Off to LCC
Left Coast Crime is my favorite conference. Sure I like
Bouchercon. It’s the biggest and most exciting. Malice is elegant and friendly.
Thrillerfest is …well, it’s New York. I hope to get to Killer Nashville one
day. I hear that I will love it. And there are plenty of other small
conferences that appeal in various ways.
So why is LCC my fave? First, it’s in my backyard. So to
speak. That means it’s west of the Rockies—including Hawaii. The second is
related to the first. Because it’s on the west coast, it includes a lot of
people I know—not just Facebook friends, but face to face friends.
So tomorrow I’ll be on the plane to Phoenix and looking
forward to seeing writing friends who are something like family—friends I may
only see once a year, but who know what my daily world is like.
I also have a personal warm feeling about LCC because it
sponsored the first award I was ever nominated for. The fact that my
co-nominees were Sue Grafton, Tim Hallinan, Darryl James, and William Kent
Krueger made it ultra-special. I’ll always have that memory. And it will always
be associated with LCC.
Here are a few photos:
Tomorrow morning! I can hardly wait.
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