The first anthology I've been invited to write for is available for preorder now and I couldn't be more excited. 12 to Midnight's Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas.Real fiction and everything!

You can read more about it here, including the bios of some of the other writers involved. David Wellington? Are you kidding me!? I'm having a fangirl moment. Shane Hensley might be one of the nicest guys on the internet. Remind me later to tell you what an idiot I am and how it involves that kind gentleman. Who doesn't love Deadlands? I'm not ashamed to see my name below any of the names included.

So go get your preoder out of the way. I'll be waiting right here.

Among a lot of other things going on this summer, it looks like I'm going to this writer's conference in June. I'm trying to collate some info on dos and don'ts for the first timer at this kind of event. (I want to get the most out of it.) If I get any good stuff, I'll post it here, practice it and tell you how it worked after the conference.

So, I put it you, internets. What do you know about this sort of event? Any personal thoughts, or short of that, good leads so'as I can school mah self?