World Fantasy Convention 2008
I pretty much had to give up on cons once the Dude and the Bud arrived. Combined with living in Canada's version of Stockton and wincing every time we paid a few months' rent to fly down to visit family, flying down for WisCon or Potlatch just wasn't worth it. Taking the kids would mean a whole lot of money and logistics crap, and not taking the kids would mean gallivanting off in the wild for a few days while leaving the Damsel to handle two young kids, which is something that I have the points to do a few times, but not every time I feel like seeing my Clarion West buddies or trying to work up the nerve to tell an agent about Ocean's Eleven in Fantasyland, or whatever elevator pitch I use for The Palace Job.

My buddy naomi_travellerjust informed me that this year's World Fantasy is in Calgary, which pretty much made my day. I may not be able to do plane tickets unless someone's getting married or buried these days, but I can swing a road trip to Calgary. So, for the first time in awhile and possibly the last time for awhile, barring other major cons coming to Calgary (one does not even hope for Edmonton), I'm actually going to be at a convention!

I may be doing a talk about writing in video games. It may or may not be right for WFC, but I pitched it, and we'll see how it goes.