thank you!

Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in the UK writers’ conference, which might materialise in 2010.  I’ll be starting up a Yahoo Group and a Blog of some sort to discuss the nitty gritty in the next little while. I haven’t heard from the Hall I queried (not a great start!) so I’ll have another look online today.  It may not be big enough…erk.

Thanks also to everyone who helped Gehayi out – she’s got people bringing her equipment and help, so she should be back online any time soon.  I do love the internet and Livejournal in particular, because sometimes the scope of people’s generosity just amazes me.  Gehayi is not an author begging for laptops because she was too damn lazy to get insurance, she’s dependent on the net now for daily life, and even a broken monitor means major disaster.  I mean, I base most of my life online these days, but I CAN walk, and I can drive and I’m lucky enough to have a parent who I can rely on for financial assistance in an emergency.   So, thanks, everyone who helped, or even offered to help. You are all stars.

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Frost Fair Review – UK Conference update

Frost Fair got a great review – FROM MEL KEEGAN!  I’m having trouble keeping the squee in check.

Update on the UK Writers Conference – I’ve had a great flurry of interest from all over the place, so I’ve set up a yahoo group for discussion etc – As things get decided (we’ll need a name and then a venue first) I’ll start up a Blog – Probably wordpress – to keep people informed.  It’s all a bit scary, I have to admit.

Anyway, the Yahoo Group is here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writingconference2010/

Please join if you think you might be interested in attending, or even if you can’t attend but think you might be able to help in some online way, graphics, setting up secure servers, wordpress brilliance, anything at all!  You don’t have to be in the UK, of course!