Edinburgh - how i got here and where I'm staying
Although I posted a couple of days ago that I was only in Edinburgh due to the machinations of Clara and Mitch Benn, and the kindness of Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, I hadn't intended (yet) to specify the nature of the kindness, not until I'd left Edinburgh, but since Amanda (who is as nice as you'd expect) has mentioned it on Twitter, here it is.
I hadn't expected to come to Edinburgh this year, particularly given how late I'd left it to arrange things, but I got a message from Clara saying she'd asked, and received very positive responses... Yeah, she'd fixed it up for me to stay with Neil (an old friend) and Amanda (who I'd not yet met) for a few nights, should I want to...
Should I want to?
Neil is, as you'd expect, delightful company, and chatting with him about stories, the process of writing, and stories that never were, but should have been, is a delight. Amanda is as lovely as you could hope her to be, and I'll always be grateful to both of them for letting me crash by them.
Staying at the house as well is/are The Jane Austen Argument, an Australian duo, and their partners, and Tom, Jen, Ange and Adam are genial and genuinely nice folks to pass time with, solving the problems of the universe (and a few problems the universe doesn't know it has.)
Also lovely to see Holly again and to meet Maddy, if only for the first night I got there.
So yes, I'm staying with Neil and Amanda, and more considerate hosts you couldn't wish for...
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