Hi folks,
I’m jazzed! It looks like I’ll
be able to attend Bouchercon this year in Albany, NY after all. I didn’t think
I could afford (actually, I can’t, but my wife Mary has graciously allowed us
to go into bankruptcy so I can… thanks, Mary!).
As much as I travel, I’m
something of an idiot… or at least a slow learner. I’ll go with idiot… I didn’t
realize when I checked on airline prices that what I saw posted wasn’t the
final price. Who knew? It keeps going up! When I first checked, a round-trip ticket from
Ft. Wayne was listed at $348. When I went back to buy a ticket it had jumped up
to $550+. Yow!
No way I could afford that.
So, I looked for alternative modes of transportation and I just bought a ticket
on the train. It’ll mean almost 13 hours each way of riding the rails, but
round-trip only ran me about $140. Doesn’t get much better than that. Unless we
derail or something… Not gonna think about that…
My buddy Jack Getze from
New Jersey offered to let me share his room so I saved a bunch on that. Thanks,
Jack! I’m bringing my bottle of Midleton that my Irish friend, Gerald O’Connor
sent me.
This morning, I got an email from the conference
directors and not only was I asked to be on a panel, but I get to be the
moderator! And, it’s the best panel of all. From 1:20-2:15PM-Thursday, me and a bunch of
really great writers will be sitting up at the front of the room for a panel
titled:
Close to the Borderline-Pulp
Fiction, Baby!
Yeah,
baby! We’re gonna rock the house! It will be yours truly, Frank DeBlase, K.A. (Kate)Laity, Howard Owen, Josh Stallings and Jack Getze. How cool is that? These are
some of the very best noir writers working today. Warren Moore was going to be
with us, but unfortunately he had to cancel at the last-minute—we’ll miss him.
If you’re
going, this is the one panel that you should mark down as a must-see.
And,
please let me know if you’re going to be there. I’d love to meet you in person!
Blue
skies,
Les
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5 comments:
Hey Les! Damn...I don't have a job. I got time. Maybe I can sell enough at my garage sale to go too!
Awesome, Les! Can't wait to see you again, bud!
Totally jealous! Have a great time!:-)
Thanks, folks! Hope to see lots of you there! Gonna be some fun up in there...
Jealous!! I want so badly to go but it's not in the cards for me this year. Next year I'll make it for sure as it'll be close enough to drive. :) have fun!
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