Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Thanks to The Write Fantastic for a thoroughly enjoyable day in Oxford yesterday: basically a small, amiable convention, at which I caught up with lots of people I haven't seen / talked to for far too long, and did not fall over at all.
programme write-up )

The good thing about the day (apart from all the lovely people) was that it got my brain back into writerly mode. Indeed, I was plotting a short story during one break (Google Search on my phone is very handy!)

FAO [livejournal.com profile] coalescent: that Geoff Ryman thing (Mr Ryman was yesterday revealed as the God of Coffee, but that's not what he will be talking about.)

*steampunk dragons. I rest my case
O Jerusalem -- Laurie R. King
Five weeks earlier I had been a maturing apprentice who was moving away into another field, but the events of the last month, both at home and here in Palestine, had shaken that comfortable relationship to its core. (p. 203)

non-spoilery review )
Justice Hall -- Laurie R. King
Seldom have I enjoyed myself more with another person than on that long day's hike across the hills with the lesbian wife of the Seventh Duke of Beauville ... (p.109)

non-spoilery review )

Take Back Parliament

Sunday, May 9th, 2010 04:00 pm
- Central London flashmob tomorrow: details
- Bigger rally next Saturday: details

This Parliament does not represent us. We demand fair votes now. There must never again be an election under this broken system.

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