Very busy weekend. I chose to go to the SF Bay Area’s Galaxy Con over driving down to LA for Worldcon. I got to hang out with Marv Wolfman, Timothy Zahn, and Mike Grell, so it seems like a better choice. Below are Grell and me. He’s been on my YouTube channel for an interview, and we had a great discussion before.
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