Rhapsodies

Well the first day of the Emerald City Comic Con is done and I’m still alive. Other than a few tiny panicky bits It was a good first day. The panicky bit included being my assistant being a little late. While it wasn’t any big the deal since I always like to get to these things early as i enjoy watching set up, it’s the best time to network but first day jitters make my imagination come up with every conceivable worst case scenarios and a few new ones as well. The second one was entirely my own fault. I had bought a soda at Bartel’s mainly to make change for the bus and I forgot a simple rule… don’t carry a bottle of soda in your jacket pocket. They have a tendency to explode when you open them. Fortunately I managed to contain the worst of it and got most of it on me and the floor and none on any product. Still it was a pain to clean up and left me sticky for the next half hour.

Other than that things started out well there was quite a decent crowd for a Friday and I sold one book (so I’ve already done as well as I did last year) and I got to talk with several colleagues most notably Clint Wolf the creator of Zombie Ranch.
I’m looking forward to the busiest day, Saturday. And to function properly i better get to bed. I found myself having a touch of post nasal drip and I’m trying to nip it in the bud.