Today started earlier than yesterday. I had the crazy notion to attend the 10am SFWA Business Meeting, simply because I’d never attended one before and I wanted to see what they are like. I’m glad I did. In addition to getting to hear all kinds of promising updates about the organization, I got to meet…
I had so much fun at the first day of the Nebula Weekend. Let’s see, where did I leave off yesterday…? Around 3pm I went to one of the hotel bars where people were hanging out. A short time later, I saw Stan Schmidt, editor of Analog walking by and he eventually joined me. We…
I left the house at 10am and made my long trek to the Nebula Weekend hotel. Okay, it wasn’t such a long trek. I drove to my office in Pentagon City and caught the Metro the rest of the way. Made it to the hotel just before 11am. Right away, I saw Steven Silver at…
Today is the first full day of the Nebula Weekend. For my non-science fiction friends, the Nebula Awards are science fiction & fantasy’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are the awards that are voted on by your peers, the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. This was the first year…
I’m inboard my flight back home just waiting for everyone to finish boarding before we depart. My seat was changed to an even roomier emergency exit row. Still not a great night’s sleep last night but I’m happy to be heading home and seeing Kelly and the Little Man. I’ll probably be spending most of…
I head to Los Angeles this morning and by the time this post goes out I’ll be more than 40 minutes in the air. This was a last minute, work-related trip. I’m taking the early flight out because it gets me to LAX around 9am and I can get into the office by about 10…
I had thought that my trip to L.A. at the beginning of March was the last trip I’d take to L.A. for about a year. But it turns out I’ll be back there again–and in less than two weeks. I have to be in Santa Monica for 2 days of work meetings, Thursday and Friday…
I can’t seem to find a good “Events” plug-in (at least one that I like) for WordPress, so in the meantime, here are some upcoming appearances I’ll be making over the next several months. Nebula Award Weekend (May 19-22) Even if I didn’t live just outside of D.C. I would go anyway. I’ve never been…
I started working in Santa Monica nearly 17 years ago. I worked there for nearly 8 years, making the 20 miles commute from Studio City each morning and backtracking each evening. Then I transferred to our Washington, D.C. office, which is actually in Arlington, VA. At first, I returned to Santa Monica frequently but as…
Assuming everything is on time this morning (as I am writing this last night), I am on a plane to L.A. as you read this. Since I’m flying United and United doesn’t have Internet access the way AirTran does, I am in an Internet blackout until about 10am Pacific time. In my absence, let me…
Tomorrow I fly to Los Angeles for my day job team’s annual planning retreat. I usually enjoy this trip because I get to see coworkers I only see once a year (I’m the only one on my team who works in the Washington office). I also get to see old friends that I don’t see…
I have a business trip at the end of the month. I’m heading to Santa Monica for 4 days for my team’s annual planning retreat. I’ll be staying at my usual digs in Santa Monica and I just wanted to let folks know that I will be there in case any friends or family that…