Wow, what an adventure my first con was! It proved to be a fun, if not exhausting, and occasionally disappointing weekend. All in all I had a great time though, and plan to return next year.

Thank you, mightily, to Fairwood writers for such a fantastic opportunity to show my writing to published authors.

In First Page Idol, The Pallidin, brought the crowd and panelists out of their shells and into hysterics. I couldn't be more happy with the comments made by both the crowd and the panelists. I had not intended to write it as THAT humorous. Yet, somehow, it was read that way and I am happy I could provide some glee to all who were there. Even I couldn't stop laughing on how it was read. Hmmm... I guess I will have to finish the book now. Maybe, possibly, I could be finagled to post a preview of this little ditty that will, some day, grow up to be an interesting Fantasy novel.

I received raving reviews for Slayers in a way I never imagined. As many of you know, Slayers has been relegated to the back corner of my mind, and computer, along with several short stories and some dust motes. I had, at one time, considered Slayers for a possible YA read then opted out, then again opted out of ever finishing it. I thought it sucked. And some of it does, but the wonderful authors who were my critiquers blew me away by encouraging me to finish it. They told me it was a highly marketable YA Urban Fantasy book, and they loved both my world and Kitra, the protag. I will never be able to thank them all enough for being honest and incredibly encouraging.

My short story... well, lets just not talk about that. Oh, the writing was excellent and the dialog as perfect as any they had read, but the story... yeah, I have a lot to learn about short stories. I will say they told me it sounded more like parts from a novel. Which is exactly what it was. A highly condensed three chapters from a novel. I guess I need to stay a novelist. It seems to be where I belong.

I am just fine with that...