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In some ways, it was fun sharing the con with Mark, but in other ways, it was a bit stressful. I didn't get a chance to eavesdrop on conversations or lurk in a hallway the way I usually do nor did I really get much of a chance to poke around in the dealers' room as much as I usually do. I wound up tiring quicker than I expected, so we headed home earlier than we'd intended. But we attended several very interesting panel discussions, including one on "Mining the Bible", ie. turning to the Bible for inspiration in writing sci-fi (Jane Yolen, one of my favorite writers/editors was on the panel). This actually inspired one of the classic Mark/Me mildly heated discussions, since part of the panel discussion had glanced upon some of my favorite mystical beasties, the Grigori. Mark, of course, is adamant that angels and humans cannot interbreed since "angels are pure spirits"; I, of course, come back with the argument that if an angel takes on a physical body, that the angel very well could interbreed with a human, which ground his gears a little (and he's the one with the degree in theology...)

Another talk, given by a fairly new author, Elaine Isaak, dealt with "The Ten Mistakes I Made in Publishing (So You Don't Have to Make Them)", which gave me a little more confidence in trying to get published, but also spooked me a little (ie. a mistake with what she called "the Evil Options Clause" on her first contract).

Didn't manage to get any writing done last week, but I am poking at a novella-length tie-in for one of my alts on MxO, namely Sieges's somewhat daffy brother, and with a plot mildly inspired by Wagner's "Tannhauser".

Almost forgot ye dragons:

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Clicked! Congrats on the geode and the v day egg!!