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At 9:02am on May 28, 2007, Julie Morrigan said…: Hi Brian - I'm not far from Northumberland. It's stunningly beautiful. Mind you, my bit of coast ain't bad; Iain Rowan's got some pics up on his page - lovely stuff. Don't know if I sound like Al Guthrie - I have yet to hear his dulcet tones - although in this area we do have more in common with the Scots than the southern English (and I have also been told I sound Irish). Back in 2000, I did my world tour of Scotland with a presentation on enterprise. I visited both Orkney (where I gather Al's from) and Shetland. I was told that the Orcadians believe the Shetlanders are the laziest people alive and the Shetlanders believe the Orcadians are - and they're both right! I, of course, couldn't possibly comment, but they're both great places to visit, even as fleetingly as I did.

Writing wise - for work, I just finished putting together a two-week training programme for young entrepreneurs to be used in Abu Dhabi. I'd have been out there last week doing train the trainer, were my home circumstances different (mam's not been so well). Still, the job got done and they seem to like it. Fiction wise - procrastination is the order of the day. Got stuff on my mind and I can't keep a straight thought in my head. Should all become clear in a couple of weeks, but right now, I'm distracted. So I wrote Pig rather than do nothing. Good luck juggling your time between the paying work and the fun stuff!

At 1:50am on May 28, 2007, Julie Morrigan said…: Hi Brian - thanks for the kind words about Pig. Nice to meet another Bulleteer, too. Hope your writing is going better than mine right now! Jools

At 12:18pm on April 12, 2007, Eliza Tucker said…: I'm trying to get an agent for my first novel, a suspense historical set in 1903 New York City, and writing a YA about a young woman whose mother marries into old money, set in NYC in 1916. And how much do I love the Miles Davis? Very much, that's how much!

At 9:16am on April 12, 2007, F.T. Bradley said…: Hey Brian,

Didn't know you had family in Colorado! I missed the snow because I was off to Holland for two weeks, but I'm back now.
And it's really freakin' cold, with predictions of snow. I miss California...

At 11:30am on April 11, 2007, Dave Bara said…: I am totally with you on "The Illusionist". I found myself asking why Giamatti and Norton didn't get Oscar nominations. The thing I loved about it was the way it recreated the time and setting (Austria-Hungary) in a very gritty and realistic (and threatening) way.

I thought "Prestige" was just so much popular pablum. And who is the baddest, Wolverine or Batman?

And Scarlett J., she shouldn't be wasted in anything. I never saw her character as falling for either one of the Christian Bale's, just not believeable.

At 3:53pm on April 10, 2007, Dave Bara said…: hey BT, did you make it to Norwescon Saturday?

db

At 11:00am on April 10, 2007, Patti McCoy Jacob said…: Bought the Vader helmet at Target a couple of years ago for one of my son's birthdays. If you notice the little buttons on the front of the ladybug dress, they make all sorts of fun Vader sounds.

Go to Target or Toys 'R Us.com and see if one pops up. I'd part with mine, but since I'm mostly machine now, it would mean my demise. And not that you're worth it, but you know, we've only just met...:)

At 8:12am on April 10, 2007, Patricia Abbott said…: Hi Brian. I'm trying to write my first novel after 25 short stories. It's harder yet more fun that I thought. Let you know how it all turns out.

At 12:49am on April 7, 2007, Patricia said…: Brian you are welcome..and while I am a bit chatty...I am afraid I can only lurk on rara...and I am afraid you won't be learning from me..it is the other way around...

At 4:26pm on March 29, 2007, Brian Thornton said…: Well, I won't be at either Thrillerfest or Sleuthfest, so it looks like I'll be saving my pennies for poker in Alaska (since I've already paid the fee for Anchorage's B'con).

At 3:27am on March 28, 2007, Donna Moore said…: Brian, are you saying I drivel pointlessly? No, don't answer that. I am sorry to be missing out on the Thrillerfest poker, since I'm such an expert and have all the terminology down to a T'sies. Anyone for Alaska?

At 12:14am on March 24, 2007, Laura Benedict said…: Hey, Brian. I can't believe your family passed on Theron Thornton--what a fabulous opportunity! Pinckney got beat up on his West Virginia school bus every day until he went away to prep school, and it made a writer of him. I can't tell you what we named our son (though his screen name is Bengal), but let's just say we drive him to school every day....

Your current project sounds very cool. I'm working on a novel about a very nasty demon.

At 1:03am on March 21, 2007, Michael W. Sherer said…: Romio's is sort of like a favorite cop hang-out--writer go there to talk to other writers, not for the bad pizza.

At 6:54am on March 20, 2007, Bill Cameron said…: Brian, you stud! Good to see you, pal!

At 5:48am on March 20, 2007, Sean Doolittle said…: Hey, where did you get those epaulets? I haven't had a pair I really liked since 1987. But yours look really nice.

At 3:40am on March 20, 2007, Jason Starr said…: Hey, deal me in for poker at ThrillerFest.

At 3:32am on March 20, 2007, F.T. Bradley said…: Hey Brian,

Thanks for telling me about this place. The novel sounds interesting, which of course you'll no longer have time for now :-)