I hope to do an actual P-Con writeup tomorrow, but for the moment I just want to say it was a lovely weekend, and that every time I come away from one of the conventions here I find myself saying, “I really do like,” where the name that follows the phrase could be any one of dozens of people. I’m very glad to have become a part of the Irish SF/F convention scene, and inevitably wish I had more time to spend with everybody who attends.
experiments in pincurls
We are experimenting in pincurls. Wednesday night Mom dry-pincurled my hair and I slept in the pins, then took them out. The curls remained for about three hours and then I went outside and they disappeared, fwoomp. So this morning I wet-pincurled it and spent some patient time with the hairdryer and after several hours took them out: Then I brushed them and pinned them back, achieving what my mother, who Knows These Things, feels will be very suitable pinup girl bhair fbor btomorrow. Assumn bing, of course (young indiana…
World Book Day
(meme nicked from ) The books I am reading: JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS by Simon Garfield, SHADOW GATE by Kate Elliott/ The book I am writing: RAVEN CALLS by CE Murphy, YEAR OF MIRACLES & OTHER STORIES OF THE OLD RACES by CE Murphy, ALPHABET ADVENTURES by CE Murphy, BOOK ONE OF THE ILLIALIAD by name yet to be determined, LEGION: BOOK ONE by CE Murphy & Sarah Palmero/ The book I love most: TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay The last book I received as a gift:…
winners for postage-paid SPIRIT DANCES
mizkit.com: lisa who commented about the velvet dress, andrew armstrong, and rachel who hoped she wasn’t too late. :) mizkit.livejournal.com: rachie203 pers1stence cyranocyrano steelneko agrimony sabrewolfx27 please email me your snailmail addresses (even if you think i have it) to cemurphyauthor AT gmail DOT com, and please paypal $7 USD to open AT mizkit DOT com. also, unless you are 110% certain i know who you are in real life, please include your lj username/the name you used at my blog for the winning entry. i have failed to get…