This weekend,
Angela and I roomed together at FenCon in Dallas. We snuck off and left the men
and kiddos behind. Our friend Amanda is here with her daughter, and also Carl,
another friend from our critique group. Floyd and Sarah, more members of SRT,
are taking care of the kiddos who couldn't be left at home, and they couldn't
be in safer or better hands. I've never seen two people who love children more
than them. So everyone from SRT is here, except Timmy, our Equipment Tech, who
lives in a different town than we all do.
Last year, I had
a blast here with Amanda, and I also ended up with a great story for my annual
Halloween tale: Dragon's Dishonor.
When various artistic types get together, there seems to be a lot of creative
energy in the air. I was carrying a tablet (a paper one, y'know, one of those
old-fashioned things I grew up writing on?). I kept pulling it out to jot down
new ideas for the story all weekend. By the time I got home, the tale was ready
to be written.
It doesn't
always happen that way. Sometimes, the story drags out so slowly, it seems like
it will never get down on paper. I remember writing To All a Good Night. It actually went along really well for an
entire two pages … then halted as though I'd hit a brick wall. Even
brainstorming with my critique group didn't help. But the next year, as I was
thinking up an idea for my annual Christmas story, guess what popped up? Yep, To All a Good Night, and the story
flowed easily to the end. Crazy how we artists work, huh?
This year, I'm
going to end up with a great idea for my 2013 Christmas story. I've already got
several pages of notes on it. That's why I love this con. The creativity showers
all of us. Floyd was jotting down a new song when I went in a while ago.
Angela brought
some of her art work, and we had a table for a couple hours to give folks a
chance to buy some fantastic photos. I had a few books available, but mostly we
are letting people know what a great digital designer Angela is. People who end
up getting her to do something for them are so lucky. Lucky me!
Here we are at
our table. The gorgeous tiger print on the left is Angela's work:
This is Angela,
Amanda, and her daughter at the costume contest and hootenanny:
And yes, we had
a couple paranormal incidents. Together, Angela and I are almost as attractive
to the ghosts and spirits as Aunt Belle and I are. Since this is getting long,
I'll tell y'all about those next week.
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In the meantime,
Monsters Among Us is selling pretty
good out there. Thanks to all of you readers who enjoy my stories. The url's
for buy-links are in the special blog I did on Tuesday past, and I apologize to
my Sony e-book readers. They are still dragging butt getting it available
<sigh>. Hope the rest of y'all are enjoying it!
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I've been
glimpsing my ghosts here at the house quite frequently the past few days.
Natch! The Veil is thinning and will be nearly transparent by Halloween/Samhain.
Stay safe but enjoy!
Boo!
T. M.
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