Also, Readercon

I DON'T WANT TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT, but I think handful_ofdust 's panel on writing what you know all too well should be a fixture with different authors every time.  I would love to hear more perspectives on that topic.

LOOKING BACK, Readercon remembers a little better than it ran for me, and I realize that that was all on me; me being stressed about who to transport where and when, me being stressed about money, me not exercising or sneaking off to be with myself and my thoughts for a little while when I needed it, me feeling like I needed to be there for everyone and not having a plan beforehand on how to do that, me still (and I am embarrassed about this) being a little butthurt about not being invited - especially now that I understand what was going on with the programming (next year, I'll lobby to do a reading, I think, if I've got something current, and I damned well better make sure I have something current).  If any of this rubbed off on any of you, dear readers, please accept my apologies.  Readercon was at its, in hindsight, best, and I was really not at mine.  Next year, I will make damned certain to bring more awesome.  The panels that I did make it to - the above mentioned and karnythia 's Civil War Myths panel, in particular, were stand-outs that have left me with a lot of grist for the old brain-mill.