Armadillocon32 - Austin!

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Just a few more days to go! Been really kept busy doing the critiques for the workshop that will take place Friday. This has been a very interesting process. I have several levels of ability...one sci fi short story writer who I'm getting the impression doesn't have much writing experience at all...one overly-educated writer whose story made me run screaming for the hills, and two, thank you two! stories that, as I began to work on them in earnest, revealed glimmers of Really Nice Stuff. I look forward to talking to these two writers especially.

I'll make a report after the workshop what it was like...and how these four hacked and slashed my work. :) I expect they will! I'm not at all nervous about enduring the coming 'be quiet while we attack your work' session. My story...there is LOTS of room for change. I am very confident in the characters and the basic plot, and my execution, but everything is changing about this story, and I hope that these four, plus the editor and other pubbed author critiquing it, will give me some good ideas and thoughts. I'd actually like to go first and will volunteer to be first. I can't wait to see what they say.

I'll be getting up crack o'dawn on Friday morning (okay before dawn cracks) to hit I-35 down to Austin, arriving in time for the workshop, barely. That will take place all day, but I hope sometime we will get a decent break and I can bebop into the sales room (what do they call it--dealers room, yeah) and meet dremiel. I cannot wait to meet her! She makes me laugh lots, and makes me hungry. She cooks and creates and oh yeah, her tweets--always making me hungry, yes. We'll get together later in the weekend and do some serious talking, and eating!

Also duikermeisie has arrived back in Austin and will be attending parts of the con at least. She insists there are bats I must see, or my life will not be complete. LOL. Okay! I am game, long as they don't poop on me.

The last workshop I want to attend ends at 2 on Sunday, so after that I will head back home. It's around 4 hours between here and Austin, depending on whether or not you want to chance a ticket. I don't. I pay enough insurance premiums every month as it is!

Later, kids... catch you on twitter, or email, or whatever. Yeah.

Comments

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Goodness, yes you should see the bats! The babies are starting to fly out as well this time of year. Very cool sight.

Is Saturday good? I just had a think come up for 7pm Sunday.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Yes, Saturday dinndinn would be good--we'll touch more base about it. I am pretty sure I want to do a workshop at 8 and 9 (!!! I am usually in bed by then!).

I hope to be home by 7 on Sunday! I may need to just road-trip back again one weekend to see the batty bats.

you get the Austin icon, now!

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Apparently I will be at a "think" on Sunday. Who knew?

Saturday=good. Time=totally flexible. Talk=later.

Yes.

[contrarywise]

Woo-hoo! Have fun at the con and workshop, and give duikermeisie a big hug for me!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I will!

[durayan.livejournal.com]

I-35 in Austin = suckiest traffic ever.

The bats are pretty cool, but yeah, wear a hat if you're close. I love and miss Austin desperately. Have a wonderful time!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

HELLO!!!!!!!!! I have been remiss, hope you are feeling better. :)

LOL wear a hat. EEEK!!!! I just don't want to think about what the hat would look like after--how about taking an umbrella?

[durayan.livejournal.com]

Well, honestly, the hat is probably a bit much. But it might feel a bit like it is sprinkling if you are close in down there. And you can smell bat-pee. Which, well, you're sitting under flying bats...what do you expect exactly?

What days will you be there?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

You are going to have so much fun!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I better. No, I know I will, though the drive down I will be a sad little puppy. The last few times I went down that way, Nick was with me, and we sang along to Darren Hayes and, yeah, JB. Sigh... happy memories! He'll already be at work, and it is probably not a good idea to road-trip while singing along and holding the cell phone anyway.

:*(

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWW.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

This will be interesting as usually he is the one who goes places. Even when I went to my sister's, he could call whenever he wanted. Not so at a con. I saw he promised to call you when you were at things! LOL.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

The reception in the hotels there is notoriously bad, so he might be disappointed. Plus I probably won't be going to many con things. I have a list of sights to see in atlanta!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL last con I went to in Seattle, that's what we did... did not Con, we checked stuff out. Did the Underground thing, ferry rides, etc. I want dearly, dearly, dearly to take Nick to Seattle. Been there enough myself that I can get us around to lots of neat places.

Maybe someday.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I have never been to seattle! That would be awesome to visit someday.

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I love it there. Really do. I was so sad when my sister moved away from there! I long to go tromp there again, hike through Olympia Park! Explore! Visit Leavenworth again, fake German village that it was. It is just so beautiful up there, and I loved the feel of it. Sigh.... I hate it here so damn much, for this area's lack of beauty. I want to be where beauty exists, and is mine for the enjoying.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I wish you could come visit.

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

Podfic, C! Seriously, it keeps me sane on long drives :D

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I wish you a great time at the workshop and the con.