato-chippy :) It looks a bit weird at the moment, as I decided to do the entire left side before I started "filling in" the tiers - but I wanted to see how the colours played together and besides... it's my knitting! I can break the rules if I want to ;-)
I also cast on a pair of socks for a colleague of mine. She's moved here from Spain and gets cold in winter, so I offered to knit her something. She immediately jumped at the offer, and asked for some hand knit socks in the brightest, most happiest colour I could find! As luck would have it, I had some almost neon bright colour in my stash, so could cast on right away. I wanted something a bit more intricate than plain vanilla, so found an easily adaptable pattern with some faux cable. They made for perfect car knitting, so I got quite a bit of the leg done there.
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Cover reveal for a little book coming out in a couple of weeks (actually, the same day as Time of Daughters I). This will feature chase scenes from nine different dashing, fun fantasies. I'm looking forward to reading the ones new to me.
I've got one in there, too. Which reminds me, I've got to finish off the last Lhind book.
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The new season of Great British Bake-off got me in the mood for baking myself, so I checked out their website and found a recipe for citrus Madeira cake that looked promising. I used Meyer lemons for the citrus, and the result came out pretty darn nic, if I say so myself.
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How much fan service is a bad thing?
Although not a huge fan of the show, I've watched all the episodes of Downton Abbey over the years. I read a few reviews of the recent movie and many of them sing a common song--that it includes too much "fan service." I assume they mean the Wikipedia definition, "material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series which is intentionally added to please the audience." (Manga and anime fan service usually has a slightly different meaning, to include racy content meant to please fans.) The reviewers say the movie includes too many story arcs--a plot for every character--so no one is disappointed that their fave character isn't featured enough. A couple of reviews have also said that because no one dies or ends up unhappy (of course poor Edith can't be totally happy) the movie is fan service.
Well, I'm not sure how I feel about that and, of course, I started thinking about it in terms of the last QT book. The books have all had bad things happen to the characters but the endings have always been...hopeful, though not completely "happily ever after." Does a book have to have beloved characters die in order to be taken seriously? I feel like the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series both threw in a bunch of painful character deaths at the end there to, what, satisfy critics and be seen as realistic?
I love the Masterpiece Mystery Endeavour series, which has often ended a season on a real downer note, with deaths or tragedy for the main characters. This most recent season was different, with a really kick-ass exciting happy ending. And, when it was over, I thought, "this was so unrealistic as to the show's past universe but BY GOD I LOVE THE HAPPY ENDING."
What do you all think about it? If an author gives readers a satisfying ending with a low body count, is that a bad thing? I guess what I'm getting at is...Gen doesn't have to die, does he?
Oh, and this is cute: Book Nerd Problems: Your Favorite Character Dies
Well, I'm not sure how I feel about that and, of course, I started thinking about it in terms of the last QT book. The books have all had bad things happen to the characters but the endings have always been...hopeful, though not completely "happily ever after." Does a book have to have beloved characters die in order to be taken seriously? I feel like the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series both threw in a bunch of painful character deaths at the end there to, what, satisfy critics and be seen as realistic?
I love the Masterpiece Mystery Endeavour series, which has often ended a season on a real downer note, with deaths or tragedy for the main characters. This most recent season was different, with a really kick-ass exciting happy ending. And, when it was over, I thought, "this was so unrealistic as to the show's past universe but BY GOD I LOVE THE HAPPY ENDING."
What do you all think about it? If an author gives readers a satisfying ending with a low body count, is that a bad thing? I guess what I'm getting at is...Gen doesn't have to die, does he?
Oh, and this is cute: Book Nerd Problems: Your Favorite Character Dies
Time For Another Round of Name That Painting
Hello again! Time for your thinking caps! Can you help me once more with naming some of my paintings? Anything you suggest could help me think of a name, even if I don't use the precise name you suggest. All of these started life as fluid acrylic pour paintings; all of them have been digitally embellished.
Two of them were completed TODAY!
As usual, I will update this post with final painting names when I've decided. 8-)
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And THEN I will put them up on my shop http://fluid-visions.com and you can BUY them!
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Two of them were completed TODAY!
As usual, I will update this post with final painting names when I've decided. 8-)
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WIP Wednesday - Week 38
Been awhile since I did one of these last, so I figured it was about time! Of course I meant to post this yesterday, but life happened :-P
Off the Needles
Three finished projects since my last post... although one was a modification more than a complete new knit. Still counts though!!
