Preparing for Epicon
Hubby and I decided we weren't going to fly anymore to far off places. Making all the plane changes, hurrying from here to there with loaded bags, rising three of four hours after going to bed to get to the airport on time, to say nothing of the cost had gotten to be too much for us old folks. Though we attended every single Epicon from the beginning, we skipped last year's in Williamsburg, Va for all the above reasons. For awhile this year's Epicon was going to be a cruise from the East Coast and I knew we wouldn't do that one. Then the venue changed--San Antonio would be the place. We loved San Antonio when we went there once before, but we stuck to our guns. That is until Lingering Spirit became a finalist for an Eppie. Now I've had other books that were finalists for an Eppie and I've never won. I know what those movie stars feel like at the Oscars. You can't help but be hopeful and then disappointed when your name isn't called. I didn't e...