It's all academic to me since I'm in Los Angeles, and paralyzed in a convalescent hospital to boot. But in the abstract, I highly support not missing a year, even if you have to move to another city to do it. If you have a good enough con, and it sounds like you know what you're doing, you should weather this change okay. Who knows; you may get enough support in Birmingham to want to stay there.
It's all academic to me since I'm in Los Angeles, and paralyzed in a convalescent hospital to boot. But in the abstract, I highly support not missing a year, even if you have to move to another city to do it. If you have a good enough con, and it sounds like you know what you're doing, you should weather this change okay. Who knows; you may get enough support in Birmingham to want to stay there.
Fred Patten