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Back from Bouchercon
Back from Bouchercon
And what a great time I had, too. My favorite thing about Bouchercon, wherever it's held, is that I get some time to hang with people I just don't see all that often. This year, besides doing a really fun panel with Laurie King, Dana Cameron, Ed Lin, Toni Kelner, and Zoe Sharp rocking a Sean Chercover imitation (Sean was felled by food poisoning, from which, not to worry, he's fully recovered now) and playing both basketball
fierce competitors
and poker, I had a great lunch with Laurie King at a terrific place called Pura Vida, which I liked so much that I went back two days later for dinner with Al Abramson
al abramson, looking scary
and Parnell Hall. Al's the Chair of Bouchercon 2013 in Albany; I asked him to please get Pura Vida to open a pop-up restaurant there for the con weekend, but I dunno. Went on the PWA Shamus Award Banquet 3-hour Cruise; a little scary in concept, because we all know what happened to that other 3-hour Cruise, but as it turned out the food was good and we did not, in fact, end up on a desert island in the middle of Lake Erie.
captain bob randisi
Opening ceremonies were held at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
entry, rock 'n' roll hall of fame
which was a hoot. Because I didn't make it to Left Coast, where they give the Dilys Award
dilys award, a solid laser-inscribed glass book
the IMBA gave it to me in Cleveland. This meant I stood on the stage at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame! I felt like I ought to smash the thing to bits, set the bits on fire, and then leap into the audience, but I restrained myself.
I had good talks with Ali Karim, Zoe Sharp, Colin Campbell, Michael Wiley, Les Klinger, Leonard Rosen, Enid Perll, and Dana Cameron; had some moments, not as many as I'd have wished but better than nothing, with Les ("this is my goddamn town") Roberts, Elizabeth George
sj rozan and elizabeth george
and her fabulous husband, Sara Paretsky, Bob Randisi, Hank Phillipi Ryan (the new Prez of Sisters in Crime), and John Lutz; and got some time also with non-writers Beth Tindall, Marjorie Tucker, Bill and Virgina Edwards, and She Who Must Be Unnamed. And lots of quick hallway conversations with lots of other people. As always, of course, there were people I know were there but I barely saw (Ed Lin, except for the panel, and Linda Fairstein) and some I didn't even know were there until I got home (Joe Myers). Bouchercon's like that. But it's always worth going and it was great.
And what a great time I had, too. My favorite thing about Bouchercon, wherever it's held, is that I get some time to hang with people I just don't see all that often. This year, besides doing a really fun panel with Laurie King, Dana Cameron, Ed Lin, Toni Kelner, and Zoe Sharp rocking a Sean Chercover imitation (Sean was felled by food poisoning, from which, not to worry, he's fully recovered now) and playing both basketball
fierce competitors
and poker, I had a great lunch with Laurie King at a terrific place called Pura Vida, which I liked so much that I went back two days later for dinner with Al Abramson
al abramson, looking scary
and Parnell Hall. Al's the Chair of Bouchercon 2013 in Albany; I asked him to please get Pura Vida to open a pop-up restaurant there for the con weekend, but I dunno. Went on the PWA Shamus Award Banquet 3-hour Cruise; a little scary in concept, because we all know what happened to that other 3-hour Cruise, but as it turned out the food was good and we did not, in fact, end up on a desert island in the middle of Lake Erie.
captain bob randisi
Opening ceremonies were held at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
entry, rock 'n' roll hall of fame
which was a hoot. Because I didn't make it to Left Coast, where they give the Dilys Award
dilys award, a solid laser-inscribed glass book
the IMBA gave it to me in Cleveland. This meant I stood on the stage at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame! I felt like I ought to smash the thing to bits, set the bits on fire, and then leap into the audience, but I restrained myself.
I had good talks with Ali Karim, Zoe Sharp, Colin Campbell, Michael Wiley, Les Klinger, Leonard Rosen, Enid Perll, and Dana Cameron; had some moments, not as many as I'd have wished but better than nothing, with Les ("this is my goddamn town") Roberts, Elizabeth George
sj rozan and elizabeth george
and her fabulous husband, Sara Paretsky, Bob Randisi, Hank Phillipi Ryan (the new Prez of Sisters in Crime), and John Lutz; and got some time also with non-writers Beth Tindall, Marjorie Tucker, Bill and Virgina Edwards, and She Who Must Be Unnamed. And lots of quick hallway conversations with lots of other people. As always, of course, there were people I know were there but I barely saw (Ed Lin, except for the panel, and Linda Fairstein) and some I didn't even know were there until I got home (Joe Myers). Bouchercon's like that. But it's always worth going and it was great.
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