I have not been a regular correspondent here, dear blog, and it’s far from fair. The truth is, I’ve been at least temporarily seduced by Twitter. I’ve been microblogging there, chattering away about this and that, and only dropping in here rarely. I can’t promise that’ll change, but I would like it too.  Same for that Locus review project I’ve been ignoring.

So what, other than work, has been happening in my life? We’ll, we’re back at the time of the year where I spend a lot of time whining about taxes. I’m way behind on that, but I’m going to get it sorted. I’ve also had a bit of a health scare (which seems to be common in your mid-forties).  The immediate scare is gone, thankfully, and I have a test in a couple weeks to sign off with an all clear. We’ll see how that goes.

I’m also reading a bit more.  A week or so ago I received a copy of Kage Baker’s The Hotel Under the Sun from the good folk at Tachyon.  It’s a young adult/children’s book about a plucky young girl, a ghost and a one-eyed cook in a magical hotel that has risen from the distant sands of the Dunes. Not near the end yet, because I’ve been reading it aloud with Sophie. It is thoroughly charming, though. Then a couple days ago a copy of Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker fell through the post, via PNH & Liz.  It’s a rollicking steampunk advenure. I’m about a third of the way through it and loving it.

What else? I told you I’d be in Montreal for WorldCon. I’ll also be in Adelaide for the Australian NatCon in June (must tell the programming folk), and in Melbourne in August for their event. If you’re going to be there too, say hi!
That’s about it for now. I’ll try to do a ‘Books I’m Looking Forward to”, but that might be this weekend. Till then, watch the Tweets!