Perhaps writers ought to announce their pending disappearances when they are about to do it, but frankly, we get our heads so deep into the story problems that we rarely come up for air. Until guilt takes over.
Guilt has arrived.
I did go to RavenCon2016! I had a good time. Because I’m a newbie, my talk on Finding Space: Line-by-Line Editing Tips for Wordiness was scheduled for 9 am, thus attracting only a few participants. But they were very enthusiastic participants! And I completed a writing talk with power point. It’s posted on this website, found under the link above, or ‘Fun Extras’ on my link bar.
I didn’t take many photos at RavenCon2016, even forgot to get some of myself. Here are the few I did take:
Sharon Lee, half of the Guest of Honor team of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. (Yes, she had violet hair!)
A steampunk costume I loved.
Complete with face painting of gears, and a little gear man pin she made.
And a housekeeper’s… something! I can’t recall the name. Embarrassing, but I had never heard of this. It’s a very cool assortment of little things, keys, scissors and such that a housekeeper needed to have on hand. Of course this is the steampunk version. If you know the name, give me a shout!
Little did I know RavenCon’s masquerade is not just a parade of costumes, but each entrant performs a little skit. These fine folks put on a skit revolving a wizard summoning the four elements of water, air, earth, and fire and dealing with their attitudes. I loved the costumes.
And last of all the wizard summoned a spirit to bring them all into harmony–I think! I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hear.
Fuzzy photo, but I loved the costume, so must include it!
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And in other news, besides real life happening, I am re-configuring the ending of my next book. (The Binding.) Sorry, this has delayed publishing, but this is huge, the end of a three-book epic fantasy. It wasn’t right and I had to dive into a re-do, which meant making alternative copy edit arrangements. That’s partially the good news. The book is long enough, I submitted 90K on time to my fabulous copy editor. But for the remaining 15k, I had to schedule another appointment. I’m hoping to publish in Late July.
Thanks for bearing with me.
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