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In less than 24 hours, I'll be on a plane to Wiscon. I still need to do another load of laundry, I think, and pack, and select plane books. Right now I'm leaning heavily toward not taking my laptop, though I might succumb at the last minute. I'm probably succumbing right now. Darnit. It's heavy and a nuisance going through security and generally unwieldy, but how can I go 4 days without communicating to the outside world?

Shirts! I need shirts! Is it still warm in Madison?

I hope this con shakes loose a few short stories, because I am going to go crazy if I don't get something new written soon. My goal of 9 new stories this year is fast falling by the wayside.

And, because your f-list needed this one more time, the list of the twenty worst literary agents, via Absolute Write. The kerfluffle regarding Absolute Write and Lousy Agent #4 is chronicled here . I think the moral is, don't use web hosting from a PA author.

Barbara Bauer should really look for a new line of work. Possibly Nigerian bank spam, or posing as an invalid on a street corner somewhere.

The 20 Worst Agents
*The Abacus Group Literary Agency

*Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to "book doctor" Victor West of Pacific Literary Services)

*Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.)

*BARBARA BAUER LITERARY AGENCY

*Benedict & Associates (also d/b/a B.A. Literary Agency)

*Sherwood Broome, Inc.

*Desert Rose Literary Agency

*Arthur Fleming Associates

*Finesse Literary Agency (Karen Carr)

*Brock Gannon Literary Agency

*Harris Literary Agency

*The Literary Agency Group, which includes the following:
- Children's Literary Agency
- Christian Literary Agency
- New York Literary Agency
- Poets Literary Agency
- The Screenplay Agency
- Stylus Literary Agency (formerly ST Literary Agency)
- Writers Literary & Publishing Services Company (the editing arm of the above-mentioned agencies)

*Martin-McLean Literary Associates

*Mocknick Productions Literary Agency, Inc.

*B.K. Nelson, Inc.

*The Robins Agency (Cris Robins)

*Michele Rooney Literary Agency (also d/b/a Creative Literary Agency and Simply Nonfiction)

*Southeast Literary Agency

*Mark Sullivan Associates

*West Coast Literary Associates (also d/b/a California Literary Services)

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College students are like stray cats. Once they know you'll feed them--or in this case, give them jobs--, they bring all their friends.