Goodness, I wish I could be there! As I said elsewhere, I don't usually go to conventions, but I would have been prepared to have made an exception for that had you been able to come to London this year!

I'm sorry I couldn't, but it became obvious over six months ago that too many things were coming up that had to be fitted in and a trip overseas just was not going to happen. I wasn't happy about it, but reality is what it is.

The nagging feeling that more might be going on than I knew about was brought into sharp focus when my father died in April and my vision continued to deteriorate noticeably.

Yes, I can understand that! I hope you will come over one of these years, though, maybe on a book tour if not to a convention.

Maybe a a tourist with time on my hands and a chance to wander all over the island. Every bit I've seen has been special. If I do get to come over again, I will certainly announce it all over the place in hopes of meeting you and others I've corresponded with online.

Excited for you to come again!

What a fantastic lineup of authors. I'll be chained to my booth all through the show, but I hope you have a marvelous time!

Having a limited amount of vacations time, I elected to go to Loncon once I found that I had enough money to go.
Maybe next year you can come up to Sasquan? I will be running the art show - NOT just a minion, again :)

I don't know...there are Issues to be dealt with on the home front, and some have been put off longer than was a good idea.

I usually have weekends off. Now, I see you are there and my boss already asked me to work. Since, I can't be there, can you tell me what you are going to read? I drove from North Dallas to Austin to meet you one time, I would have drove from Charleston to Atlanta.