This is just a flying entry, as so far I am up to my eyes carrying out the changes on the latest MS. It’s been an insanely busy six weeks, kicking off with a rather wonderful night at the theatre – we saw Frankenstein at the National (Jonny Lee Miller was the monster, Benedict Cumberpatch the creator).
Then it was Eastercon (the T Party contingent were there in force, in fact, including Tom Pollock, Gaie Sebold, Dave Gullen, Sarah Ellender, Julia Knight and Martin Owton, which was just the most enormous fun and at which I met a raft of cool people I’m now tweeting at more or less constantly and had a bunch of books pressed on me, most of which I’m still ploughing through. There’s a new job, a new car, and hopefully by the end of this month, a brand new MS, so it’s exciting times.
When I get the latest draft out of the way, I’m going to start talking about the research work for the next one – which I’m pretty sure is going to be set in Cambridge, though I’m not wholly decided yet. But I’m getting ahead of myself – all that’s for another post.
So since it’s 3am I’ll say goodnight and I’ll only say this before I go dark again – don’t bother with Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides, as it’s tripe, though you probably knew that already. The line in the credits was actually Suggested by the novel “On Stranger Tides” by Tim Powers. Suggested by? Really? It’s a bit like going out with someone, sleeping with them semi-regularly, and then overhearing them describe you as a “friend of a friend”. Suggested by, indeed. Someone wants a punch in the face.
But I did love Thor, so can’t complain too much about the movies lately.
Thor (2011)
I couldn’t get over how charming it was, which is a strange thing to say about a movie featuring a Norse god everyone’s mistaking for a homeless man.
Currently reading: The City and The City by China Mieville
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