Last weekend was my first San Diego Comic-Con ever, my first authors' panel ever and my first occasion to talk about Dust in public ever. Many thanks to the organizers, all the other writers on the panel–Walter Greatshell, John Skipp and Ryan Mecum in particular–moderator Maryelizabeth Hart, everyone at Penguin/Ace and most of all everyone in the audience, you were incredibly enthusiastic and receptive to a brand-new author and despite the stage fright I had a wonderful time. It was also...