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| Fantastical historian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire
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| Re: So... Eastercon? @UrsaMajor - the bit I skipped wasn't spoilerish, but it was from a different PoV and required more reader knowledge to make sense of, whereas I felt that "Mal meets the ambassador" needed little explanation! @Coragem - I strongly recommend finding a good writers' group. You can't judge your own work objectively, so you may be stressing unnecessarily and retreating into rewriting instead of getting on with the book. |
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| Believer in flawed heroes Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 459
| Re: So... Eastercon? Quote:
I believe Ian Sales was a founding member of Sheffield SFF Writers Group, just down the road from where I live and opposite the offices where my wife works … which apparently is the same place that Ian himself used to work. Small world. I've attended the group once, and Eastercon has made me more determined than ever to keep that up. I DO need help to make decisions about my current novel (e.g., have I overloaded the plot, pacing, etc.). Coragem. P.S., My copy of Alchemist of Souls arrived on Saturday (from Amazon) while I was at Eastercon. A very nicely produced edition, and looking forward to reading it. | |
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| Bearly Believable Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND:
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| Re: So... Eastercon? Even if we all used our Chrons usernames as badge names, J-WO, the chances are that we still wouldn't cross paths, not with so many parallel panels. However, I did know that I met nesacat, morpheus42, Ian Sales, Ian Whates, Anne Lyle and Giovanna Clairval (a member from many years ago), though I didn't usually announce who I was. (As I said above, I'm not the most gregarious of folk and besides, transiting between panels didn't leave much time; and I'm not a bar person**.) Given the rather hit-and-miss nature of my memory, I may have forgotten glimpsing other Chrons folk; sorry if I've omitted them from that list. (As as aside, I managed a whole two words - "Great chapters!" - as I passed GRRM on the steps leading up (or down) from the Atrium, some time after he read them out Friday noon.) ** - Someone, at least, may still have the picture they were taking at the NewCon launch, which would have included me holding a half-small-wine-glass of cider. Just as well I'm not teetotal but just tend not to drink alcohol. |
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| Unprolific Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 15
| Re: So... Eastercon? This was the first Eastercon I've missed in five years. Mainly due to the rubbish (as far as sales were concerned) gig last year and my wife's desire to have a family Easter this year. The Radison at Heathrow has always been good for Murky Depths though, but I enjoyed Bradford the other year. We're at Alt.Fiction this weekend so might catch some of you there. |
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