I Should Be Writing
I really should, but I am blogging instead, which doesn’t really count.
I am going to do a write-up of Worldcon one of these days. I keep meaning to, but IRL has been getting in the way since I got back from Australia, and most of my non-family time has been spent catching up on my overflowing inbox and dealing with a vicious cluster headache cycle.
One of the best parts of Worldcon for me was hanging out with Mur Lafferty and her family. Mur is awesome. The trip had a lot of ups and downs. Careerwise it was amazing, with several successful signings, panels, and the like, along with the chance to just hang out with some of my readers and other folks in the industry. But I was also on the opposite side of the planet from my friends and family, and two weeks was by far the longest time I’d ever spent away from my wife, much less the baby. I didn’t even really have a wingman for the trip, so I would shift from feeling like a rockstar at a signing to having no one to get dinner with an hour later.
Enter Mur, who was at the con with her husband and their young daughter (the Pink Tornado) and another couple. They absorbed me into their group easily, and really made me feel like part of the family. I had dinner with them most nights, and did some sightseeing with them as well. The Pink Tornado and I had a blast at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
I also got to nag Mur to put up the interview we recorded back in June for her fantastic podcast for wannabe writers, I Should Be Writing. You can live-stream or download the podcast with my interview here, or subscribe to it for free on iTunes.
Check it out. I recommend going through the archives, as well. There are 155 podcast episodes so far, and Mur has interviewed some amazing writers, editors, and other publishing pros.
Plus John Anelio’s theme song is awesome.
it was our pleasure, Peat, we had a blast too. And I’m very sorry it took me so long to get the interview up again. Thanks for the poke. 🙂