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How I sold my first novel
- beat 13y agoOh, it's you. I was going to go to Minicon in Minneapolis just to meet you, but you didn't make it shakes fist in impotent rage. I still recommend "Halting State" to all my programmer friends, and "Accelerando" to the paranoids. Thanks for the laughs. :)
- cstross 13y agoI had to cancel Minicon because my wife was diagnosed with cancer and needed major abdominal surgery around a month before the convention. (It was non-malignant, surgical intervention seems to have worked, and she's been cancer-free for two years since then: but it was not a good time. I don't normally cancel appearances once I've accepted them, but I hope you understand why that one was exceptional.) Hopefully I'll make it there another year.
- beat 13y agoOh yes, I remember the circumstances. :) Totally understand, and glad your wife is okay! Hopefully we'll see you at Minicon or somewhere else Minneapolis-ish someday.