hitting nine worlds

It’s Nine Worlds time again! And I’m doing some fascinating panels. So, if you’re there on Friday or Saturday, do come along to:   FRIDAY   World-building: No One Sells Happy Life Day Cards Bouzy, 10:00am – 11:00am (Living Words) Tracks: Living Words Edward Cox, Al Robertson, Stephanie Saulter, Chris Wooding, Genevieve Cogman, James BarclayContinue reading “hitting nine worlds”

a weekend at nine worlds

Much excitement as I’m doing a panel and reading at Nine Worlds next week, plus a Google Hangout and some Courtly Fantasising beforehand. So, on the Thursday 6th August at 3pm I’ll be doing the hangout with Alex Lamb, Aliette de Bodard and Anna Caltabiano – I’ll post a link when I have it. ThenContinue reading “a weekend at nine worlds”

talking & reading at eastercon

Much excitement at Allumination Towers as the programme for Dysprosium, this year’s Eastercon, has been released! I’m doing a very exciting panel and a reading with the mighty Ed Cox. Here are the details of each: Watching the Detectives Private dicks, gumshoes,shamuses, pinkertons, consulting detectives – we love them all but aren’t they even betterContinue reading “talking & reading at eastercon”

Eastercon 2009 – few panels, much chat, all good

The journey up Well, H and I drove up on the Friday, and got very bogged down indeed in traffic. Hey ho, it comes with the Bank Holiday territory. On the plus side, we mastered a new technique for comfortable eating in overcrowded roadside restaurants – just cross to the other side of the motorway!Continue reading “Eastercon 2009 – few panels, much chat, all good”

Science, the future and my Luddite superpowers

Well, it’s been a frustrating time for me technologically over the last week or so; I seem to have developed some kind of weird anti-modernity super power. On return from America, I discovered that my boiler had stopped working; a plumber came and ‘repaired’ it last Friday, but it’s still not going. Last Thursday, myContinue reading “Science, the future and my Luddite superpowers”