Bad News (and a little bit of good thrown in)

Bad news (and some good news to offset the bad).

First off, I've informed the concom at Mysticon that I will be unable to attend this year. Work is crazy right now, and one of my fellow workers is out with a major surgery. I was anticipating on him covering for me while gone, and with him out, I'm going to have to bow out of Mysticon. I'm… ashamed, really. I've never really had to cancel an appearance before. I feel like I've let people down (you know, those four people who liked my book?)...