She's exhausted from finally finishing the second half of next year's release. She was on the down low. That we saw her at all, just before Peter Straub & Co. took her away, was probably a miracle.

And can the fan girl in me just squee that I can run into Connie Willis and she knows who I am? I mean sincerely. The me from five years ago would have busted a gut. The me from two years ago would have had a complete coronary.

And the me from two years ago would have just died to know that I've ended up with such awesome sci-fi geek writer friends.