i came back in here after having lunch in the kitchen and i said to myself, "it's warm and it smells nice in here." what more could i want. it's so warm, in fact, that i've taken my jumper off. but now that it is off i'm wondering should i put it back on. i'll give it ten minutes and see. (edit ten minutes later - i put it back on.)
i had some other big news that i meant to say yesterday. warpcon was the weekend before last and diane duane and peter morwood were special guests. i may have mentioned diane duane on here before. i first read high wizardry when i was 10 or something and i loved it. it was the third book in a series so i went back and read the other 2. then on our world travels i picked up the rest of the series (to book 7) in a borders somewhere (malaysia, i think) and enjoyed them. i also loved her series about a group of cat wizards who guard the inter-dimensional portals in the new york subways. in fact, those books made me fall in love with new york without ever having been there.
so anyway. on saturday i went in to warpcon specifically to meet diane and ask her about getting published. i spoke to both her and peter and we could have chatted for hours (but i had to go). she had so much to say, from the use of a dictaphone and speech software (dragon) to peter showing me how he uses five different coloured pens for the five different novels he's writing at the moment. it was brilliant.
i love my new space. the sun shone in the window for the whole morning (it's clouded over a little now).
penelope_stone and liam are up on friday, just for the night. then they are off to scotland.
and we might be going to galway on saturday. that would be good. i like visiting catherine. thier house is very home-y.
I'll have to get them books on Amazon, I remember looking for them in Dublin, but couldn't find them. I hope this slight change of surroundings will give you a creative release, five coloured pens or not :) how are you keeping?
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ReplyDeletei had to figure out who this was for a second. i'm doing well. the chance in surrounding was more of a physical thing than a mental one. writing's going well, but now i am warm while i write :)
how are things with you? (not sure if livejournal will actually email you this reply...)
It didn't but luckily I was in the neighbourhood and had a peek if you replied ;). Yeah, sorry, changed my Google profile link, so more human. I'm quite good, coming back to Ireland soon, not quite sure of the date yet, but it will be in the foreseeable future. Can't wait tho. :)
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