OKAY THEN.

Well. Been awhile since I updated this thing, hasn't it. (That's... not a question.) Anyway, I have not been idle, at least as far as doing anything but writing goes. I've spent the last month busily preparing for Worldcon, and now here I sit in the Hyatt with my very fine view (no, that is not sarcasm, seriously, this view!). I'm doing a kaffeeklatsche with the lovely and effulgent Carrie Vaughn in a couple of hours, I had a very large drink in the bar last night and spied George RR Martin there, and I even got some writing done on the plane with a screaming baby behind me. The new thing is inspired by the Salt City Steamfest, which had a very successful first convention a few weeks ago, and I decided that rather than Victorian London, I'd set the thing in the Old West. And, yes, it stars a werewolf as its protag. Shut up. They say to write your passion, and that's what's pinging me now. I learned a long time ago not to argue with Antubis; it just ends in tears.

I'm having a little trouble with the protag's voice right now; I'm vacillating between making him sound like a Firefly extra or having him be just a little more educated than that. Maybe I should read some Max Brand. Or Smokey the Cowhorse, that's an old favorite. Well. Write now. Edit later. His voice will come out in thing the farther along I go.

Anyone else on my flist here? I've spotted, in addition to GRRM, Robert Silverberg, Charlie Stross, Kathy Mar, and Howard Tayler so far. I know that I'll see other friends of mine--Paul Genesse is coming, for one. Anyone live in Chicago? If you don't want to pay for the whole weekend, they've got day passes for around $40, which gets you into panels, the dealer's room, the art show, and everything else.

I'm rooming with my RP partner and her Hubby, who... should be getting here anytime now. And yes, we're still RPing; we've created yet another universe that we're playing around in. It is badwrong in its badwrongness. If anyone wants a link to the damn logs, well, I'll drop one, but you can hit werewolf_hacker's LJ for the deets. Look for the Volchok 'verse; it's the third entry down.

ANYHOW. CHICAGO. WORLDCON. It's going to be fantastic!