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You know that thing where you’re sitting on a panel, and the moderator asks you to begin  by introducing yourself, but you realize half an hour later that you forgot the title of your own book?

Yeah.  That’s why I hate insomnia.

I have yet to post anything here about my trip to Australia last September.  Which is too bad, because the trip was delightful and amazing and wonderful from beginning to end.

But I’m lazy, and I’m tired.  And this day has been complete crap.  So no writeup tonight.  Instead, I’ve posted two photos from Tasmania below the cut.

And while I’m thinking about conventions—and before I forget to mention it for another six months—I ought to mention that the superb people behind Bubonicon have invited me to be toastmaster for Bubonicon 43.  It’s quite an honor.  I’m thrilled by the invitation!

But it’s not the opportunity to go down as one of the worst toastmasters in Bubonicon history that has me so thrilled.  (As exciting as that is.)  I’m jazzed because this year’s writer Guest of Honor is none other than my Wild Cards cohort Steve “S. L. Farrell” Leigh, and the artist Guest of Honor is the amazing John Picacio.

I haven’t been attending Boskone very long, only two or three years, but it has quickly joined the list of conventions to which I look forward each year.

And Boskone 48 is coming up very soon!  (In fact, gosh, by this time next week I’ll be in Boston.  Barring another epic snowstorm.)   And, as always, the programming folks at Boskone have done a bang-up job.  My schedule is posted below the cut.

As marketing stunts go, this is pretty neat.

I tend to get a little jaded about publicity and marketing gimmicks, but I’ve loved paper airplanes ever since I was five years old, so I can’t help but be utterly charmed by this.  It’s kind of astonishing the kinds of cool things one can do relatively easily these days.