I’ve made it this far. The flight from Chicago was easy. HPL and I are fine. Chicago itself was lovely. Had a fine time with Gary, Cecelia and Prozac. Next is the long trip to Sydney. Maybe more from there.

I seem to have won a World Fantasy Award. I was thrilled, delighted and gobsmacked. I was also less articulate than I could have been. Thank you to everyone.

I’m losing track of time, now, dear reader. Is it Sunday or Saturday? Was yesterday Friday or Saturday? I started out at breakfast with a meeting of the Board of the Locus Foundation – always a worthwhile thing – which took most of the morning. I then dealt with some scheduling issues, went to the dealer’s room, had lunch with Alisa and Fran, did a quick podcast, and then hit the bar before heading out to dinner with Alisa, Holly, Barry, Theo and Mette at a tapas restaurant, The Burgundy Room. We had a ball, then had the awesome icecream that had been suggested by Katie before heading back for the big signing evening. It was a zoo, but interesting too. Lots of people to talk to. Then the bar, much silliness with Gardner, Alisa and Fran before bed. More later.