What I'm reading: The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins
Mile Hi Con 44 has come and gone. Many thanks to Rose Beetem for honchoing this big herd of weird cats. I spent the weekend catching up with my fellow writers and fans. Palled around with Stephen Graham Jones, Marne Ann Kirstatter, Julie Kazimer, Paolo Bacigalupi, David Boop, Betsy Dornbusch, Thea Hutcheson, Carrie Vaughn, Molly Tanzer, Quincy Allen, Carol Berg--and as they say--so many, many more.
The Hipster Reading went off surprising well, so much so that we're planning another, more hipster reading, for next year. Jason Heller and bongo-ist Aaron DeBoskey tore it up Friday night.
Author Guest of Honor Cherie Priest shows off her "Castle" Writer flak vest (sans armor plate).
Contest for the University of Doom!
Here's your chance to win this Lego Ghost Train set (for yourself or any of your little ones).
Or a University of Doom window sticker.
How? It's easy!My handsome son Emil will explain it to you at via You Tube.
Jason is the hippest of the hipsters. I need to find something else to wear next year... as long as I'm invited again. Pleeeeeeease? I loved me some hipster bongo readings.