Shore-Leave 45 is just a few days away, running July 11-13, 2025. David Mack, Dayton Ward, and Christopher Bennett have posted their schedules on their sites. I’m going to be heading there myself, this time I’m bringing my wife, who’s going to be acting as my intern and emotional support human.

If you remember last year, I did a series of fun interviews with authors that gave me a solid plan on how to experience the show.  Now that I’m experienced at it, I didn’t need to talk to them about that, but it would have still been nice if I had the presence of mind to set up the interviews again this year.  The combination of me starting a new mentally heavy job as a project manager and the death of the Shore-Leave coordinator meant that I didn’t even have it in my mind.  Luckily my intern was on top of her assignments and has procured hotel, cars, and flights!