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Best. Con chair. EVER.
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I could tell you what he just did for us, but then I’d have to kill you.

These Aren’t the Dorks You’re Looking For
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The entire 501st hits on Willie’s Wenches

Tools of the Trade
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The VisionCon staff
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The REAL rock stars, the folks who make this happen.

In less than five minutes I’ll be driving out of here in my crappy little Chevy Cobalt rental car, headed to a night in St Louis with the Bunn. Tomorrow, we push on to VisionCon proper. Because most of my ‘net access will be via the CrackBerry, I’m shifting the blog to con mode.
Daily digests [...]

Later this afternoon I leave for VisionCon, where I’ll be hanging out with the likes of Brian Keene, Cullen Bunn, and Russ Dickerson. If you’re in the Springfield, Missouri area, drop by and check it out! Even the local paper thinks you should go.
My box of Restore from Backup copies arrived, so I’ll have that [...]

I turned in a short story for the VisionCon program book, so you’ll get at least one bit of free fiction out of me if you’re going to be there. The story is “A Family Tree, Uprooted”, which was supposed to appear in an anthology called Family Plots but the publisher bit the dust some [...]

So who else is coming to VisionCon in Springfield, MO, at the end of the month?
I’ve just finished most of the heavy lifting to prepare for the trip, which is a first for me. For most cons, I do the headless chicken dance the night before, only then realizing I’ve forgotten books or business cards. [...]

I’m leaving for Archon near St Louis shortly, so the blog will be shifting into con mode in 3… 2… 1… now.
In other words, this space will be filled with Tweets from the con floor and from whichever bar Cullen and I drag our asses into. (Of course, if you’re reading this on MySpace, you’re [...]

The folks at Archon have published their pocket schedule for this weekend’s activities. Here’s what’s in store for me:
FRIDAY
Make Prose Work for your Book
Dev Hanke, Michael Oliveri, Joey Froehlich
GC Salon D:5 8:30 pm
*Will The Technology of Today Be Obsolete Tomorrow?
Rich Zellich, Tom Meserole, Michael Oliveri, J. D. Streett
GC Mississippian 9:40 pm
SUNDAY
Let’s Scare Them Half-To-Death
Michael Oliveri, Joey Froehlich, E. E. [...]