Talking Shop

One reason I was particularly disappointed to miss Eeriecon was that I was looking forward to talking shop with colleagues I don't see often enough, including Guests of Honor Harry Turtledove, Tanya Huff, and Esther Freisner, and other fine con-goers such as James Alan Gardner, Mark Garland, and Nancy Kress.

But I did manage a pretty good dose of shop talk this past week, anyway. On Thursday, I had lunch in Toronto with Robert Charles Wilson, and Friday night I had dinner in Boston with Jeffrey A. Carver -- both Bob and Jeff are fellow Tor authors, and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them.