Ubersteps
October 27, 2008 in Blogs
Several positive things were done over the weekend.
The big one, most of you know, is that I was again a guest at Ubercon XI. Of the many familiar faces I saw I will mention only C. J. Henderson, whose Teddy London series I have thoroughly enjoyed so far. No, the third is not yet back in print, but I did pick up a couple of things from him that were connected to some of the things I’ve already read. I’m adding these to my reading list, which is of course already quite substantial, but looking forward to them.
The fact that a few books were sold is encouraging; the fact that I rarely make a profit on conventions is on one level less important. A significant number of new players adventured in our worlds, and several are quite excited about it. I expect some will arrive on the forum here (and may have already done so). We also had a well-attended referee training session, and I’m looking forward to hearing about games being played elsewhere.
I returned to find a post waiting on the Corinthians study list. Of late my end-of-week postings have been comments–something less than reviews–on books I have read over the years, but I had posted early last week that I would not be posting one on Friday because of the convention. One of the list participants took advantage of my absence to post thoughts on my next book (he got an early release copy) Do You Trust Me?, and the comments were very favorable. (You can read them at this site, but it is a Yahoo!Groups posting and you probably have to log in to Yahoo to access it.) This is particularly encouraging, because I wanted to put some glowing quotations on the back of the book for its official release, and these will be ideal.
I am running late today, but that’s par for the course particularly after a working weekend away. Let’s see what I can do next.
–M. J. Young