We went to Rome last week, and while it was all incredible, the highlight was the day trip we took to Pompeii. That was bucket list stuff for me, and guys…I was not prepared. Pompeii is huge, and much less haunted than I imagined it would be. Even the visit to the plaster cast of one of the bodies wasn’t so much haunted as heartbreaking, and the city itself is so…it’s so well preserved that I think the state of preservation itself eradicates the hauntedness. What I could not get…
I was afforded the unexpected opportunity to go on a writing retreat in mid-May. It was a great success, but I have to start by telling you about the first time I went on this retreat, in 2019, which MIGHT have been the first year this retreat was held. That week, I wrote 41,000 words. Which is a lot. In fact, it’s enough that they said “we’re now going to use ‘murphy’ as our unit of measurement for this retreat forever,” which I thought they were joking about, except it…
THIS WAS A VERY BUSY DAY AND IT’S NOT EVEN MY BUSY DAY I managed to go to TWO panels today, which is two more than I usually manage in my entire convention weekend, so I’m very proud of myself. :) I went to the guest of honor interview with Nalo Hopkinson, which was tremendously entertaining, and then later went to a panel on writing aout climate change, upon which an Internet Friend was presenting. After that I got to talk to her for a bit, which was lovely, and…
I am in Helsinki for Worldcon! If I was a more organized person I’d have posted about this earlier, but, well, I’m not, so. I’m in Helsinki for Worldcon! I will be publically available for chatting at the following times: 1. The Dublin 2019 parties on Thursday & Saturday nights 2. From 2-3:30ish on Friday afternoon–informal kaffeesklatch type thing, the Dublin 2019 table will know where I am if you don’t see me in the seating area around there 3. The Hugos on Friday night 4. Any other time you…
A few weeks ago my friend Leah said her husband wasn’t much interested in seeing Wonder Woman, so she wasn’t likely to see it in the theatre, and Ted said “THIS WILL NOT DO” and checked to see how much plane tickets to Liverpool were and they were practically nothing so he sent me to Liverpool for a lark with Leah, and we went to Wonder Woman together! Knowing I had to get up wery wery early for my flight, I took a shower the night before and ended up…