Just popping in quickly to mention a few things that need urgently mentioning.  I’m aware that my blog at the moment is really just a combination of promotion and social calendar, and I promise I’ll get to some more writerly writing soon.  Notably a piece about New York.  It’s just that life is busy at the moment and thinks keep popping up.  I’m also aware that the blog design could do with a bit of modernisation.  I will get there, it’s just that I’m so busy writing things.  Here are the things I have to mention:

Notably, and most wonderfully, I’m nominated, alongside Moffat, in the Constellation Awards, Canada’s fan awards for excellence in science fiction television and film, in the category of Best Script.  All Canadian citizens can vote, or those attending the Polaris conventions.  Hmm, I know quite a few Canadians…

http://constellations.tcon.ca/v.shtml

At 11.30am this Saturday, the 3^rd May, I’ll be popping in for Free Comic Book Day to officially open Cheltenham’s new comic shop, Proud Lion:

http://www.proudlion.co.uk/

Comic Book Resources have put up six lovely full colour pages of art from the first issue of Captain Britain and MI-13, available May 14/May 15 in your local comic shop, depending on if you’re in the US or UK:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16193

On Sunday, I’ll be on one of the teams, probably the Third Row Fandom team (unless I get a better offer), who won last time (I love it how SFX coming second is mentioned below!), at the Sci-Fi London Pub Quiz:

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2008/programme/event/pub-quiz.php

And I’m looking forward to one of the pivots around which my year turns, the Clarke Awards, tomorrow night, at which I always see so many friends.  So I may see some of you on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday.  Until then, Cheerio!