You know, P-Con is looking to me like it’s going to be a really great con. I’ve forgotten to post my schedule, which is as follows:
SATURDAY 29 March
11 A.M. : Visualisation
Brian J Showers / C. E. Murphy / Peter Morwood
2 P.M. Guest Of Honour Interview
C. E. Murphy
8:30 P.M. Book Launch
C.E. Murphy, “House Of Cards”
SUNDAY 30 March
10 A.M. Comic Books Go To The Movies
C. E. Murphy / Diane Duane / Michael Carroll
12 P.M. Science Fiction Is A Girl Thing Too!
C. E. Murphy / Inge Heyer / Oisin McGann / Raven Dane
2 P.M. How To Write With A Full Time Job
C. E. Murphy / Colin Harvey / John Kenny
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Just enough to keep me hopping, I think. :) Inevitably, and to the con’s credit, there are things scheduled across from panels I’ll be on that I’d like to be *attending*, and that always means things are going well, in my opinion. :)
Ted came upstairs, blithely threw a few articles of clothing into the suitcase, and proclaimed himself packed for the weekend. I, on the other hand, realized I was verging on bringing five pair of shoes for a three day weekend, and tried again. I am still not satisfied with what I’ve got. This is in large part because I’ve gained back 20 pounds and only lost about three of them, so none of my cool clothes fit me (which *sucks*, because I have some really good clothes). However, Ted then went and heroically cleaned the kitchen, so I can’t hate him very much. :)
So we’re mostly packed. THE PRETENDER’S CROWN is slightly over 100K, which is 70% done if it comes in at the shorter end of the anticipated wordcount, and about 60% done if it comes in at the longer end. And if it’s longer than that I’ll kill myself, so it’s not even worth thinking about. Man, I hope it comes in near the shorter end. Anyway, so that goal’s more or less achieved (I’d still like to see 400 actual consecutive pages, but I doubt I’m getting up early enough to write 2K before we leave tomorrow.) I guess this makes us generally ready to go.
Bed now, and off to P-Con in the morning! Hooray!
ytd wordcount: 117,600
miles to Minas Tirith: 212.1