I almost did not go out to the room parties last night. I am very glad that I did. I was reminded again that the best thing about conventions is the interesting people that I have the chance to talk to. The conversations were constantly losing and gaining people because that is the nature of party conversation, but we had fun. There were two particularly heartwarming moments. Lee Modesitt took the time to grab a Locus photographer and as her to photograph us with him. He then made sure she had our card with contact info. It was wonderful of him to take the time. It was lovely meeting his wife as well. The other heartwarming moment was when Jay Lake grabbed us in the hall and said wonderful things about Schlock Mercenary. Got to go.