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Sep 28, 2010 2 min

Parsec Acceptance Speech 2010

from Writing Excuses Hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

Brandon, Dan, and Howard accept their 2010 Parsec Award a bit late, and offer an apology for missing the ceremony. Our Sponsors:

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Ladies and gentlemen, geeks, nerds, and enablers, and of course our listeners: THANK YOU! Writing Excuses was named "Best Content Creation Podcast" by the Parsec Committee at the 2010 Parsec Awards at Dragon*Con. This is our second year in a row winning this particular award, and we're both honored and humbled. Not very much of that came out during this recording, in which we see why it's probably a GOOD thing that we weren't present to give an acceptance speech. Nevertheless, we're very sorry to have missed the awards, and we have a plan for next year that does NOT include letting our respective publishers, agents, and handlers drag us off-site during something we really should be attending. And speaking of attending... we will definitely be at WorldCon in Reno next August, and hope to also put in an appearance at Dragon*Con. By way of public service to our many Con-attending listeners, note that this Thursday, September 30th is the last day you can get your WorldCon membership for just $160. It goes up to $180 on October 1st. Our Sponsors:

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