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 MiĆ©ville 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 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...by Neil | Mar 4, 2008 | Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Reading, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
Well, I just got done with the full rewrite of Chapter three. It’ll need to gestate for a few days before I go back and make sure I haven’t made a hash of it but it’s more or less done. And I think it may turn out to be chapters 3 and 4. We’ll...by Neil | Feb 24, 2008 | Art, Blog, House, Life, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, The Woodsman, Writing
It’s been a quiet weekend following last week’s frenetic pace, in between spending time with G, I’ve spent a fair bit of it working on The Woodsman. Chapter two has been tweaked and generally mucked about with until it resembles something a bit...