by Neil | Mar 27, 2008 | Eastercon, Neil Gaiman, Orbital 2008, Personal, Photography
One of the people in this picture is excited and the other has just seen the size of the queue. You work out which: The Friday Flash Fictioneers of the Apocalypse: Left to right: Gareth D Jones, Martin McGrath, Paul Graham Raven, Me, Gareth L Powell, Justin Pickard...by Neil | Mar 27, 2008 | Eastercon, Neil Gaiman, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction and Fantasy
So over at Nostalgia for the Future, Justin has an excellent write up of Eastercon and nicely distills China’s keynote. China was a bit of a revelation. A fascinatingly literate and erudite speaker; I spent a lot of the weekend coming out of his panels with a...by Neil | Mar 25, 2008 | Eastercon, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Writing
Tonight’s post was to be a round up of Eastercon. Of how I got to see fantastic Guest of honour spots from Neil Gaiman, China Miéville and Charles Stross. I’d planned to say some stuff about how big the con was, how interesting many of the panels were...by Neil | Mar 23, 2008 | Eastercon, Orbital 2008, Personal, Thoughts
Well, I’m about half way through my first con and I’ve realised there’s just not the scope for live blogging although twitter is worryingly addictive, as keeping an eye on the sidebar will reveal. Friday was pretty laid back. The panels were good...by Neil | Mar 20, 2008 | Eastercon, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts
Just a quick one. Time has gotten a little away from me in the last forty-eight hours. It happens. The heavy hinting over Tuesday’s activities was because one of my suppliers took me out to dinner at The Ivy. This will mean little to people outside of the UK but...by Neil | Mar 16, 2008 | Eastercon, Life, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Seemed like a good idea at the time, smart monkeys dumb animals, Thoughts
Yes, things are getting a little frantic. I’ve spent the weekend working on existing stories – including but not exclusively the Woodsman – and performing DIY. Both exercises have had varying degrees of success, leaving me questioning where the hell...