I'm back!

[ellenkushner]

Had a grand old time at Arisia this weekend.  All my fans seem to be amazingly well-dressed!  If you were one of them, say Hi - or better yet, post a photo.  Friday night's "town meeting" for Interstitial Arts Foundation was full of people with wonderful ideas, which were seriously discussed by the IAF board on Sunday at our all-day meeting (which none of us would have survived without the spectacular hosting - and baking - of Wendy Ellertson & her husband, Jon). Crammed in a few sightings of old local friends, as well:  particularly enjoyed putting on Unicorn hood & prancing with young Ursula Link Grant (who enjoyed bopping the unicorn on the nose) . . . and visiting Laurie Marks & Deb Mensinger.  Oh, my.  Deb is out of the hospital, recuperating at home from her Jan. 5 Liver Transplant. Her brother was a donor - and his ability to fly back & forth for testing and its various expenses was due entirely to YOU, my dears! It really is like a fairy tale:  for the first time in over 12 years, Deb is free of porphyria symptoms.  She's lucid and clear-minded (if unnaturally cheerful - hey, they give you plenty of painkillers when they've cut you open like that: I got to see the humongous scar, with the staples still in) . . . . I do hope that she makes a full recovery, and that Laurie can stop being her devoted nurse and go back to writing novels soon!

A lovely ride home on Amtrak, and then today I collapsed utterly.  Funny:  I thought I was made of stronger stuff.  But, as Delia says, it's what comes of having no Dimmer Switch.

Comments

Re: hi!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the photo! Yes, I remember you had some terrific comments on that panel. May I be totally gauche and ask what Cos you were Playing?

Sorry you were suffering from Con Crud, and that I never even made it to Author/Artist alley! Maybe we can do better next year....in the meantime, we'll Always have LJ.

Re: hi!

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

that isn't gauche at all, i am delighted that you asked!

waket was captain dennis "tip" wilkin, usual point-of-view character and token human in arisia honored guest shaenon's current webcomic, "skin horse". there is a brief summary about him on this page: http://skin-horse.com/cast.html

tigerlily jones (in icon) is a mad scientist from the same strip. she is a recurrent but not primary character. her story starts here: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=43404
when she is brought in to fix skin horse's receptionist, a 150-year-old robot named "moustachio the thinkonium", who went off his rocker in the previous story.

and while i'm pimping shaenon i would like to mention again her strip (now complete) "narbonic", featuring the heroine who's a second-generation mad scientist, at http://www.narbonic.com (now in "director's cut" reruns, back issues on line).

yay, i'm so glad you were there and that you asked and everything! it's the cons that make the con crud worth the trouble :)