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I want some roles for Chloe Moretz and Anna Sophia Robb

I always liked the idea of Chloe Moretz for Molly. Of course that was when both Molly and Chloe were much younger but I still wouldn't complain if they cast her for the role.

At Phoenix Comicon, Jim stated that he had planned to finish Aeronaut's Windlass before the con but couldn't because one of his teeth exploded. He's very close though.

Thank you. That was the one panel that I really regretted missing. It was great.

I did not make the comedy panel. It did sound good.

I figured Jim would actually have more ideas, but he seemed slightly flummoxed by the question.

I think that he was getting too many questions from too many different angles, everything from comparing Buffy the Musical to Dr. Horrible's Sing a Long Blog to which three fictinal characters he'd like to spend time with (I totally nailed this one. I said, "Lara" just seconds before Jim gave the same answer.  If you asked him that one on one and he had time to think about it, I'm sure he would have more ideas.

I hope I didn't post this somewhere else already. My brain is still reeling from the con. I'm probably going back to day but I haven't decided for sure. I somehow overlooked the magic systems panel and missed it but I went to the Setting and Place in Urban Fantasy panel and laughed until I nearly cried. I don't know that I learned much about setting and place but Heather Brewer was hysterical and once she got warmed up Vicki Pettersson was funny as well. Jim was trying to stay quiet but Heather kept drawing him into the discussions and he had his usual humor. It was a lot of fun.

At the end, the authors were all asked where they were going next and they all replied that they were going to the drinks with authors event so my friend and I wandered over there. It was a blast. Jim was surrounded the whole night so I only got to speak with him briefly but he was charming as usual in spite of posing for dozens of pictures and being hemmed in until I'm surprised he could breathe. I got to speak with quite a few authors most of whom I've never read but all were very nice. It was a fantastic event. I even got another chance to talk briefly with Anne Sowards and Priscilla. Everyone was friendly. There are a couple of authors whose books I am going to have to try just because they were such incredibly nice people that I feel I should give their work a chance. Of course my brain was overheating and I usually thought about what I should have said or asked about ten minutes after I walked away from someone.

Now I'm trying to decide whether to go back today. I'm tired but I'll probably go. There are a couple of panels that look fun and my friend never got his copy of Skin Game signed so I might go to one of Jim's signings. I have a copy of Fool Moon that I wouldn't mind getting signed myself.

I closing in on 50 and this was my first con but I'm glad I went. I'll have to start planning to make this a yearly event.

OZ - you missed a helluva good time!

I figured as much. It's always nice to put faces with the names here on the board.