One of the nice things about being invited to speak at science fiction and fantasy conventions is that I often get to meet writers and creators of books, comics, movies and TV series that I'm a big fan of myself.
Well, I've just came back from GamesFest (preceded before that by some heavy air-mile action for the day job, single-handedly trying to stave off the collapse of capitalism and the free market system - yep, I failed. Sorry. That slurping sound you can hear is all of our assets being flushed down the toilet).