Back to life
I just spent a nice few days in Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains with my family and inlaws (not as bad as it sounds). I got no writing done. I don’t think I got any ideas (though I got a great one off National Geographic before I left). It wasa real vacation.
It was rough being away from the internet, only dropping by the chalet check-in office once for a fix. I need to catch up this week.
I still haven’t heard from WotF, but my wife stopped the mail until tomorrow. I am anticipating a rejection due to the late speculative element (page 4, not 1), but I refuse to abandon hope.
Speaking of abandoning hope, Clarion West begins on Sunday. I gave up a long time ago on my attending, but the event’s arrival is a reminder that I’m missing out. Humbug. I left a nice “good luck” message on the old CW forum,though it seems largely inactive so it may go unread. But I wish the best for Jordan, Rochita, Randy-the-Robot-Overlord, everyone else I met on the forum and everyone I did not. I’ll be watching for CW diaries online, so don’t keep us in the dark (but don’t sacrifice your writing, either).
I still have eyes on next year. Until then, back to the keyboard.
-Oso
Scott W. Baker: Chaos out of Chaos 
Yeah, the forum is inactive because they set up a Google Group for us that we’ve all been using.
I wouldn’t give up hope until Tuesday. I seem to recall a year where someone bailed on the second day.
I would be hard pressed to make it at this point. Life and plans move on. It would be a hard offer to decline, but it might be harder to accept. Honestly, I’m at the point of hoping the phone doesn’t ring…not for that.
Good luck to all of you.
-Oso
Yeah, I suppose SUPER short notice would be hard to manage. But it would be a soul-searcher, wouldn’t it?