Sean Williams

Congrats to SpecFaction and everyone involved for a terrific event last night. Congrats to the winners, the nominees, and everyone who submitted work for consideration. And congrats to the crazy Rapture-dudes for being wrong about the world ending before the Australian spec fic community got its party. We deserve nothing less! I'm glad someone up there realises it too.

(Not that there is anyone "up there", of course, but if there was She would totally dig spec fic, not to mention the vibe in the bar last night.)
 
Happy times, not End Times.

I'm just back from Sydney and way behind on everything (including Earth Ascendant, the sequel to Saturn Returns). It'll take me a while to catch up on email and the like, so please don't take it personally if I haven't responded--and feel free to nag if my tardiness becomes unacceptable. I won't mind. :-)

Highlights from the last week:

- hanging out with lots of young writers, their teachers and a great bunch of authors at workshops and talks organised by the festival's schools program;

- meeting Nick Drake, poet, author (of Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead, a historical crime thriller I'm currently enjoying), and scriptwriter of the film adaptation of Romulus, my Father;

- seeing the moons of Jupiter and Saturn after a session at the most excellent Sydney Observatory;
( See here for the pic from today's Adelaide Advertiser )

- and taking a couple of days off to enjoy a brief honeymoon with Amanda before all the fun started.

Apologies to everyone I didn't get to catch up with. Thanks to those who came to talks, took time out to say hi, or have been patient while I catch up. Now the new book is underway, I am liable to be something of a recluse.

But hey, it's raining here and everything is good. Hurrah!

(See here for an interview with Gary Kemble covering what I've been up to lately, including space opera, Doctor Who, and many other topics.)