2 good newses

1. Photographer Kyle Cassidy--who photographed Amanda Palmer dead, and people with guns, and writers' rooms--was at Worldcon photographing sci fi fantasy fans. And this happened:

At one point I looked up and a smiling woman handed me her model release and said "Hi, I'm Connie Willis." There was a long pause and I said "Hi. I'm a bit speechless." and after Connie Willis a lot more of the rich and famous swam through with the streams of fandom and I realized that one thing about f&sf which doesn't seem to be true of many other genres is that the authors, the best ones, every one, not only started out as fans but they still are.

I can't wait to see the photo! And all of them, cause I really like his work. (And he's a big cat lover, so I like his LJ too.)

2. After seeing the photo of me and my new BFF, my step-mother said we look like we're mother and daughter. I always knew Connie Willis was my long lost mother!! It explains EVERYthing. So exciting. ...The striking resemblance I supposedly bear to my so-called biological mother is quite the coincidence.

The Conquering Hero Returns

My husband is an Alpha Husband. Not only did he get the Connie Willis photo for me, today the hero returned from the last day of Worldcon with two Connie books.

One is Light Raid--an out of print book co-written with Cynthia Felice. I have one of their other co-written books (the only one in print), which I haven't even read --> you see, Willis writes her books slowly, so I keep Promised Land on hold for the day I get desperate. Now I will have two Willis reserves! Ha ha! Only I suspect I will get desperate soon, cause I'm in a Connie Mood and I can't wait for her new book in February.