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[ellen_datlow]

I'm in the home stretch of Lovecraft Unbound--setting the order, gathering up the last bios, and finishing the intro...Tomorrow I'm mailing out copies of the author contracts to my editor plus two reprints that I couldn't get electronic files of: the Michael Chabon and Joyce Carol Oates.

Made reservations for the Stoker Award weekend and Anticipation in Montreal via frequent flyer mileage--yayyyy... And bought my Stoker weekend ticket.

Picked up my taxes (owed some ugh) and will get some back (not enough to make up what I owe).

Attended the birthday party of a friend's lovely lady at a bar for a couple of hours then came home and found this lovely post by Matt Staggs summing up some recent happenings at
Enter the Octopus .

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[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

I remember watching episodes of The Naked City (hear my joints creak?).

That's a cute pic of you.

Last year I was planning on making the Stoker convention in L.A. this June, but it's not looking likely, now. Bummer.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Or maybe your parents let you stay up later than mine did ;-)

thanks.

I almost didn't think I'd make it--airfares have been too high and about a month ago when I checked, I didn't think my frequent flyer mileage would do it...

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

If I were to go I'd drive. It takes about four and a half hours from here to L.A. I should look into the cost, see if I can swing it. But I can't stand Los Angeles in the summer. Yuck. Not that it's any better here.

Actually, in some ways, it is better here in the summertime.

[(Anonymous)]

It's too bad Paul Di Filippo and I already did our Weegee story ("Sleep is Where You Find It"). He's one of my heroes...my very first email address was weegee@well.com. - MarcL

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I remember your Diane Arbus story--you really like those photogs :-)

I didn't know that.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I've just realized that I missed the last five or so pages of the Chabon story--and I wasted a lot of paper at the photocopy center because the pages of YBFH are so jampacked with text that it's hard to fit the whole page on one sheet. I am not a happy camper. Gotta go back and do the rest (or redo--I'll bet I threw the last pages away by accident at the shop)

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it was in F&SF years ago, then collected in Paul's Little Doors. The alternate title came to me too late: "The Human Head Cakebox Murders." Back when I was doing photo stories...Weegee, the Arbus and Giordano Bruno stories you ran in Omni, Secret Encyclopedia of Photography...that was fun.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Un no, it was in OMNI --I published it-"The Diane Arbus Suicide Portfolio." ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, I meant the Weegee story was in F&SF. Of course you published the Arbus (and Bruno's Shadow)!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry for the confusion ;-)

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Good luck with Lovecraft Unbound.

And yay to Matt for the photos.

[scottedelman.livejournal.com]

I wish I had that many frequent flier miles. I'm saving mine for next year's Worldcon, since I need to get two round-trip business class tickets to Australia! Won't be able to do that until September, though, since as I recall, you can only work 11 months in advance.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm saving up for that as well. I've got enough for one economy class now--perhaps by September I'll have enough for biz class.

[scottedelman.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to make sure I enough for both me and Irene, so I'll need a lot of miles.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Ooh, WorldCon! I really, really want to go to Anticipation. Trying to figure out how to make that work. :)

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Good luck. I'm relieved that I was able to get a flight via my mileage.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll hitchhike.

Kidding! :)