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I spent this past weekend at Capclave in Maryland and had a great time. I spent a lot of time in the dealer’s room and the panels were great. I had a chance to spend some time chatting with Sheila Williams (one of the GoHs), Scott Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies), Edmund Schubert (Intergalactic Medicine Show), John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed and F&SF), Sean Wallace (Fantasy), and many many others.

By the way, Harry Turtledove fans, WSFA Press is back for the first time in years and started with a Guest of Honor book by Turtledove. Reincarnation: six stories never-before-reprinted, an original story, story notes, and an introduction by Sheila Williams. There is a signed limited and a trade edition. Grab one for your collection!

Oh and if you are a Lewis Shiner fan, they’ve dug up copies of the slipcased signed limited edition of Edges of Things that they published years back. Great book.

Next year’s guests are Connie Willis, Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer. Looking forward to that one and hoping WFSA has a book for them!

And now that I’m done promoting the good of the weekend….

Less than 10 minutes after leaving the hotel, my van was struck from behind by a Nissan Pathfinder. The driver looked away from the road (must have been for a while) and when she looked up, I was stopped in front of her. BAM!  She hit the van hard enough to push it several feet forward and into the car in front of me. That was with the breaks on. Fortunately, no one was hurt. I’m still a bit achy, but it could have been much worse. My insurance company (Progressive) gets an A+ for handling everything. Over $4k in damage and I’m not paying a penny of it. Repairs – handled. Rental car – handled. Driver that hit me, a big fat F for not paying attention. Oh and the Maryland police… you also get an F for caring more about the traffic flow than the people in an accident. Shame on you.

Next weekend, I’ll be attending Capclave in Rockville, MD. Most of the time, I’ll be in the Dealer’s Room, but they also have me signed up to be on these panels:

Do U Rd on Scrn
Fri 6pm Montrose
Traci Castleberry, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, Jean Marie Ward
How is technology changing writing and reading? Do you write differently on a computer than pen or typewriter? Do you read differently on the Internet? How will e-texts, audible books, and the Kindle change the act of reading? How will writers write for readers accustomed to reading twitters and text messages?

Is the Face of Short Fiction Changing?
Sat 12pm Montrose
Kathryn Cramer, Neil Clarke, Edmund Schubert, Sean Wallace
As the traditional digest magazines shrink in both size and audience, what are some of the new vehicles for short stories? What new roles are being played by the small press, web magazines, corporate supported sites? Anthologies? What can be done to save short fiction?

What Editors Want
Sat 7pm Twinbrook
Edmund Schubert, Neil Clarke, David Hartwell, Moshe Feder
Editors discuss what they are looking for in a manscript and what authors can do to increase their chances of selling a story or book. What is within the author’s control? How does the editor make the decision, how quickly, and on what basis?