T Campbell's Blog

Trapped at Ubercon with Phil and his buddies, Lee Cherolis, Michelle Calka and Alishia Cameron. It's been an enjoyable con despite getting eighteen million tons of snow dumped onto us starting late Saturday and continuing into this afternoon. The roads should be passable by tomorrow and I should get home on Tuesday.

Ubercon has been earning a rep for treating its guests well-- which is quite a turnaround, because two conventions ago it had been earning a rep for treating its guests poorly, including some pretty high-profile webcartoonists. The turnaround, I should stress, is a really complete one. I have never been so well-fed away from home before.

The writing exercise was a partial success: it didn't really draw the curious spectators I was hoping for, but I learned I can write in public and write off the cuff when I have to. This turned out to be a Penny and Aggie piece that I wasn't expecting-- about getting snowed in, of all things. I'll discuss it with Gisele but probably refine it into a longer piece for late this year or next. We have some burning questions to resolve in that series, first...