It’s been real, and it’s been fun — but now I’m home, and so far behind on everything from internet friends lists to freelance work that it’s all I can do to pet the kitty, feed the fish, and unpack. Of course, none of this will prevent me from composing this quickie wrap-up.

This convention I mostly ran with the usual crowd, Kat Richardson, Richelle Mead, Mark Henry — as well as Bonus! Caitlin Kittredge, who has been out of town for the last few months (and we’re all quite happy she’s home). But I also got to catch up with Jennifer Brozek, who I hadn’t seen in awhile; and Jeremy Lassen, who was present for the Phillip K. Dick awards.

I was also lucky enough to meet a few new folks too. I finally got to pal around with The Man With All The Best Titles, Mario Acevedo; and I’ve known the lovely and talented Lisa Mantchev online for some time now, but Norwescon gave me the opportunity to squee over her wardrobe in person. Likewise, I’ve exchanged an email or two with the mighty Pat Rothfuss, but there’s nothing quite like crashing a hotel bar with him for a few hours. I swear, if you ever get a chance to hear this man talk, for heaven’s sake do it. He’s one of the most innately entertaining people I’ve ever met.

Anyway, if you’re interested, you can find a few photo highlights over at my Flickr page — including, but not limited to, our roommate Kat L. and her magnificent cleavage, Jay Lake menacing Ken Scholes, and John Picacio restraining Mario for an ass-whooping.

And … those are all the names I’ve got time to link right now, and I do hope I linked everyone correctly. Unpacking and backed-up freelancery await, and I need to change Howard’s tank like whoa; so I’m going to log off and get started. Have a great what’s-left-of-the-weekend, folks. I’ll try to be back with your regularly scheduled kitty pictures and whatnot tomorrow.