I make sure to take it with me when I go

[sovay]

On the last day of Readercon, I drank tea asakiyume had brewed for me at the Ancillary Justice panel (of the ingredients, I remember only jasmine, marigold, and hyssop from her garden) and got a book signed in Greek from Michael Cisco. In the last programming slot of the day, I read my short story "The Trinitite Golem," sang one torch song and one murder ballad, and ranted about the hotel renovations. I came home to my husband and my cats. They have grown in my absence: they are not kittens any longer, but suddenly catlings. Autolycus purred back and forth around my arm, making sure it was me. This is not a con report. I am very tired, in some startling amount of pain, and I have deadlines to reach before I can sleep, but I am very happy.

Comments

[yhlee]

I managed to miss the Ancillary Justice panel, ai! Do you know if anyone's posted a panel report?

[movingfinger]

Hey, I wanted to be sure you didn't miss this amazing photograph.

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-DR516_071414_J_20140714152755.jpg

It's on AP wire and showing up in a few photo-of-the-day sets; if that link does not work, please tell me, I'll find another link.

It is mindblowingly mythic, is it not? What is exploding from the water? Are those horses emerging, or humans, or deities? Has the woman or goddess or nereid just been ejected from the waves, naked, to be received and embraced by the man? Poussin could not have pained anything more provocatively enigmatic.

ETA: I shall save it for myself as "The first-born of the water people emerge onto the shore." Those are explosive exhalations of first breaths erupting through the waves.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

That was a spectacular reading. And a pretty damned crunchy panel on WWI, as well. I am sorry that Readercon contrived to schedule me against nearly everything you were on, but very happy with what I heard of you.

Nine

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

I am very tired, in some startling amount of pain, and I have deadlines to reach before I can sleep, but I am very happy.

Ouch, ouch, ouch, and yay.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I was so sorry I had to run before I could hear you sing, but so happy I got to hear "The Trinitite Golem" in person.;)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That is all but one of the ingredients: the last ingredient was tamarind blossoms.

I am severely disappointed to realize that, having to leave directly after the Ancillary Justice panel, I neither got to hear your reading *nor* found a way to take you up on your generous offer of a song!

I'm beginning to think the universe will explode or something if I do get to hear you sing and yet I'm determined to find out.

It was a fun panel, and great to see you.

[gwynnega]

It was lovely to see you. Your poetry and fiction readings and your singing were wonderful.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Maybe next year we should propose a panel on WWI poetry?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it made you very happy.

I hope all's going well. I'm at Irish Arts Week, which lasts longer and is more spread out but I suspect is somewhat similar to a con.

There are ghosts here for me, and all of them the kind which all the candle-lighting in the world won't rest, but all in all it's very good.