• 16:06 On the plane, heading for D.C. In theory, we are departing on time. #
• 17:39 I’ve arrived in D.C. and had a suprisingly good view of the capital and the Washington monument. #
• 17:46 The shuttle bus I’m on just had to back up to avoid being hit by a taxing plane. #
• 18:52 And now, I’m on the plane to leave D.C. Due in to NYC at 8:18. #
• 20:03 Safely in NYC. No delays. No wacky random meeting of editors. #
• 20:23 Just jumped into a conversation between a woman and her male co-worker who was berating her for her decision to have her tubes tied. Guy was an idiot #
• 21:40 At home in NYC. There is a moose head in my front hall. #

I made it home with no problems and no chance encounters with editors in transit. I would worry that my streak was broken, except I spent a week of this trip at the Codex Writers Workshop and Retreat with Ellen Datlow. Surely that maxed out my quota for the month.

I will do a full post, with photos of the retreat. It was an amazing experience and went surprisingly smoothly.

At the moment though, I’m going to pet the kitties and spend some time cuddling with my husband. The cats are getting first dibs simply because Rob is out at the moment.

Oh, and did I mention that there’s a moose head in my hallway?

After two fun-filled weeks of writer’s retreat and a medical emergency, I’m heading from one home back to the other. I’ll see Rob tonight and get to spend two days with him, before we begin a month of out of town trips, each of which has us poised to arrive back in NYC on the day that the other one departs.

See you in transit

Jon Armstrong continues his series of interviews with Campbell nominees on If You’re Just Joining Us

David Louis Edelman is a science fiction novelist, blogger, and web programmer. His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Novel and named Barnes & Noble’s Top SF Novel of 2006. His latest novel, MultiReal, was released by Pyr in Summer 2008. He is a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer for 2008. He spoke about super heroes, his dad, and foreign toilets, among other things.

Mom’s biscuits, fried apples & scrambled eggs.

The quiet here is different than in Iceland. There are a bajillion birds greeting the morning.