I’m eagerly anticipating the 2008 Howard Days event in Cross Plains, Texas.  This year promises to be a great chance to meet new people, since it seems that several of the "old guard" won’t be making the journey.  That’s unfortunate in some ways, but it will help to facilitate discussions with new enthusiasts for the work of Robert E. Howard.

It sounds like several of the folks "met" online through discussion groups will be there to allow the connection of faces with names.  That’s a good thing too, since the voice over the aether and the internet persona is sometimes misleading.

The poetry reading event promises to be a great feature. 

Best of all, most of my journey this year will be funded by my travel fund for "educational conference" travel from my college

Cross Plains, here I come.  Hope to meet some of you folks there and, of course, see old friends.

Frank Coffman