Melissa and I just got home. We’ve unloaded the car, but we haven’t really unpacked. That might be a task put off to tomorrow.

What can I say about the final day of Baycon?

I had such a good time the whole weekend. I attended my final panel, “The Greatest Writing Advice I’ve Ever Received” and it may have been the best panel I’ve ever been a part of. It was certainly the most attended.

After that, I spent most of the time in the dealer room, and I wasn’t at the Water Dragon table nearly as much as I was at the Small Publishing in a Big Universe podcast table. I got to interview several people for the podcast. While I was there, a few people I met last night came buy with freshly purchased books and had me sign them. That’s never going to get old.

All good things must come to an end, though. I attended the closing ceremonies, then Melissa and I helped put away all the Water Dragon stuff and pack it to the car. Once that was done, all of the Water Dragon folk (me included) went to the patio outside the bar and had one more drink before hitting the road. We had a great visit.

It got late while we were driving home, and we wound up seeing more fireworks than I expected. At several points on the freeway, the skies surrounding us were on fire. Traffic was a bit thick when we dropped of Mike at his place, but we didn’t have a problem getting back on the freeway, and we continued to drive beneath multicolored sparks and light blossoms.

Honestly, after the weekend I just experienced, it felt like the whole world was celebrating with me.

We’re home, now. Tomorrow, it’s back to the usual routine. It’s not quite 11PM, and it sounds like the pyromaniac neighbors might be starting to wind down, too. Maybe they heard the news about the house fire just a few blocks away. Unlikely, but it’s a possibility. I turned on all the sprinklers just in case our luck turned bad tonight.

I feel inspired, and I’m looking forward to my next opportunity to write. I haven’t felt this excited to get back to writing in a long time.

This was a good trip.