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I mailed off my open call packet/entry today. I have to say that although I am mostly relieved, there is also quite a bit of panic in there as well. The packet isn't due until March 1st, and my plan is that by submitting it early it might avoid getting buried in the avalanche of submissions that come in right at the end. But having sent it in early, I wonder if I shouldn't have spent more time on it. That's the most rational of my fears; my other fears revolve around forgetting to include something or overlooking something simple or (and this is my favorite) reversing the addresses on my SASE. Still, like I said, it's a relief to have that done.

In other news, my son has been sick. It all started a week ago when all of my kids were sick, but unlike the rest of them who've recovered, he just keeps showing symptoms, and the interesting thing is that they're always different symptoms. One day he'll be vomiting, the next day he'll be coughing, the day after that he'll have a fever, but nothing else. We're finally going to get him into the doctor tonight and see what the problem is. It is annoying, because I pride myself on having some idea of what's wrong with my kids before we take them in, but this time I'm at a loss.

Finally, we have an interesting/humorous story from the world of role-playing. Mongoose Publishing bought the rights to publish a Conan the Barbarian RPG. They just released another book in that series and it turns out that the map they used was copied from the Wizards of the Coast website by the cartographer. It's more germane than that, because even though as far as I can tell no name has been mentioned, I'm pretty sure I know who did it. One can only imagine how desperate you would have to be to submit someone else's work in that fashion. What's particularly boggling is how they thought they'd get away with it. Amazing...

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