this is a very small violin you are playing for me, isn't it?

[deborah]

I am honored to be a presenter at the forthcoming Diana Wynne Jones Conference, in Bristol this July. (Except now I have to write the paper.)

I am honored to've been asked to teach Fantasy and Science Fiction at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature again this Fall. (Except now I have to prep for the class again.)

If only my time-consuming avocational successes paid well enough to support me, so that making time for them could be easy.

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[cavlec.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, I know the feeling.

I have five-and-a-bit talks to prepare, from ten minutes to three hours in length, between now and mid-July. Two of these are paying gigs. The rest, well...

[deborah]

Trust me, I believe it. I have no idea how you make time for all of the professional whuffie you do -- let alone all the blogging!

[cavlec.livejournal.com]

Heh. I talked to my boss's boss a few weeks ago about what my job is like. I 'lowed as how most IRs function on the Heron Way of Being -- stand around and wait for stuff to come to you.

This leaves more time than you would think.

[bigbrotherreads.livejournal.com]

So much awesome in one post!

[deborah]

\o/

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

Marvelous!

And good luck :o)

[deborah]

thank you!

[flourish.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous! I wish I could go.

[deborah]

I wish you could, too. I think it will be a great conference. I suspect conference season is going to be a lot thinner on the ground this year, what with the economy and all.

[flourish.livejournal.com]

Very true. I certainly have become more cautious in my spending and therefore have gone to far fewer cons than I had expected to, given how many awesome cons are in Boston.

As for DWJ in specific - if only it wasn't across the pond from me, or I could get funding...! Well, hopefully it will be a rousing success and I'll be able to go in future years.

[yendi]

Both of those are bits of awesome news! I'm insanely jealous of anyone just going to taht DWJ conference, let alone presenting.

[deborah]

thank you! *tempts you to come with comic books and pieces of candy*

[yendi]

Oh, I'm plenty tempted, but British Airways doesn't accept candy -- even gelt -- to pay for travel.

[writinghood.livejournal.com]

Kick ass!
I had a little violin somewhere for you but I dropped it and now I can't find it on the carpet.

[deborah]

thank you!

I actually don't know how to play the violin, anyway. Do you have a tiny piano or a tiny guitar?

(I had a teeny tiny iPod, once, but it hurt my hands.)