finches singing in the heart of adelaide

[reverancepavane]

Critical Mass, the South Australian SF Literary Fan Group, is holding a special meeting with Shiela Finch. To quote esteemed leader and guru Zoran Bekric:

As was decided at last night's Critical Mass, we will be getting together again this coming Wednesday to meet and talk with Nebula Award winning author Sheila Finch. Ms Finch is the author of seven published science fiction novels: Infinity's Web, Bantam Books (1985) Triad, Bantam Books (1986) The Garden of the Shaped, Bantam Books (1987) (Shaper Exile 1) Shaper's Legacy, Bantam Books (1989) (Shaper Exile 2) Shaping the Dawn, Bantam Books (1989) (Shaper Exile 3) Tiger in the Sky, Avon Books (1999) Birds, Wildside Press (2004) And a collection of stories: Reading the Bones, Tachyon Press (2003) The details: Where: S A Writers' Centre 2nd Floor 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide When: Starting 8:00 pm 8 June 2005 Who: Sheila Finch What: a Brief Presentation from Ms Finch, then Q & A Useful URLs: Sheila Finch's Home Page Review of the Nebula Award winning "Reading the Bones" Please pass the word along to anyone you think might be interested in attending. And I'll see you there. Regards, Zoran

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[freyaw.livejournal.com]

*blink* I have one of those books.

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

It was a quite interesting talk, digressing heavily into a lot of the mechanics of publishing, book distribution, and the joys of getting phone messages from strangers saying "We want to buy your book." "I'm not selling any books?" "Ohhhh. You want to buy MY book!"

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Bother. Sounds like something I would have really enjoyed, had I not needed a night at home more.

*yellow sticky note* Remind reverancepavane that freyaw would like to see him on Saturday. Very much. Sitting down and having a quiet chat to the gentleman in question is planned to be one of the highlights of freyaw's day because it will probably be the last sane moment she has in the day. But not at the cost of reverancepavane's semblance-of-health.

*yellow sticky note* Go searching for a tarpaulin to erect over the most-likely-to-be-used area out the back.

*yellow sticky note* Move this and the previous yellow sticky notes to a place where I will see them.

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Sitting down and having a quiet chat to the gentleman in question.. Why do I now want to run away very far and very fast... "It wasn't me officer! I was on the other side of the river! Ask anyone! Ask my mother! Ask my yak! Ask my yak's mother!" (with apologies to my fellow member of the Dark Horde who originally came up with that disclaimer). And why would anyone consider a conversation with me to be a sane moment of their day... <grin>

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

And why would anyone consider a conversation with me to be a sane moment of their day...

When said conversation is during one of the few times I will get to sit down all day? When it will be one of the less-loud moments? And when I'm expecting to spend a lot of time that day self-protecting from insensitive idiots who don't think about what their statements mean to less-insensitive persons. *screw face up*

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Remember that according to all the best Spanish horror movies, dead bodies provide ideal fertilizer for growing tomatoes... This would probably add some zest to your garden party, even if it was only done in the imagination. <grin>