What I did on my April Vacation (@inventrix)

So! In talking to @inventrix today, I realized I hadn’t told you guys yet about our AWESOME vacation last week.

So! Monday afternoon, T & I drove up to Troy-Albany-etc., where E.Mc & Kris have a lovely no-longer-pink house. E.Mc & Kris are just about our best friends in the world, but they live 3-1/2 hours away, so seeing them is always a bit of an arrangement. And a treat!

This visit had an ulterior motive, other than the shopping (I came home with a new desk and a new desk chair) and the birthday presents (They got us a Soda Stream! And I have a real pan to cook roux in now! And lots of other awesome things!) and the delicious food (so much food so much food) and the awesome company…

…Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch were doing a reading and signing nearby.

Elizabeth Bear is one of my top 3 favorite authors ever, and Terry Pratchett and Jim Butcher are less likely to stop by upstate NY. So this is, like, one of the most awesome things ever for me. Somehow (mostly due to pure panic), I managed not to act like a stupid fangirl. Mostly.

They both read a lengthy piece, Lynch from his upcoming third book in his (awesome) Locke Lamora series, which made me borrow the first one from E.Mc because wow, and Bear read a short story from the same ‘verse as her new novel Range of Ghosts.

Then we got books signed. And I, uh, told a famous author I wanted to be her when I grew up (I’d better hurry; she’s 5 years older than I am and has published 12 novels in 10 years. O_O) She either recognized me from LJ or pretended very well. (eee)

And then I went and hid in the back for a while because eeee. Um. Still working on this networking thing. But Eee. Um. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Also? I finished The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, and you should totally read it. And then everything by Elizabeth Bear. Go, do that. I’ll wait.

http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Locke-Lamora-Scott-Lynch/dp/0553804677
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Elizabeth+Bear

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0 thoughts on “What I did on my April Vacation (@inventrix)

  1. Woo! That sounds like and awesome time. And roux! One day I will make roux without panicking that I’m messing it up. Or completely misjudging things and ending up with enough to thicken twenty gallons of gravy. :p One of my Grandma memories is of her, on a day my sister and I (read, “I”) messed up the dinner our mother left for us to reheat, so we went to her place and she made beef and potatoes and showed me how to make roux for the first time. And signed book! Eee! (There’s always a bit of an, “Eee! Must! Not! Act like! Crazy! Fan! Boy!” running in my head when I’m recognized as a repeat attendee by authors and artists at the local cons (followed by, “Must stop! Think! -ing! In Shat! Nerese!”)

    • …I should go to cons, that would rock my world… Oh, that’s a beautiful memory! Roux is one thing that I make better than T.

  2. Yay! Signed books are so fun and special. I love meeting authors, and am somewhat better at not fangirling… It is HARD!

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