Wow! The nice people at Aggiecon approached me at Dragon*con and asked me then and there if I’d come to Aggiecon39. How could I refuse?

If you’re in Texas, or close by, or just like a good convention, you should really consider getting to Aggiecon — a gem of a convention. Recent Guests of Honor included the Heinlein- and Nebula- award winning author, Elizabeth Moon (yay!). I’m not sure who the GoH will be this year but Aggiecon has a history of inviting up-and-coming authors as their GoH — they invited Mum just before she made it big and they invited me two years before I hit the New York Times Bestseller list.

So, I hope to see you there!

LASFS, the famous Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, has asked me to appear at their booth for the West Hollywood Book Fair this September 29th 2007. I’ll be there from about 3 p.m.

There’s been some talk of me doing a signing tour, just on the West Coast, for Dragon Harper when it comes out.

We’re thinking of creative ways of involving Mum, like sending her a bunch of bookplates that she can sign and maybe even doing a reading together especially for the tour.

I’ll do my best to let you know when I know more.

Whew! I’m still recovering. I certainly got a lot of much needed exercise. Weyrfest was marvelous, as was the YA Lit track. I even managed the parade!

I also got another Utilikilt, black this time. It goes really well with the pink dress shirt I brought (real men were kilts and pink!).

Of course, everyone missed Mum and Mum missed everyone — the more so because some “ijiit” managed to knock out one of the local telephone poles so I couldn’t get through to her to send the many felicitations.