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I am returned from Readercon.

This was my third year in attendance, and as cons go, it was particularly awesome. High points included, but are not limited to, meeting

eegatland (and hearing the first chapter of her novel-after-next The Sword Dance),

sdn's stories about Lloyd Alexander, a very rapid conversation about film with Eric Van, the expression on

time_shark's face after he won his third Rhysling Award, reading a collaboration with

lesser_celery, recording three of my poems in Drew Morse's hotel room, and the entire panel on Angela Carter. The Kirk Poland Memorial Bad Prose Competition ("Metal things that could think! Thinking metal things!") probably left me with permanent brain damage. I need to see

yuki_onna and

grailquestion (not to mention

matociquala) in more than fleeting glimpses. My book haul was small, but worthy: Elizabeth E. Wein's The Lion Hunter, thanks to the dealer's room, and Ysabeau Wilce's Flora Segunda, thanks to

rushthatspeaks. Next year, I am getting a room at the con hotel.

But first, I think I'm going to fall over.

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Yes. Anything else you'd come up to Boston for?

I come up infrequently; my best friend in the world lives up in Caimbridge, but will be moving to NYC in August; I have some other very excellent friends up there as well, who I see far less than I'd like, and August is looking, unlike the rest of July, wedding-free. I will definitely let you know when I visit the city, which I've resolved to do more often, when I get the chance.

You're welcome. Thank you for reading.
It was pretty much like teaching, and I've had classes bigger than the audience, so no worries there. The con was, in all a really good experience in terms of learning and figuring out a direction, and, to a certain extent, feeling like a professional.

We're all mad here

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