Dateline Darkovercon

[hrj]

It's always fun to make someone's day. So there I was, sitting in on the every-author-in-attendence autographing session, even though none of the dealers actually have the new Sword and Sorceress so I didn't figure I'd get much business. But one of my acquaintances brings up their copy of Baby Names for Dummies to get it autographed and while I'm telling my story about how my book probably has the highest proportion of any baby-name book of SF authors used as name examples, it occurs to me to check the "famous people with this name" listings under Esther. Sure enough, I'd used guest of honor Esther Friesner's name as an example. As she was sitting right at the next autograph table, I had to show it to her. "Tickled pink" seems to describe the effect.

Nice con, nice hanging out, nice panels. I suppose I could try to come up with a more detailed con report but my brain's a little fried.