My son fenced at nationals. He served as my advisor for the fencing scenes in Blade of Mad Vision. By luck, I snapped a photo as he scored a point. I had a great time watching him and fencers from all over the United States. I enjoyed the chaos and the community.
Can you judge a book from reading a single page? I moderated a fun panel at Minicon. The panelists were randomly given books with the covers concealed. They each took a turn reading page 117 from their mystery book. Then the panelists and the audience speculated what the book was about. We voted if we would read the rest of the book based on that single page. Amazingly, a few people (with great memories) could identify a couple of the titles from just those few words. Afterward I was curious to read page 117 of my own books.
Danith McPherson 