Travel Plans

[cathschaffstump]

So, I've been thinking about 2012.

I already know where I'll be traveling for the first part of the year, and what my conventions will be through July 4. You can see those plans on the page where I list such things. Notice that with the exception of TESOL (where I have to be sniff Dr. Catherine), these are fairly local. I am hoping to hook up with my travel buddy Catrina while I'm in Philly, so we can have a brunost and strawberry cider reunion.

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Once school cranks up, I'll be soliciting professional development for funds to go to Taos Toolbox next year. My usual budget, which faculty get every two years, will cover the early registration cost. I'll have to cover food and airfare, but that would substantially reduce my expenses, so I'd take it. Nancy Kress is now a personal hero, and I'd like to study with her.

I wonder if any writers I know will be applying for Taos, or are thinking about it.

In a couple more years, I'll try to use my professional development to study in Lawrence, Kansas, to study with Kij Johnson if I can.

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And then there's the fall of 2012. I will of course have Icon, my local. I am thinking seriously of Worldcon in Chicago. Since it's local, and I'm due for a local convention from the department during the 2012-2013 school year, I'll see if this can be the one. I've never been to a World Con before. I'll be interested to see what it's like, and I understand it'll be a great place to hook up with some of you.

Of course, Reno is this weekend, so many of you who would be going are gone, and you won't see this until later. Yeah, that was a good sentence. I wonder who will be going.

Well, I'd better get in some real writing. It's fun to speculate, but it's also waxing the cat.

How about you? What are your conventions this year and next?

Cath

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