(writing/cons/personal) What a weekend!

I love cons. I love going to them, because the interaction with all the writers, editors, artists and fans that congregate there really gets me fired up and ready to write again. RavenCon was a blast: I met some really fun people (madkestrel for one!), made some great contacts and decided to edit a new anthology for 2010.

I'm not the only one who finds cons stimulate ideas: davidbcoe did a great post on this over at Magical Words, which I highly recommend all writers read. (I recommend the blog in general, actually - it's a great resource.) As for me, I spent two hours in the Richmond Airport working on the plot summary for Velvet Box, which is coming along wonderfully. I should have the summary done by the end of the week, and quite possibly the outline as well, which means I can get cracking on the actual story. I'm still plugging away on Midsummerland as well - this weekend reminded me that no matter what else is happening, writing DOESN'T happen unless you set aside time to do it. I often joke that writing is my second full-time job: I need to start actually treating it like one.

This means I'll be online less - I love chatting with folks, but I need to concentrate on the writing, and that's hard to do in chat. So I won't be on as often - I need to wean myself away.

Onward and upward - I'm at work today but hopeful of VTO so I can sleep some more - cons are fun but EXHAUSTING!