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Aug. 5th, 2011 04:40 pmI am full of news. And it's been too long since I've done a list, so I've decided not to report listlessly. The first two items are the sort of things that need to be reported all over the place, so if you are enthusiastic, please feel free to use my words, ideas, braincells. The rest, well, possibly not of general interest. Just possibly. Except for numbers 11 and 12, which I can't encourage you to report everywhere because it would be seriously self-serving to do so. Also, if I earn enough money then I might have to put in a proposal for ICFA and visit my US publisher.
1. Bob Kuhn, who is a wonderful voice actor and a generous soul, has offered to do readings of Australian authors at Renovation in a few days time. Despite me being in transit in exotic places when he made the offer, he has managed to fit me into his Sunday reading. I'm so excited! if any of you get there, I would love a report back. (For anyone at the June BSFA meeting, it's the same segment I read then, only he reads *much* better than I do.) It's a really interesting range of Australian writers and the sessions should be awesome.
2. I keep forgetting to remind people (while we're on the subject of conventions) that Conflux banquet tickets are open to anyone. You do not have to be attending Conflux to go to the banquet. You do, however, have to book in advance. The sooner the better, from my point of view (and probably the chef's). Also, there's *heaps* of parking at the Hellenic Club and the bus interchange is nearby. (Also, the draft Conflux program is up and worth a squiz.) If you need links, hoy me in the comments and I will cease to be lazy and find them for you.
3. My Estivales wineglass made it safely from France.
4. I have seen the doctor and she was very impressed with my leg. Not too impressed with my jetlag (which refused to listen to me) and I have tablets. I'm also up to another round of bloodtests, it seems.
5. When I make bad jokes to random Australians, they make bad jokes back. Unlike the French, who sometimes eyed me nervously and backed away gently.
6. I read 2 1/2 books while waiting for the doctor. I now know exactly why there was a deficit in information about governance at Saint-Guilhem. I have no idea if there was a permanent armed force there, but I know who held the key to the various towers. The tourist information people at Saint-Guilhem had a reproduction of the 1907 publication that tells me this. All I would have done if I had spent that day in the archives was reinvent the wheel. Also (even better news) my theory about the fortifications turned out to be 100% correct. When on earth did I learn to interpret ruined walls?
7. Tonight I will have paid back all monies owing. I intend to celebrate this by seeing either Captain America or the last Harry Potter, over the weekend. I could have seen them dubbed into French, of course, in Montpellier, but I thought I would wait until I could actually hear the dulcet tones of the original actors. Anyone who is interested in joining me is entirely welcome (and gets to choose the session - if it's not at Woden, they also get to provide transport).
8. People keep posting me review books. The post office keep making jokes about it. And I forgot to send the post office their postcard. I got an aggrieved look for this, and rightfully so.
9. My freezer and cupboards are now fully stocked. My brain, alas, is not.
10. Open question thread on the other post is until Sunday. If no-one actually wants to ask questions then I might not have another one for ages and ages, since obviously they're not needed any more.
11. I'm teaching punctuation and etc in Sydney at the Writers' Centre very, very soon.
12. I'm teaching a seriously cool new course on Tuesday evenings at the ANU, starting Tuesday week. It's all about magic and myth in Europe over a rather hefty chunk of its history. All the fun stuff. None of the boring stuff. Lots and lots of stories and their contexts. Some cool new photos from my recent trip, if I need them to illustrate things. If there aren't enough enrolments by this Tuesday, however, it will be cancelled (standard ANU policy - I just thought I'd mention it this time, since I haven't given anyone much warning ie you might want to book in a great hurry.)
13. French streets and other places that harbour numbers still often skip the number 13. This is why, for you, I have that number here today.
14. And that's it!
1. Bob Kuhn, who is a wonderful voice actor and a generous soul, has offered to do readings of Australian authors at Renovation in a few days time. Despite me being in transit in exotic places when he made the offer, he has managed to fit me into his Sunday reading. I'm so excited! if any of you get there, I would love a report back. (For anyone at the June BSFA meeting, it's the same segment I read then, only he reads *much* better than I do.) It's a really interesting range of Australian writers and the sessions should be awesome.
2. I keep forgetting to remind people (while we're on the subject of conventions) that Conflux banquet tickets are open to anyone. You do not have to be attending Conflux to go to the banquet. You do, however, have to book in advance. The sooner the better, from my point of view (and probably the chef's). Also, there's *heaps* of parking at the Hellenic Club and the bus interchange is nearby. (Also, the draft Conflux program is up and worth a squiz.) If you need links, hoy me in the comments and I will cease to be lazy and find them for you.
3. My Estivales wineglass made it safely from France.
4. I have seen the doctor and she was very impressed with my leg. Not too impressed with my jetlag (which refused to listen to me) and I have tablets. I'm also up to another round of bloodtests, it seems.
5. When I make bad jokes to random Australians, they make bad jokes back. Unlike the French, who sometimes eyed me nervously and backed away gently.
6. I read 2 1/2 books while waiting for the doctor. I now know exactly why there was a deficit in information about governance at Saint-Guilhem. I have no idea if there was a permanent armed force there, but I know who held the key to the various towers. The tourist information people at Saint-Guilhem had a reproduction of the 1907 publication that tells me this. All I would have done if I had spent that day in the archives was reinvent the wheel. Also (even better news) my theory about the fortifications turned out to be 100% correct. When on earth did I learn to interpret ruined walls?
7. Tonight I will have paid back all monies owing. I intend to celebrate this by seeing either Captain America or the last Harry Potter, over the weekend. I could have seen them dubbed into French, of course, in Montpellier, but I thought I would wait until I could actually hear the dulcet tones of the original actors. Anyone who is interested in joining me is entirely welcome (and gets to choose the session - if it's not at Woden, they also get to provide transport).
8. People keep posting me review books. The post office keep making jokes about it. And I forgot to send the post office their postcard. I got an aggrieved look for this, and rightfully so.
9. My freezer and cupboards are now fully stocked. My brain, alas, is not.
10. Open question thread on the other post is until Sunday. If no-one actually wants to ask questions then I might not have another one for ages and ages, since obviously they're not needed any more.
11. I'm teaching punctuation and etc in Sydney at the Writers' Centre very, very soon.
12. I'm teaching a seriously cool new course on Tuesday evenings at the ANU, starting Tuesday week. It's all about magic and myth in Europe over a rather hefty chunk of its history. All the fun stuff. None of the boring stuff. Lots and lots of stories and their contexts. Some cool new photos from my recent trip, if I need them to illustrate things. If there aren't enough enrolments by this Tuesday, however, it will be cancelled (standard ANU policy - I just thought I'd mention it this time, since I haven't given anyone much warning ie you might want to book in a great hurry.)
13. French streets and other places that harbour numbers still often skip the number 13. This is why, for you, I have that number here today.
14. And that's it!