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BOUCHERCON 2015: I WENT, I SAW, I HAD TO GO HOME

Just to follow up on a comment I made in the previous post: I did go to Bouchercon last week. I attended the speed dating event and two sessions. That’s it.

This is how it fell out. Wednesday I was experiencing an ominous tickle in the back of my throat (posterior oral pharynx for any anatomists out there). My husband was just beginning to recover from a bad virus I assume he’d gotten from one of his patients, and my only thought was uh-oh. But I started sucking on zinc lozenges, went to bed early and was on my way at 6 AM Thursday morning, determined to get through the speed dating. Washed my hands extensively. Turns out having to talk loudly to be heard over the general noise in the room for two hours really did my throat in, and by the time noon rolled around, something had snuck up and sucker punched me, so I pleaded for my room at the hotel so I could lie down. Nothing available until 4 PM I was told, so I attended another session, sitting way back in the room and leaning up against a wall. I took notes but can’t remember most of what transpired. At 3 PM, a room opened up, so I schlepped my bags to the room, fell on the bed and slept until 6. Ordered something to eat, went back to sleep and slept through the Sisters in Crime breakfast the following morning,

At that point, I realized I was good and truly sick, no point in even trying to make myself go to sessions and spread the evil virus, so I packed up and headed home.

Thus endeth my time at Bouchercon 2015.

Thanks to my friend Elizabeth Callwell for checking in on me and taking notes at various sessions to share.

My voice has still not returned, so I’m grateful for a keyboard. Can’t give this to my husband since that darned germ carrier’s already had it.

 

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Sue Vincent
9 years ago

Oh how awful! Hope you feel better soon… and make sure he keeps you supplied with tea 😉

Sue Vincent
9 years ago
Reply to  noelleg44

Ah… I have a similar problem with honey… used to love the stuff…

PorterGirl
9 years ago

I hope you are feeling better. I had a similar sounding niggle last week and it was quite dreadful. You have my every sympathy and I would make tea for you, if I could.

PorterGirl
9 years ago
Reply to  noelleg44

Coffee it it, then! And a little cake. To keep your strength up.

D. Wallace Peach
9 years ago

Oh, bummer. Sometimes the bod has just had enough and it makes sure you know it. Hope you feel better soon, Noelle.

Jemima Pett
Jemima Pett
9 years ago

So sorry you had such a rough time. My NYC friend has had a bug too. Don’t overdo things and get well soon <3

Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library

What an awful time to get sick! Hope your’e feeling better soon.

Linus K. Letting
9 years ago

Oh, get well soon.

Charlotte Hoather
9 years ago

I dread virus like this, hope you’re on the mend, I chew garlic cloves, drink loads of water, and sulk 😜

lucciagray
9 years ago

Hope you’re feeling better now, Noelle.💖 Does this mean book 3 is nearer than ever? I hope so💗🌹💖

lucciagray
9 years ago
Reply to  noelleg44

I’d love to take part on your cover reveal. Keep me posted. 🎆💖🌹💗

Ali Isaac
9 years ago

I’m sorry you’ve been so ill, Noelle… that sounds dreadful. Hope you’re feeling much better now. I must admit, though, I’m a bit confused; you have a husband, so why go speed dating???

Ali Isaac
9 years ago
Reply to  noelleg44

Well thats a novel idea! Pardon the pun! Lol! Sounds quite nerve-racking, too. But if I was a reader, I would just relish the idea of getting to meet the authors like that! If you werent so ill, Im sure you would have found it quite fun! But probably quite exhausting.

olganm
9 years ago

I’m sorry to hear you were unwell. It’s a very interesting idea I’d never heard off before, but then, we try to be novel…I hope you’re better now.

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