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AussieCon reminders
Sep. 1st, 2010 07:51 amIt was too hot to get much sleep last night. I mean, it never got below five degrees. How shocking is that? And today is Spring, so I may never sleep again. Lack of sleep has nothing to do with AussieCon...
I need to remind people that until after Rosh Hashanah, the best way (the only sure way) to contact me is by email.
I need to remind people that I don't have a mobile phone (which is a dratted nuisance right now) and that the best way to find me at AussieCon is to turn up to something I'm at and say "Gillian, never darken my doors again." Although you might want to greet me politely first. So many people forget to say 'hello' before they tell me to get lost. However were they brought up?
I need to remind people that I'm not carrying chocolate this Convention. Instead, I will have a limited supply of hairy lemons for people who are hungover, tired or otherwise under the weather. You don't need to know me to ask me for a hairy lemon, but you will need a glass of water to make it fizz so that you can drink it. I've tested them, and the zing lasts long enough to be raucous on two consecutive panels, even after a succession of late nights.
I need to remind people that I shall be carrying the Beast the whole of AussieCon. This was not planned, but I shall have it with me anyhow. This means that if you're working on anything with a Western Europe Medieval background, I may be able to be useful to you (although I'm also handy on some things to do with other periods - the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, for instance - and on many things foodhistoryish). The best places to ask me stuff are at the signing and at the kaffeeklatsche, but I'm amenable to chatting history and the building of cultures and societies over drinks. I don't need the Beast to be useful, to be honest, but it gives me confidence to know that I have the greatest ever (unpublished) writers' resource on the Middle Ages at my beck and call.
I need to remind people that I look much more confident than I am. Short and round and big glasses breathes the appearence of confidence. I'm probably scared of you until you come up and say "hi." So please come up and say "Hi." You don't need to want hairy lemons or information on Medieval cosmetics or toilets or the family recipe for medlar liqueur or to ask about the Rosstown sugar train. Tell me we need a drink or coffee. Make sure I don't get lost on the way to the bar.
I need to remind people that I lost some of my eyesight earlier in the year. Please don't assume I'm ignoring you. It's much more likely that you're standing in my blind spot.
I need to remind people that I donated a big jar of the medlar liqueur to the CSFG party.
Finally, I need to remind people that all my books will be available on the CSFG table in the dealers' room. Some of them may be available elsewhere (I don't know yet who has stocked them) but every single one will be on the CSFG table. One of them is in very limited supply.
I need to remind people that until after Rosh Hashanah, the best way (the only sure way) to contact me is by email.
I need to remind people that I don't have a mobile phone (which is a dratted nuisance right now) and that the best way to find me at AussieCon is to turn up to something I'm at and say "Gillian, never darken my doors again." Although you might want to greet me politely first. So many people forget to say 'hello' before they tell me to get lost. However were they brought up?
I need to remind people that I'm not carrying chocolate this Convention. Instead, I will have a limited supply of hairy lemons for people who are hungover, tired or otherwise under the weather. You don't need to know me to ask me for a hairy lemon, but you will need a glass of water to make it fizz so that you can drink it. I've tested them, and the zing lasts long enough to be raucous on two consecutive panels, even after a succession of late nights.
I need to remind people that I shall be carrying the Beast the whole of AussieCon. This was not planned, but I shall have it with me anyhow. This means that if you're working on anything with a Western Europe Medieval background, I may be able to be useful to you (although I'm also handy on some things to do with other periods - the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, for instance - and on many things foodhistoryish). The best places to ask me stuff are at the signing and at the kaffeeklatsche, but I'm amenable to chatting history and the building of cultures and societies over drinks. I don't need the Beast to be useful, to be honest, but it gives me confidence to know that I have the greatest ever (unpublished) writers' resource on the Middle Ages at my beck and call.
I need to remind people that I look much more confident than I am. Short and round and big glasses breathes the appearence of confidence. I'm probably scared of you until you come up and say "hi." So please come up and say "Hi." You don't need to want hairy lemons or information on Medieval cosmetics or toilets or the family recipe for medlar liqueur or to ask about the Rosstown sugar train. Tell me we need a drink or coffee. Make sure I don't get lost on the way to the bar.
I need to remind people that I lost some of my eyesight earlier in the year. Please don't assume I'm ignoring you. It's much more likely that you're standing in my blind spot.
I need to remind people that I donated a big jar of the medlar liqueur to the CSFG party.
Finally, I need to remind people that all my books will be available on the CSFG table in the dealers' room. Some of them may be available elsewhere (I don't know yet who has stocked them) but every single one will be on the CSFG table. One of them is in very limited supply.