Hi, again.

[kalichan]

So... I've been having this weird LJ phobia to go with all the other flavors of insanity I've been dipping into of late. If anything of note's happened to you guys in the last... several weeks, I'm probably unaware -- so please do drop me a comment if there's anything you'd like to share with me

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[rm]

I get back from the UK on the 18th. At which point writers meetings at least every other week. Period. (Eventhough I know we're both going to be all, "guess we have to write our Bristol papers now" around then).

[kalichan]

Come hell or high water. Seriously.

[rm]

Also, can I assumed that although you will have D. in tow you'll be going to the after conference dinner and all for Bristol?

[kalichan]

Probably, yeah. And D. hasn't decided yet if he wants to come to Bristol. He might, or he might just wander around London on his own. We'll see.

[valancy_joy]

big love for that MLA panel ... (this will not surprise you)

and generally now I just want more time to READ what with all this talk of books! I stumbled onto this book from the teens on Gutenberg recently "Ashton-Kirk, Investigator" which is sort of Wimsey meets Wooster ... must get back to the other volume "Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist" They're just the lollyest!

(also, Tim Gunn basically agrees with you (and me) about the crack!judging in his blog today)

just generally good to hear from you, y'know :) *waves*

[kalichan]

*grins* re: MLA panel -- somehow I thought it might appeal to you ;-).

I'll definitely check out the Ashton-Kirk stuff, sounds like good times.

and yeah, me and Tim are as one on this one. (Emilio? wtf?)

[lolliejean]

I have nothing exciting to report but I did want to say hi! Good to see you!

[kalichan]

*waves* hi! good to see you too!

[thaddeusfavour]

Wow. Been thinking about you lately. Wondering what you were up to. Nearly emailed you earlier, but I hate to bother folks when they want some alone time from the internet. ::hugs

[kalichan]

I never used to think I could want an internet break, but yeah, apparently sometimes it's necessary. Hope your less-than-present-ness is doing good things for you too!

re: Julian May -- some issues with the latter books, but I just LOVE the time travel of it, and also, am in Love With Marc Remillard. And a little bit with Jack too. Actually all the Remillards. ;-)

re: Court of the Air -- I too am a couple of chapters in, and stalled out. It's weird because it has tons of excellent ingredients but the result -- doesn't wow me. You know?

Lovely to hear from you too! *really fierce hugs*

[thaddeusfavour]

re: Court of the Air -- I too am a couple of chapters in, and stalled out. It's weird because it has tons of excellent ingredients but the result -- doesn't wow me. You know?

I think it's because everyone he meets is SPECIAL, with a capital "S", but they're not very well drawn out. The world is rich with detail, but not very deep. When the hobbits are smoking "Longbottom Leaf" in Tolkien's books, that means something because I know enough about the world to understand it. When folks in CofA are chewing/smoking/whatever Crystobardian Leaf, it means nothing to me. (I made the name up because I can't recall what the actual name was or what they were doing with it.) The world feels like a gamers world. You know, like books that are written from role-playing games?

Anyway, that's my take on it. I'm two hundred pages in and I've stopped reading now. I'm just skimming past this point to see what happens.

I love your "really fierce hugs" btw! They are awesome!!!

[frodo_esque]

Good to see you again! I'm glad to read that your family is doing well. =)

[kalichan]

Thank you! Nice to hear from you too. ;-)