First of all, I finished the fingerless gloves for Miriam. As always, knitting fingers is a hassle and a half, but actually went much faster than I had expected. Probably because they didn't have to be full length. I haven't seen her yet since I finished them, but she'll get them next month sometime.
While working on those, I also realized that I really wanted to turn my own fingerless mitts into proper mittens. I NEVER wear fingerless gloves as my fingers actually tend to get cold before the palms of my hands do, so though I absolutely love the look of the musical mitts I knit a few years ago, I never ever wore them... and that was just a shame! Fortunately I had more of the green yarn, so it was the work of a few evenings to get them knit up :) Wasn't quite sure I'd have enough for separate fingers though, so mittens it is. We'll see if I'll get to wear them more this way.
Finally I finished the test knit shawl I'd just started in my last post. It was a fun pattern, and I love that it was knit sideways, so the rows never got too long. It's not yet cold enough to actually wear it, but it won't be long now.
On the Needles
Other than my usual socks I only have one thing that I'm actively knitting on currently - a sweater for Nina. I know, I know - I have a ton of things on the needles already, so it's not like I NEEDED another project, but I had an urge to cast on something new, so it might just as well be another gift for her :-D I'm so used to knitting fingering weight sweaters that I was constantly surprised by how FAST this worsted weight sweater knit up and I finished the body yesterday! Now I just have the neckline and two sleeves to go. Nina wants me to add patterning to the sleeves as well, which should be simple enough, but I'll have to do a bit of maths to see when to start the pattern, in order to have enough of the green. The body used exactly half, but the sleeves do need to be a bit longer.
Off the Needles
Three finished projects since my last post... although one was a modification more than a complete new knit. Still counts though!!
First of all, I finished the fingerless gloves for Miriam. As always, knitting fingers is a hassle and a half, but actually went much faster than I had expected. Probably because they didn't have to be full length. I haven't seen her yet since I finished them, but she'll get them next month sometime.
While working on those, I also realized that I really wanted to turn my own fingerless mitts into proper mittens. I NEVER wear fingerless gloves as my fingers actually tend to get cold before the palms of my hands do, so though I absolutely love the look of the musical mitts I knit a few years ago, I never ever wore them... and that was just a shame! Fortunately I had more of the green yarn, so it was the work of a few evenings to get them knit up :) Wasn't quite sure I'd have enough for separate fingers though, so mittens it is. We'll see if I'll get to wear them more this way.
Finally I finished the test knit shawl I'd just started in my last post. It was a fun pattern, and I love that it was knit sideways, so the rows never got too long. It's not yet cold enough to actually wear it, but it won't be long now.
On the Needles
Other than my usual socks I only have one thing that I'm actively knitting on currently - a sweater for Nina. I know, I know - I have a ton of things on the needles already, so it's not like I NEEDED another project, but I had an urge to cast on something new, so it might just as well be another gift for her :-D I'm so used to knitting fingering weight sweaters that I was constantly surprised by how FAST this worsted weight sweater knit up and I finished the body yesterday! Now I just have the neckline and two sleeves to go. Nina wants me to add patterning to the sleeves as well, which should be simple enough, but I'll have to do a bit of maths to see when to start the pattern, in order to have enough of the green. The body used exactly half, but the sleeves do need to be a bit longer.
BoucherCons I have loved
https://laurierking.com/2019/09/bouchercons-i-have-loved/
https://laurierking.com/?p=15746
Ah, BoucherCon.
So many memories. I wrote about some of them, over the years. Such as:
The Vegas Con: just… surreal.
Washington, DC, a month after 9/11, and the comfort of friends.
Albany, NY: my birthday, in a post-apocalytic setting…
…with good friends…
And you can’t get better than being a Con’s guest of honor, as I was in San Francisco in 2010. I mean, how great is it to have personalized napkins in the hospitality suite?
But I have to say, 1997 was a kick. I was pretty new to the BoucherCon community, having only been to three before—and new to writing in general, since I only had six books out, three Martinellis and three Russells. But this was sufficient toe-hold in the writing world to invite people up to my house, some 20 miles from the site of the Monterey conference—and it was a quirky enough invitation that people came.
Sheila and HRF Keating (Harry wrote a murderous short story about my hot tub.)
The hostess with the frazzled hair, Laura Crum, Val McDermid
Dean James, Beth Foxwell, Sheila Keating, Michael Allen Dymmoch
Mary Wings, Adrian Muller, [?]
Kate Charles (I think??), Dean James
Val McDermid, Susan Moody, RD Zimmerman
I wonder what friendships will come from the upcoming BoucherCon in Dallas?
What about you–what friendships started for you at a mystery conference?
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