I’m pleased to say Octocon went really, really well, and we had a great time. I’ll probably do a more detailed report later in the week (we’re knackered tonight), but the organization was good, the scheduling was solid, the guests of honor were charming, and I think a good time was had by all. We’ll be going back next year!
*boggle*!
I came downstairs this morning and Ted said, “Guess who just won the Nobel Peace Prize?” I stood there for a moment, genuinely trying to imagine who might have–Clinton? Nah.–and said, “I have no idea.” Ted said, “Obama!” I tell you what, I coulda stood there all day guessing and I never would have gotten it. I’m hornswoggled! In other news, this morning I thought, hey, I’ll wear my sassy glasses this weekend, they’ll be cute with this haircut! So I put them on and took a look at myself…
Octocon, Redux
The dust-up betwixt Octocon and Pádraig has come to a satisfactory conclusion by both parties’ account: they have released a joint statement burying the hatchet. Which is really awfully good news, I think.
X down, Y to go
The werewolf short story and the dragon short story are, pending minor revisions, done. I will not be signing on for any more anthologies for the next 12 months, because I have to in some way prevent myself from overworking, and categorically saying no is about the only way I can think to do that. Nor will I–with the exception of a couple pre-arranged exceptions–be reading any books for possible blurbs until at least next May. Heard back from my agent about the third possible book in the TRUTHSEEKER series,…
Octocon 2009: Pádraigfail
Yesterday our friend /Pádraig got an email from Octocon, the oldest Irish SF/F convention, disinviting him from the con. Banning him, more accurately, for “your behaviour at the convention some time ago and your online behaviour earlier this year.” The entirety of their letter can be found here at Pádraig’s blog, where he confesses to not having a clue what his bad behavior “some time ago” was. Further discussion over on Cheryl Morgan‘s blog (where a PR disaster is unfolding) seems to suggest that the spate of bad behavior was…