[Gary Wassner]

laurie d t mann is the person who keeps telling me that they are still finalizing the programming and she is unsure if they will have space for me. Unfortunately, it's not like I am driving there. I understand how difficult these things are to organize, and I am sure that they are all deluged with requests. The only thing that upsets me is that I contacted them so early about this and it's taking until now to respond. I feel like a kid in the schoolyard waiting in line to get picked for the football team and watching everyone on either side of me get called while I am still standing. But in this case, I play just as well as the others in the line. It's frustrating, that's all. I see them adding names to the list of attending authors, and though I am an author and i am attending, mine is still absent.

I attend World Fantasy every year and i moderate a panel at each convention, I am scheduled for a reading each year and they really do treat me nicely, not because i am anyone special, but because I get to them early and my panels have been successful so far.

I hate to whine, and I hate to be a pest, but scheduling this has really been a pain without knowing what I am doing. I hope you understand.

thanks.

gary