Usually, my weekends are not that much different from my weekdays—it’s work, work, work, whether on SCI FI Wire, or my own writing, or the house and yard. After all, it’s almost time to start putting another batch of daffodils in the ground!

About half the months of the year, I’m off to a convention of some kind. During July, I’m usually off to two—Readercon and the San Diego Comic-Con. But it just occurred to me that I’ll be breaking some sort of record with October, because I’m scheduled to be making peregrinations four of the month’s five weekends!

The second weekend in October, I’ll be going to Edgar Allan Poe’s funeral. As much as I like hearing Ellen Datlow speak, I have to admit that I’m most looking forward to discovering what Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, and Alexander Dumas have to say.

The third weekend in October, I’ll be attending Capclave in Rockville, Maryland.

The fourth weekend in October, I’ll be accompanying Irene to the New Jersey Romance Writers Conference. I won’t be attending the actual con, but I’ll use the weekend to have another reunion with editors from my high-school newspaper. Plus, once Irene’s done with her con, we’ll be taking Marie Severin out to lunch.

And the fifth weekend in October, I’ll be heading off to San Jose for this year’s World Fantasy Convention.

Too bad there’s nothing going on the first weekend in October, or else I’d have a Grand Slam!

Let me know whether I can expect to see any of you at any of these events.