I’ve been so busy since Ad Astra two weekends back that with this post I’m breaking one of my rules. What rule is that? I call it Edelman’s Schadenfreude Rule of Convention Reporting. Which means …

I consider it insufficient to wait until getting home to write up how much fun I’m having. All convention reporting must occur while that convention is actually occurring. It’s not enough that I have a wonderful time—YOU have to KNOW that I’m having a wonderful time and be miserable because you’re not there having a wonderful time, too. You’ve got to be agonizing, thinking, “If only I jumped on a plane RIGHT NOW, I could be at the con ALSO having a wonderful time! Why aren’t I?”

Then, and only then, can I be truly joyful. But—the day job has demands I can’t ignore, and so you’ve had to wait nine days for this particular piece of video.

Ad Astra paired up writers to share an hour, and on April 10, 2011, after I read my short story “The Only Wish Ever to Come True,” Matthew Johnson read “Holdfast.”

And here he is!

Unfortunately, I’ll be continuing to break Edelman’s Schadenfreude Rule of Convention Reporting in the coming weeks, because I still have a few more clips to share …