No AWP For Me This Year

Well, it looks like I won’t be doing AWP in Seattle this year. I’ll be sad to miss it, not to see everyone that I already know and meet some new people, but that’s just the way it’s got to be this year.

To be honest, I originally intended to attend. However, then I heard that the main conference hotel had already booked before I’d even heard that registration was open. Guess I should have been watching closer. At that point, I started rethinking whether or not I was going to go. Obviously, I came out on the negative side.

I’d like to go, but it’s expensive. Also, my wedding is going to be in May, so this year is already going to be tough. I decided this was just more time and expense than I could spare this year.

It’s not like I haven’t been before. I hit Denver, then missed DC. Then I hit both Chicago and Boston. Boston was a really big deal, since my book Bones Buried in the Dirt had just come out. But, no new book this year. That just makes it a little harder to try to come up with the extra money and the free time.

Not to worry, though. I may miss AWP Seattle, but I’m sure I’ll hit AWP Minneapolis next year. Look for me there.