World Fantasy is now only a month away. I’m obviously very much looking forward to seeing California again (and especially to seeing Kevin), but there are lots of old friends I want to catch up with, and many new friends I want to make. One of the people I’m looking forward to meeting is Malinda Lo, whose debut novel Ash I am planning to buy. If you are interested to know why, check out this post on Nicola Griffith’s blog and listen to Malinda talk about imaging a world free of homophobia.