Home again, home again

Hello everyone! I am now home from VCon, which was absolutely awesome in all ways possible. Though everyone present was unfailingly fabulous, I do want to give special shout-outs to a handful of the super-stars: Danielle for inviting me; Tarol for saving the day; Guillaume for rocking the convention errand-running; Michael for picking me up, buying me lunch, and generally being superlative company; Jhayne and Tony for getting me into downtown and showing me around; and last but not remotely least, Barbara Gordon* – my "handler" who kept me fed, kept me punctual, kept me up to date re: all the important info, and was just plain lovely.

I'd like to continue to gush about that event, but to be perfectly honest, I'm rather pressed for time at the moment. To wit – I need to unpack and (possibly) start some laundry, grab myself some food, and get ready for an interview (via phone) at 4:00 for the big Denver alt-weekly. Then I need to get ready for tomorrow – wherein I will desperately try to get my day-job work done AND squeeze in a little writing before it's time to meet a photographer for a piece that's going into the (Seattle) City Arts magazine, then make my reading/signing event at the University Book Store in Seattle at 7:00 p.m.

Wait? Did I just say reading/signing event at the University Book Store? I did! Because I have one, tomorrow, at 7:00 p.m. This will be my very first local event for Dreadnought – verily, its debut event here in town – and I'm super-excited about it. Please! Come out and join me! I'll tell you stories and sign your books.

Right. So. Following tomorrow's in-town event I get ONE WHOLE DAY where I don't have to be anyplace, and then Thursday I am flying out for Portland (yes flying, long story). I'll be there for several days, and you can catch me on Thursday at the Cedar Hills branch of Powell's, 7:00 p.m. Friday I'll be making the rounds, signing stock at local stores and such … and Saturday I'll be present for the PNBA conference. Following that, I'm headed home. For a couple of days.

I'd fill you in re: my schedule for next week, but I don't want to horrify you. Suffice it to say, it involves Denver and San Francisco. Yes, I know I have a novel due on November first. No, I don't know if I'll make that deadline. All I can tell you is that I'm trying;and furthermore, if you don't hear from me for a bit – say, you're expecting an email reply or I'm less chatty via the usual digital venues – please don't take it personally.

Things are kind of nuts over here at the moment. I'm trying to spend as little time as possible online, except for … um … posts like this. Which may or may not become infrequent, and/or turn into the Dreadnought channel – much like last year at this time, this page was the Boneshaker channel. I don't mean to be one of those annoying promo people, I really don't – and I apologize if this makes you want to push me off a cliff; but I've always blogged about my life – and right now, this is my life.

Thanks for reading, and wish me luck!

* Yes, I TOTALLY had Batgirl for a handler. It was pretty wild.

[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]