Lee and Tod Goldberg Are Coming to a Bookstore Near You
Well, near me anyway. The plan as I see it is this: even though Mariyln Vos Savant is in town that week, I plan to be at the Mystery Book Store in Seattle at noon sharp for a Lee and Tod Goldberg extravaganza. Later the fellas will be at U Village for a Three O’ Clock. Students get free admission! No, wait, they don’t buy books, just textbooks. Still, that’s forty five thousand students blowing off class.
While Ms. Vos Savant’s schedule is still fluid, and a Fifth Avenue parade was scotched by the City Council, her fans can only hold their breath in anticipation. In her honor, the Washington State ferry system announced winter rates effective today. It’ll be three dollars cheaper to go to Bainbridge Island although fewer boats will service Port Townsend. The waves will be bigger, though, and the wind in your hair makes the experience all the more memorable. Sometimes a floating bridge will sink.
Karen Junker of Scarletmuse and Writers Weekend is holding a conference Nov.12, 2005, in Bellevue, Wa. Anna Genoese from TOR will be on hand and there are openings, seven openings as of yesterday. I’ve met Anna Genoese, to shake hands with, and she’s a nice, approachable editor who likes fantasy and what I call sci-fi. If I were writing fantasy I’d be very tempted to attend the conference myself, despite a possible Vos Savant conflict.