Guest of Honor
Writer Guest of Honor:
Dave Freer
Dave Freer is a writer, but having read all of his books
you already knew that. When
asked for advice by new writers on how they should start writing Dave
says “Get a computer.” When pressed he’ll continue with “Get a
computer, spell checkers don’t work very well on clay tablets and the
postage on a manuscript like that can get out of hand.” Dave, who lives
in a very rural area has also remarked favorably upon driving around
Chicago with his friend and coauthor Eric Flint “It wasn’t nearly as
bad as being shot at in the South African Army.” he says.
Affectionately known as “Monkey” Dave is a cunning
linguist who is
fluent in several languages, three of them Englishes and greatly enjoys
watching Americans, Brits, and others divided by that common language
try and make sense of his rough drafts. Rumor has it he chips in on the
therapy for those of his first readers who catch the most typos.
When asked to be Guest of Honor for Lunacon he was of
course thrilled
and honored, after this not being bitten by the snakes under his wood
pile will seem pretty mundane. Speaking of mundanes he was promised he
could torture a few as GoH, please don’t tell him the ‘victims’ are
really con staff ok?
When not madly typing away at the behest of his adoring
fans,
exasperating agent, beloved, magnificent and forgiving wife he can be
found doing sedate things like rock climbing, skin diving for spiny
lobsters, and punning at friends. This is of course when freed of his
duties as Opener of Doors, Provider of Petting, and Deliverer of Food
by the various animals who share their house with Dave, his wife and
two sons.
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