Changed Plans (Again)

Posted: Sat 27 March, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Domestic, Driving, Geeky, Getting Organised, Sociable, Thoughts, Travel, WHC2010, Writing | Leave a comment »

This weekend I was supposed to be at Brighton Shock, the 2010 the World Horror Convention.

Next weekend, I was supposed to be at Odyssey 2010, the SciFi Eastercon.

As it happens, plans have changed (now there’s a common theme) and I won’t be at either.

This weekend ended up clashing Brighton Shock with both WebSourceEast and the Peter Gabriel concert at the O2, plus I figured I couldn’t really justify being away for two long weekends on the trot with work and home. So Brighton Shock got the boot.

As for Eastercon, when I signed up for it I hadn’t realised that Easter was the date it was, and it would’ve meant being away for Herself’s birthday. (Less charitable souls might suggest that me not being around would be a good present in and of itself, but that’d be nasty) Additionally I did some maths and figured out that the cost of it all would be feckin’ expensive, as it’s at the Radisson hotel at Heathrow – not a venue known for its low prices, I think it’s fair to say.

So instead I’m at home for the next two weekends and not travelling round the country like a loon. In some ways that’s disappointing, in others it actually makes a lot of sense.

Conference Conflicts

Posted: Wed 22 April, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Domestic, Geeky, WHC2010, Writing | 1 Comment »

I’ve already written about being signed up for going to the World Horror Convention in Brighton at the end of March 2010 – which sounds like it’s going to be an interesting event.

However, there’s also the Odyssey 2010 EasterCon for SciFi stuff, which has a considerable appeal to me – except it’s only about a week after the WHC. Bugger.

At the moment I can’t decide between them – I’m more of a fan of SciFi writing than Horror (in general) although I’ve got enough of both genres to qualify on either count, I suspect.

So somewhere along the line, I’m going to have to make a decision – because somehow I can’t see Herself wearing it if I’m away for the best part of two weeks, one after the other…

Far Too Organised

Posted: Fri 27 March, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Creativity, Five Year Plan (now Ten), Getting Organised, WHC2010, Writing | Leave a comment »

This time next year, the World Horror Convention will be in Europe for the first time – and it’ll be being held in Brighton.

At the moment, the cost for a ticket (or Attending Membership, if you prefer) is a mighty £60. Yes, £60.

Needless to say, I’m going to be going.  I don’t know who’ll be attending yet (for obvious reasons) although some names have already been confirmed, but regardless I think it’ll be a fun trip.