Carolyn

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.