The Mrs. and I are heading out for our flight to Denver, and what has become an annual pilgrimage to the yearly Starfest convention. It's basically a weekend full of SF, Fantasy, and Horror programming, featuring guests from movie, TV, and even a few writer folk like myself and Kevin. I'll have plenty of copies of The Genesis Protocol on hand. In addition to panels on the Strange New Worlds writing contest, we'll also be doing a preview of what's coming in the way of Trek books from Pocket for the rest of the year along with a peek into 2007.

Fellow Trek writer Christie Golden will also be there, as well as Carrie Vaughn, whose had a lot of short stories published and whose first novel, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, was released last fall. I just finished reading it the other night and enjoyed the heck out of it, if I do say so myself. I'll be checking out the sequel this summer, and I even ordered a copy of Weird Tales with one of Carrie's short stories featuring the character. Looking forward to meeting her along with all of our Denver friends -- those we know and those we've not yet met -- this weekend.

Maybe we'll see you there!