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 Iâm working on â one which Iâd been attempting to ensure would not need attention this week and weekend â 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 âcircumstances beyond my controlâ exactly describes the situationâĤ not that this makes me any happier.
Peter and I have always loved doing the writersâ workshop at DWCon, and it breaks us up that we wonât 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 seeingâĤ guys, weâll really miss hanging out with you. Have a great weekend, hug Terry for us, and weâll see you all in a couple of years (or in some cases, next year at the North American Discworld Convention).
