This is getting a bit old so gotta get it online. Just to add to my Adventures in Meeting Cool Famous Dudes, here’s me and horror author Joe Hill in Manchester from a couple of weeks ago.

Joe was entertaining and a real gent, and I think Speculative Horizons did a good job summarising the event. Here’s his flashing-devil-horn-offensive-content-warning-system in action. Excuse the fuzziness of the pictures but a good workman always blames his crappy tools, right?

And although I’m sure he’s utterly, utterly sick of people saying this, but he really does look and sound like a young Stephen King (sorry!). There’s some serious writing genes in that family!

In a couple of days I’m off to Odyssey, the 2010 national science fiction convention (aka ‘EasterCon’), being held in the wonderful surrounds of… Heathrow. Well, okay, I’m sure the venue is good and I was lucky enough to score some very close accommodation, but I’m just a tad jealous of the World Horror Con, which was held last weekend in Brighton. At least there was opportunity to get out of the hotel there!

Anyway, it’s my first UK-based SF convention, and I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of friends, and making some new ones! I shall no doubt be in a low orbit around the bar area most of the time, so please do say hello if you spot me.