{"id":31946,"date":"2018-03-06T08:39:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=31946"},"modified":"2018-03-06T08:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T13:39:21","slug":"macro-monday-is-back-from-seattle-and-back-in-the-saddle-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2018\/03\/06\/macro-monday-is-back-from-seattle-and-back-in-the-saddle-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Monday Is Back From Seattle And Back In The Saddle Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before I begin my recap, I’ll post this picture — not a macro, as I couldn’t get close enough in the swamp, but I’ve found a number of ootheca egg cases around these parts lately. Seven in easy sight (this being one of them), which means that I expect a MIGHTY PROLIFERATION of PRAYING MANTISES this upcoming season. We had tons of them this last year; those saw-armed motherfuckers were everywhere. They’re wonderful and weird creatures, and I’m excited to one day soon be blanketed in hungry mantids! Literally! All over me!<\/p>\n

It’ll be like the SHAPE OF WATER. So romantic.<\/p>\n

Anyway!<\/p>\n

I have returned from Seattle<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Emerald City Comic Con — I went this year because I wanted to scout it out for a potential 2019 trip. (My big-ass book,\u00a0Wanderers<\/strong>, drops around that time next year.) I love comic cons as a writer, especially when it’s a con that has a strong leaning toward a robust literary track. And ECCC does the magic with tons of panels and signings and the writer’s block area — plus the sublime University Bookstore keeping everything running like clockwork.<\/p>\n

It was nice. It was chiller than most comic cons — not dead, not quiet, but you could move, you could breathe, you didn’t feel smothered by the sweaty press of encroaching pop culture fandom.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all who came out!<\/p>\n

You can find various pics on my Instagram feed<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Various good things happened.<\/p>\n

E.K. Johnson once again sneaked contraband Canadian chocolate to me. (Sorry, America, but your chocolate can go to hell.)<\/p>\n

Adam Rakunas and Dan Moren know the power of big pig teeth, and the seductive diarrhea stylings of Max Kiss.<\/p>\n

Sarah Gailey and I,\u00a0just by meeting<\/em>, will now take over the world, it’s just how it’s gotta be, and also it may feature money laundering.<\/p>\n

John Rogers made sure to let us know that 95% of what we see is an articulated hallucination curated by our own minds, so that’s oddly comforting.<\/p>\n

Annalee Newitz will lead you to excellent hamburgers which is the perfect way to wind down a con of this magnitude.<\/p>\n

I met Ricky Whittle (aka Shadow on American Gods<\/strong>) in the SyFy Green Room whilst there with Delilah S. Dawson and he is a pure beacon of sexy light. He’s super nice, and super hot, and my gods, give him all the money and the acting roles.<\/p>\n

Had a great signing at Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond, WA — a truly wonderful bookstore, like, chef-kissing-fingers good.<\/p>\n

I got my Piggy & Pug signed by Anne Wheaton — which we’ll pretend is for my six-year-old but don’t think I didn’t read it, too. Also managed a bonus Wil sighting, which is always a considerable pleasure.<\/p>\n

Myke Cole hunted a basilisk that was chasing Sam Sykes down a hotel hallway. He speared it with a fountain pen and then kicked its brains out of its head, it was really something.<\/p>\n

Seanan McGuire again reminded me that one day she will hunt me through the corn, but then she also invited me for tacos, which I now think was probably a ruse to hunt me in the corn.<\/p>\n

Ken Lowery let me know I’m a Spooky Boy.<\/p>\n

Chris Sebela stroked his beard at me.<\/p>\n

I won a trivia contest.<\/p>\n

Tee Franklin owned the shit out of that show, sold all her Bingo Love, but keeps on hustling, because that’s how she kicks ass.<\/p>\n

Thanks too to the Pride Squadron of Seattle for having me out and giving me a tour of the 501st setup there at the con.<\/p>\n

And, of course, I get to see some of my favoritest people in the world, some bonafide buddies like Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Jason Hough, Kace Alexander — people who both in and out of writing are awesome people doing awesome things.<\/p>\n

And I think that’s it. I’m quite sure I’m missing something or someone, which is not because I don’t love you, but because my brain is like a bucket of crabs struggling for dominance, it’s just madness and claws, man, madness and claws.<\/p>\n

Again, thanks for coming out.<\/p>\n

I signed a bunch of books. Life is good. I’m riding high.<\/p>\n

But I gotta get back to work, because the work abides.<\/p>\n

Here is one more macro — this one,\u00a0vanilla beans<\/em>, very, very close up, smeared on the tip of a small, sharp knife.<\/p>\n

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