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Off to Westercon
Jun. 30th, 2007 09:38 amFor the weekend. It's a beautiful drive from Boulder Creek to San Mateo, mostly along mountain roads, but too long to commute. So I've indulged in a hotel room for 2 nights. It's also lovely to have a quiet place to retreat to, take a nap, which isn't usually possible when I'm just there for the day.
I am on 3 panels -- The Hero's Journey, Incarcerating the Sick?, and I Say "Hello", You Say "¤ðþ°•›Í" (on communicating with alien species without a Universal Translator). This is going to fascinating, since the only expertise I might remotely bring is a little experience in dog training and a lot of experience in raising teenagers. However, Larry Niven and Sheila Finch will be on the panel, so I plan to sit back and soak in ideas. It's at 4:30 Monday, so it will be a long day and late arrival home, but a very satisfying way to end the convention, I think.
Meanwhile, worked a day at my old day-job yesterday. The doc had been on ER call (he's a cardiologist) all week and it had been a bad one. At 10 minutes until noon (when the weekend doc goes on call) the ER paged him, we had to cancel the last 2 patients, and he ended up doing an emergency angioplasty.
Writing is coming well. I'm near the end of the crucial chapter in the additions to SHIELD. Then there are a few partial-scenes to tidy up, one or two fairly minor ones to write, then the whole chunk goes into balancing/revision. Also, finished a read-through and written summary of Marion's ms, so I can begin working on how to complete it. All of which are Good.
I am on 3 panels -- The Hero's Journey, Incarcerating the Sick?, and I Say "Hello", You Say "¤ðþ°•›Í" (on communicating with alien species without a Universal Translator). This is going to fascinating, since the only expertise I might remotely bring is a little experience in dog training and a lot of experience in raising teenagers. However, Larry Niven and Sheila Finch will be on the panel, so I plan to sit back and soak in ideas. It's at 4:30 Monday, so it will be a long day and late arrival home, but a very satisfying way to end the convention, I think.
Meanwhile, worked a day at my old day-job yesterday. The doc had been on ER call (he's a cardiologist) all week and it had been a bad one. At 10 minutes until noon (when the weekend doc goes on call) the ER paged him, we had to cancel the last 2 patients, and he ended up doing an emergency angioplasty.
Writing is coming well. I'm near the end of the crucial chapter in the additions to SHIELD. Then there are a few partial-scenes to tidy up, one or two fairly minor ones to write, then the whole chunk goes into balancing/revision. Also, finished a read-through and written summary of Marion's ms, so I can begin working on how to complete it. All of which are Good.
