I doubt you remember, but I’ve posted some comments to previous posts on your blog, although I haven’t in a long time. I read your blog regularly however. I like your stuff. My original point of interest was learning you were originally from Merced. Since I grew up in Los Banos, as you might imagine, I spent a lot of time in Merced and, in fact, still have several friends there.

Anyway, I am writing to see if you could share some wisdom with a fellow Central Valleyean. Almost on a lark, I submitted an abstract for a paper to be presented at the September conference (Reason and…something) in Spain. Well, I received an e-mail from Connor Cunningham today telling me my abstract had been accepted. I thought, “cool.” But then it dawned on me that I have no idea what that means or what I do now. He sent a link for some form to fill out, but they want credit card info and such. Do I have to pay to submit something? I just don’t get it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-Darrell