Our State Fair is Great State Fair

A few weeks ago I blogged about going to IA. Now is the time to discuss that trip in more detail. I was in Davenport IA to interview with Palmer College of Chiropractic for a job in their library. I had interviewed with them in February of this year and at that time they went with another candidate. That candidate left (he lived more than an hour away and was able to find work in his hometown instead) and Palmer recontacted me to see if I was still interested. I was. They flew me out to Davenport for a second time and I went through another round of interviews.

Last week they offered my the position and I accepted. The money is essentially the same that I make here in NJ, but that money goes a lot further in IA than it does in NJ. I'm also only a few hours drive from family rather than a plane trip (my wife's parents are in AZ, so that's still a plane trip) which will be nice, too. I'll be starting in February of next year, almost a full year after I first talked to them.

So what does this mean? Hopefully it doesn't mean anything to those of you who interact with me through this medium. Hopefully it doesn't impact any of the publishing I do (I can't see how it will, I can't be as busy as I am now, especially since I won't be doing a job search any more; those things are time-consuming!). Hopefully it means that I'll actually have some extra time for doing publishing stuff.

I'm coming into NY for the KGB reading in January, so I hope I can meet with some of you then. For the rest of you, we can look for each other at conventions.

Tags: Science Fiction, Electric Velocipede