{"id":756,"date":"2011-05-17T23:40:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T03:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2011-05-17T23:40:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T03:40:52","slug":"nebula-awards-weekend-may-19-22-2011-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/nebula-awards-weekend-may-19-22-2011-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebula Awards Weekend &#8212; May 19-22, 2011 in Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend I&#8217;ll be at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/nebula-weekend\/\">Nebula Awards Weekend<\/a>.  I&#8217;m doing a workshop with Paul Haggerty on <em>Improving Your Website<\/em>.  I&#8217;ll also be volunteering here and there during the convention &#8212; starting with bag stuffing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting to get anxious about the workshop.  We&#8217;ve been working on putting the material together for weeks.  But, I&#8217;ve discovered after years of doing workshops that no matter how much you prepare someone or everyone will ask questions or need information that you never dreamed you&#8217;d need.  It&#8217;s been a blast putting this one together and I&#8217;ve learned a lot from looking at sites and discussing the pros and cons of each with Paul.  The upshot is that I need to update my website and blog.  (Guess what I&#8217;ll be doing after this weekend &#8212; kind of the shoemaker&#8217;s children syndrome.)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;m really looking forward to meeting lots of people and learning a lot.  If you&#8217;re going to be there, look me up I&#8217;m always up to making new friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend I&#8217;ll be at the Nebula Awards Weekend. I&#8217;m doing a workshop with Paul Haggerty on Improving Your Website. I&#8217;ll also be volunteering here and there during the convention &#8212; starting with bag stuffing on Thursday. I&#8217;m starting to get anxious about the workshop. We&#8217;ve been working on putting the material together for weeks. 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