Dragon*Con and Other Stuff

So I'm sitting here, drinking coffee and listening to my favorite audiobook series, the new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built. There's something about the narrator's voice (Lisette Lecat) that really draws me in, plus I love the quaint charm of Alexander McCall Smith's Botswana. Love it. Anyways.

I spent the weekend finishing a short story for a friend's anthology. I'm kind of in love with the story, my first venture into alien territory, and I'm not talkin