Breakfast! or Codex and an English Muffin

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Sunday morning was a good morning. I ran outside and wandered about the block. There's usually a marathon on the Sunday of Wiscon, and today I let the crowd wash over me. I was in search of coffee. Of course the Starbucks was super busy, but I stood in line and got my coffee.

The woman at the counter asked me if I had anyone in the race. I pulled out Gunther (my son. He's in the Peace Corp in Fiji. He was also running a marathon. I use him like a gun when it seems that the easiest thing is to talk about the children I don't have. By the way, Gunther is very eligible. You'd like him. In many ways he takes after his father.)

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After the coffee, I went back to the hotel. And there, I met up with Codex people for the Codex breakfast.

Now, what is Codex? Well, if you're an offer who's been to one of the professional workshops (Viable Paradise, Clarion, Odyssey and the like), or you're an offer who's had one SFWA qualifying sale, you can get into Codex. It's a good place to meet and be supported by other writers. Membership requirements are right here.

There was a small table of us. Rachel and Mike showed up again. Margaret Ronald was there, even though she wasn't Codex. I met Ada and Anaea and Doug, most of whom I'd been seeing on and off throughout the convention.

But mostly, I talked to Mike and Ann Leckie. Mike was gracious through a lot of author talk. Ann and I had a lot to say. We line up a lot on author philosophy, paths to success, the composing process, all sorts of stuff. I appreciated that she was a good listener and a good conversationalist. Yup. Couldn't ask for much more out of breakfast.

While I'm here, I want to plug Ann's website GigaNotoSaurus, which specializes in the novella form. Ferrett's had a story here. There's some good reading.

And then, I moved on to some panels. Which I will do here, in virtual space, tomorrow.

Catherine

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