Other things first... I found another writing meme and at lease some of it is very true about my writing.

Your Writing Strength is Sensitivity

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So, I went to a convention over the weekend. A Sherlock convention.

Louise Brealey, Jonathon Aris and Lars Mikkelsen were there.

So was Benedict Cumberbatch.

I am tired but happy.

Have some photos.

More may follow, with a bit of an explanation of proceedings...


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I did get to Trekology with idontlikegravy and Garrett was just as wonderful as I thought he would be. He'd read my post on facebook mentioning that I'd been trying 13 years to meet him and actually asked me why I'd not managed to get to the Manchester con in April 2000 - I told him an edited version of the pint of water/convention ban story ( Read more... )

However, I do have the busy and the tired as I have just finished 7 nights on the run ( Read more... )

Ten days, nine night shifts... I think my brain has gone on strike ( Read more... )

You may or may not know that I absolutely adore the book The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe and have done since I read it for English in school. I'm now on my 3rd or 4th copy of it. Anyway, there was a film made of the book in 2010, which I only found out about in the last year or so. I'd not been able to get my hands on it but I had ( Read more... )

This year was a bit of a mixed bag, but isn't it always ( Read more... )

But as per usual, I haven't started yet ( Read more... )

Managed to get my coursework in, good or bad, so at least that bunch of crap is out the way now and I can relax a little ( Read more... )

I have a twin room booked at the convention hotel but sadly the person with whom I was going to share has been unable to get a ticket and DW con is now sold out. Is there anyone on my flist going to DW con who needs a roomie and doesn't *have* a room yet? Are there any friends of friends in the same boat? I'd rather share with someone who I either ( Read more... )