Discworld convention: unhappily, a change of plans

[dianeduane]

I really hate to have to post this, but due to last-minute developments secondary to a current work commitment, Peter and I will not be able to attend the Discworld Convention in Birmingham this weekend.

We got a sense around midweek that a time-sensitive project I’m working on — one which I’d been attempting to ensure would not need attention this week and weekend — was indeed going to require that very thing. Despite numerous attempts to defuse this problem, over the course of today it became plain that there was no way I would be able to get the necessary work done in time while also on the road / away from home. The phrase “circumstances beyond my control” exactly describes the situation… not that this makes me any happier.

Peter and I have always loved doing the writers’ workshop at DWCon, and it breaks us up that we won’t be able to do it this year. (Additionally, I was really looking forward to my first visit in more than twenty years to the hotel where Peter and I fell in love.) We both want to apologize to the people we were looking forward to working with. 

As for the many friends we were seriously looking forward to seeing… guys, we’ll really miss hanging out with you. Have a great weekend, hug Terry for us, and we’ll see you all in a couple of years (or in some cases, next year at the North American Discworld Convention).

Tags: Diane+Duane, Peter+Morwood, Discworld+Convention, Birmingham, cancellation

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[trialia]

*sigh* Was my first ever DWcon. But after having been involved in painting a Feegle blue for two hours, being knocked to the floor and bruised by said Feegle in belly-dancing regalia, cleaning out Lady Kayla's supply of pixie sticks, singing Firefly filk and coming away with sixteen more books than I brought... (lol...) I'm going to start saving up for the next one as soon as my subscription uhm, oops, rent first, then subscription! - has been paid. (I'll need to; the Hilton may be a nice place, but it's rather expensive for me!)

It was such a shame the two of you couldn't be there. D: (Honestly, given this was my first con and it was finding out you were attending that swung it for me in the way of actually going, I did nearly end up in tears. I'd been looking forward to the writers' workshop VERY much, particularly given that I just finished a double-drabble fic written from Carmela's perspective) Sadly, such is the nature of work, and these things do sometimes get in the way of others... That, I think, is one reason I could never write for a living, even though it's like breathing to me. I might end up hating it if I ever got to see it as an obligation.

If it helps to cheer you up, I can tell you that Terry didn't get to bed until four on Monday morning as he claims to have been "surrounded by bosoms", so he wound up taking a nap on one of the hallway couches. *G* I don't know how you all have so much energy - I am using the last of mine for the night to write this, then I'm going to bed and probably won't be awake again for another 12 hours or more!