And now, the long-promised World Fantasy Convention Report!

Flight confusion did not result in my being abandoned at the airport in Albany, thankfully.  The driver had sorted out the details and waited for me patiently.  This worked out well for another, too, and the driver was able to offer the extra space in our car to Martin H. Greenberg who’d been on my flight but had arrived much later than he’d planned so his shuttle plans were all messed up. 

So I rode to the convention with Martin H. Greenberg.  (*squee*)

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I just finished chapter three of SanClare Scarlet (2.0), and I still really like the new direction, but it’s off to the first readers again for a gut-check.  As I said when I started this draft, I give up on word counters, but I’m just shy of 12K which, considering SanClare Black clocks in at about 125K, puts me at about 10%.  So.  That’s good.

Nanowrimo starts in a couple of weeks, and I think I’ll put making major progress on the book my Nano project.  Either that, or I’ll do La Cause as my Nano project–and idea I like rather better since it needs the jump-start more.  Hrm… Well, we’ll see how I feel closer to time.

Of course, it doesn’t help that I’ll be out of town the first few days of November at World Fantasy about which I am EXTREMELY excited.  But I’ve never been before, so–any advice anyone?  Stuff I should know? Stuff I should do? Stuff I should pack?

In case anyone missed the piercing squeeing last week, I now have an agent!

And since he’s going to be at World Fantasy along with several other people I know or have met or would like to meet, I’ve decided to go.

So today was all about getting that put together — getting vacation time approved, reserving the hotel room, buying the membership, booking the flight… argh, this is going to cost me, BUT I think it will be worth it to have the experience and for the networking and just to be around all the pros in the field in which I want to succeed.