I spent weekend before last in Washington, D.C., hanging out with friends, going to museums and doing a reading at Outwrite. This post has taken me forever. Too much going on! So D.C. was fun - I got to see an old friend who I haven’t seen in forever, got to spend time with Rob and Peter (my hosts) and go museuming. I made it to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library and had a fine time at each one. I now have a suffragist sash for my steampunk costumes, along with other cool things.
After that, I went to meet an old friend for dinner. Jennifer and I grew up together, but between one thing and another, haven't seen each for over 25 years. It made for a long and interesting reunion (and some fraught memories), but ultimately, it was great to reconnect.
Saturday was off to the convention. I went to a reading, spent some time with friends and ate a fab lunch at Poets & Busboys with Craig Laurence Gidney, Bob Angell and Rob Gates, with a bonus meetup with Bryan Thao Worra (in town for the Smithsonian's Asian American Writer's Lit Festival). Then it was back to the conference to meet up with more people, then the Queering the Grotesque Reading, which was well attended. Heard some good stuff (and possibly freaked a few people out reading my Victorian-style ghost story, "A Touch of Crimson"). After that, I headed back to Rob and Peter's for a dinner party and more chatting. Sunday was brunch and heading home.
Since then, I've gotten persuaded to go back to St. Cloud Pride on 9/21 (the day after a reading at Quatrefoil Library), put Unfinished Business up for preorder on Kobo, Smashwords and ITunes, gone to see Shaw and Hobbes (entertaining) and gone back to see "Hearts of Our People" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Also worked on stuff, lots of stuff. Now to finish some of it.
After that, I went to meet an old friend for dinner. Jennifer and I grew up together, but between one thing and another, haven't seen each for over 25 years. It made for a long and interesting reunion (and some fraught memories), but ultimately, it was great to reconnect.
Saturday was off to the convention. I went to a reading, spent some time with friends and ate a fab lunch at Poets & Busboys with Craig Laurence Gidney, Bob Angell and Rob Gates, with a bonus meetup with Bryan Thao Worra (in town for the Smithsonian's Asian American Writer's Lit Festival). Then it was back to the conference to meet up with more people, then the Queering the Grotesque Reading, which was well attended. Heard some good stuff (and possibly freaked a few people out reading my Victorian-style ghost story, "A Touch of Crimson"). After that, I headed back to Rob and Peter's for a dinner party and more chatting. Sunday was brunch and heading home.
Since then, I've gotten persuaded to go back to St. Cloud Pride on 9/21 (the day after a reading at Quatrefoil Library), put Unfinished Business up for preorder on Kobo, Smashwords and ITunes, gone to see Shaw and Hobbes (entertaining) and gone back to see "Hearts of Our People" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Also worked on stuff, lots of stuff. Now to finish some of it.