We are the World(con)

I am just back from Renovation, this year's World Science Fiction Convention.  It was a perfectly excellent six days; I saw people I don't see often enough; met people I hadn't known before; got to do improv (at 11pm, when by rights my brain should not have been working–but panic and good improv-mates pulled me through).  I was on two panels, had a kaffeesklatch, and did a reading from The Sleeping Partner.  Also ate a lot of good food, talked about long and deep about writing, publishing...