So I got my laptop back and I probably should have been emailing people all through this weekend – busy busy, I went to C4Lit Fest instead and played with the puppy. As much as you’ve probably heard wailing and gnashing of teeth over Winnipeg’s weather, a good thing my hometown has going for it is that it does love its arts, be it theatre or music or the written word.

Winnipeg is home to an International Writer’s Festival, a huge Comic Convention, and I’m meeting up with my publisher next mont...