Stepped out with The Duchess to the SFWA Reception (the Mill & Swill, as I hear it’s known) in Manhattan last night. Joined there by the UberAgent, who introduced me around to some folks. I always feel so awkward at these things – it’s like when you’re introduced as a writer, folks want you to be witty and entertaining and possibly pants-wetting drunk. Or at least that’s what I always suspect. A lot of that may be my own issues, I’ll grant you, but I still feel like this happens over and over again:
UberAgent: This is Jeff Somers, author of The Electric Church.
Folks: Ooh, nice to meet you.
Me: Uh. . .yes. . .hi. . .Electric. . .Something. <Jeff’s pants fall down with a comical wilting sound>
Again, maybe my own issues here.
Also met some of my Corporate Masters. As Corporate Masters go, the folks at Orbit are Good People, which, translated, means they like an open bar as much as I do.
We didn’t stay too long, though; aside from my belief that a little Jeff in Public goes a long way, we were also exhausted from a weekend trip. The Mill & Swill is always fun, though, and I think we’ll make an effort to show up every year, if only so I can force the UberAgent to buy me an $11 Glenlivet.
I’m bringing my flask of Macallan’s next year.
Won’t work! I’ll drink all your booze AND make you buy me more! MUHAHAHAHA…aha…aha…cough, wheeze.
Hey Jeff,
It was good to see you, and chat for a quick minute before you made your daring escape. Too bad I didn’t get a chance to meet Janet and introduce myself. Maybe next time.