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.

Comments

[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.