The Fantastic Northwest Mario here:

I'm in sunny Seattle. It's true. The sky's so bright I should've brought sunglasses.

I'm here for Norwescon, which ended yesterday. Met lots of great authors and fans. Kudos to William Sadorus, the Evil Overlord of the conference, for keeping the chaos running smoothly.

Richelle Mead and Kat Richardson were my chaperones and they did too good of a job as I never got into serious trouble.

The visit started with a signing at the University Bookstore. Here are table mates Richelle and Warren Hammond.



At Norwescon we had the usual fantasy nuttiness and great costumes. Here's one that caught my eye (or rather, both of them).


As the gracious host, Kat took me to her home, this enormous yacht. Here's her crew, husband Jim (with ferrets below deck).



Richelle put me up for the night in her swanky bachelorette pad. It's a writer's home as you can tell by this photo of her desk:



Next time, my report on our road trip to Powell's Books in Beaverton, Oregon.  ¶ posted by Mario @ 8:28 AM