Spent a delightful Saturday at Andromeda One – a brand new baby con, run by the indefatigable Theresa Derwin. Who almost certainly cloned herself to get it all done. For a one-day con it managed to pack in an extraordinary … Continue reading
Gaie herself
Well, this is interesting. I’ve been invited onto the “Broads with Swords” panel at World Fantasy. The one about women and heroic fantasy that’s been causing some, shall we say, ructions. (See Cheryl Morgan’s blog, Jess Haines’ blog, and Kameron … Continue reading
Babylon Steel has been nominated in two categories for the 2012/2013 Gemmell Awards – The Morningstar (best newcomer) and the Legend (best novel). I am Massively Pleased to be nominated. And if anyone should happen to feel like voting for … Continue reading
Babylon’s local paper has some snippets for you this week. http://scalentine.gaiesebold.com/?p=124
Now have my schedule for tomorrow. GOH interview at 11. Panel on Humanism in SF at 3.30 with Roz Kaveney and and Paul Kincaid. Sense of preening delight due to be swamped by conviction of utter inadequacy in 3…2….1…. The … Continue reading
My Dearly Beloved likes ferns. We have royal ferns, maidenhair ferns, bird’s nest ferns. Oh, and tree ferns. Lots of tree ferns. One of these is a particularly splendid specimen that has to live in the conservatory because it’s too … Continue reading
I’m Guest of Honour at the BSFA/SFF mini-convention – Saturday 1st June, City of Westminster Archives Centre 10 St Ann’s St London SW1P 2DE. My slot’s at 2.30 (being interviewed by the ever splendid Helen Callaghan) and I’m also doing a … Continue reading
Babylon has had more letters from people looking for solutions to their personal problems… … Continue reading
I’ve just found my books on a pirating site. Again. Second time in a month, this is, that someone’s decided it’s OK to pass on my work for free. And this particular site seems to think that they’re doing something … Continue reading
Another punter with a potentially knotty problem for Babylon. … Continue reading