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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2010-05-04 12:14 pm

b there or b^2


There's good reason why I've been looking so twitchy and nervous these past few weeks . . .

May 8th meeting of the Garden State Horror Writers

Fantasy -- How Subversive Can You Make It?
A talk by Hugo award-winning author John Grant

The event takes place Saturday, May 8th at the East Brunswick
Library, 12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816-3529.
The business meeting starts at 11 am, followed by the talk at noon.
Non-members welcome.
Admission is FREE.

The GSHW is a multi-genre group catering to writers from all walks of
life. The group has hosted presentations by authors such as
Elizabeth Bear, Gregory Frost, and F. Paul Wilson. Membership is
$35.00 per year. For information about the group call 732-276-7531
or visit
www.gshw.net
.

[identity profile] quietselkie.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Dangit. And here I am all the way across the country.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)

I know, I know. Otherwise wild horses wouldn't have stopped you. Right.

[identity profile] quietselkie.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't sell yourself short, Sonny.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)

All right, I won't. Have you bought your plane tickets yet?

[identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you know she'll come by plane and not by magic carpet?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2010-05-04 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds wonderful. I wish I could be there.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)

And I wish you could be too!

[identity profile] plattcave.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Amaze them, my friend! Fill them with awe and wonder and spirit and fire.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)

You mean -- wheeze -- me?

[identity profile] martianmooncrab.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you guarantee that the Reading Police from the Govenors Office wont swoop down and make you disappear? Closing the Libraries is the first step.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)

They'd have to learn to read the posters first to know I'm there . . .

[identity profile] deliabarry.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, oh, oh!

::grades faster::

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)

Oh, golly, that'd be great if you could get there! Fingers crossed . . .

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)

So sorry you weren't there, dammit!

[identity profile] deliabarry.livejournal.com 2010-05-11 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Me too! But between the weather-induced (We had terrible thunderstorms, did you?) sinus headache and the metric ton of work sitting on my desk, I really felt obliged to stay here and be productive. When did I become a responsible adult? I don't like it very much. :(
Edited 2010-05-11 02:32 (UTC)

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-11 02:36 am (UTC)(link)

We had terrible thunderstorms, did you?

No, we didn't. It was a bit rainy on the way down, but we drove home in bright sunshine. All the excitement must have been going on while we were out of earshot.

[identity profile] thisplacehere.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Shucks, I'm in the wrong country. Here's wishing you a fantastic day!

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 12:47 am (UTC)(link)

"Shucks, I'm in the wrong country."

Blaming the Icelandic volcano for your failure to make the trip, eh?

[identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Sadly, I'm (a) too far away and (b) have a prior engagement with marking final examinations on that day.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)

A lame excuse. I'm sure the students wouldn't mind at all if you failed to mark their finals.

[identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
My dean and provost would. And my department chair is a real bastard on the subject.
Edited 2010-05-05 23:43 (UTC)

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)

My dean and provost would.

Hell, you could bring them along too.

my department chair is a real bastard

Couldn't agree more!

[identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com 2010-05-06 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you'd agree with that last.