preparing for WorldCon as a writer

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Or, like Boston, where I live. Perhaps. I'll check it out next chance I get. However, I tend to avoid B&N like the plague, because I never seem to be able to walk out of there without spending $50.

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From what I hear, Boston isn't so much a 'big city' as it is a 'demented car-trap for insane motorists.'

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Um...

Well, that, too.

It's not nearly so big as Chicago or New York, but it's got a lot more green space than New York. Chicago has as much, but it's so big geographically that it's not as easy to get from one place to another on a bike. I figure, if I have to live in a big city, I may as well get to ride my bike down nice, green bike paths on which I sometimes have goose-target practice.

And I must say that I started liking Boston a lot more when I no longer had to drive in it.

Oh, and what I meant to say--We still have the bigger stores of a big city, so that's a nice perk.

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Okay, so now the question is on preparing for WorldCon as an *editor*. I'm going mainly to make publishing connections for editing, which I'm pretty comfortable with. What I'm wondering is, should I bring along copies of my resume, just in case? My contract at this job is up in November and I think I should be looking for something more in trade.

And it's almost official that I'm not going to be continuing with my master's program for now--the tuition reimbursement I thought I'd get hasn't been approved. I have taken 5 classes and have 4 left before getting the degree, and really don't think it's a good idea to get any more student loans. I couldn't work if I took enough hours to qualify for a student loan, and student loans don't pay for enough of my living expenses... It's just impossible to juggle mental health and the ability to eat when going to school full time on a student loan here in Boston.

So, how do I present my time in graduate school? I feel it's really helped me grow as a critical editor, to have these classes in lit crit and fantasy, etc. Do I put Simmons on my resume at all? Do I say I've decided to pursue other interests at this time?

Or do I just make all the connections I can and hope that sometime in the next 4 years I'll be able to afford a class a year, or quit my job and eat air for the next two semesters?