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The usual pre-Worldcon madness is setting in while I’m still finishing work on this book… (Sigh.) Blogging at the end of the week may be more sporadic than usual, due to running into people and hugging them constantly, or less so, due to being surrounded by WiFi hotspots. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jim and Abby’s wedding went very well: they’re off in the Algarve somewhere now, toasting themselves. I have barely unpacked from this trip (and indeed I barely unpacked from the last one before leaving for the wedding in Glasgow): most things are just getting fired straight into a bigger suitcase. At least, since we’re flying straight from Dublin to Toronto, I don’t have to leave any bags unlocked… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The usual pre-Worldcon madness is setting in while I’m still finishing work on this book… (Sigh.) 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