tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-11-22:3316526Dwelling in Possibilityhamlettahamletta2018-04-02T19:29:42Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-11-22:3316526:6743Home!2018-04-02T19:29:42Z2018-04-02T19:29:42Zoptimisticpublic13 Just returned from Eastercon. Exhausting drive in rain/snow and holiday traffic; I really should have taken the train. Oh well, I'm back now, and the cats are happy. (Or at least Major Tom is; Earl Grey, the five-year-old, just stared at me with this face saying, "Oh, you're back? Well, make yourself useful and feed me!" Major, the seventeen-year-old, gave me some proper cat-love...)<br /><br />The con itself was good if not great. I was hoping to connect with some folks I never got to see, but then I met some others who proved really nice. I attended a few good panels and moderated one for the first time ever--and apparently it wasn't a disaster. <br /><br />Here I am, pretending to know what I'm doing (I'm on the left):<br /><br /><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/886/41146628482_20edda67f6_c.jpg" width="467" height="350" alt="" /><br /><br />And here's my relieved face after the panel (with panelists Adrian Tchaikovsky, Justina Robson and Micah Yongo):<br /><br /><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/799/26318777977_f4fd04ef68_c.jpg" width="467" height="350" alt="" /><br /><br />Now I need to recharge and get back to the novel. At least I feel motivated and more upbeat about it. Got some excellent comments from Ricepaper friends :) and good encouragement from the agent to trust myself and stop second-guessing my every move... I'm planning to dive back in tomorrow, before the weasels get me again!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=hamletta&ditemid=6743" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments