Paksworld

This Thursday I take off again, this time on a shorter train trip to A-Kon in Dallas.  A-Kon is technically within driving distance, but driving up I-35 from here and then trying to negotiate Dallas traffic is no way to arrive at a convention with the energy left to engage.  Hence, the train.   I’m going up on Thursday, back on Monday.    My friend Lee Martindale (writer, editor, and several other hats, including–as of now–publisher)  is launching Ladies of Trade Town at A-Kon, an anthology of stories about, well, the trade.)   I wrote the introduction.   Many of the stories’ authors are coming to the launch, and so am I.  And some other people I’ve been wanting to see.   I’ve never been to A-Kon, so it’ll be a new experience for me.

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