Will you be in Seattle on Friday, July 17th? Then come to a party! It’s free. It’s at our house. It’s for the students, instructors, and supporters of Clarion West. Kelley and I give seriously good party. You won’t regret it. If you want party info, get on the Clarion West mailing list. (Give them some money, too, if you’re so inclined–but it’s not a prerequisite.) It’s starts at 8 pm and will probably go til about midnight–though ours have been known to go a little longer. (Our 2007 hootenanny, for example, went until about 2 am.) But it’s best early on, when the food is still there (Clarionites eat like gannets) and the wine is freshly opened and I’m not good and glazed. (Yep, Clarion parties are BYOB but we provide a lot of good stuff, too.)
So come on down and party. And, please, introduce yourself.
Other opportunities to see me and Kelley in the next twelve months include:
- a skiffy wingding in Olympia, with Bloodhag (woo hoo!) at the Timberland Library, after hours, sometime in October
- a long weekend of fun and games in Atlanta, at OutlantaCon, April 2010
- something (don’t know what, yet) in New York, at the end of May 2010, when I’ll be in town for the Lambda Literary Awards and BEA
More details on all this stuff as I get it.
I’m hoping, too, to get to the UK for a long holiday later in 2010. I don’t know if there will be any public stuff involved there or not, but if there is I’ll be sure to let you know.
Nicola Griffith 
I'll (I'm assuming) be at BEA in 2010; we will definitely have to make hellos & cheers.
I would love to attend you and Kelly's Seattle party. :-( I'm not sure if I'll be in Atlanta in April of next year but if I am, would love to say hello and have a glass of wine with the two of you. Same for London. Cheers.
mordicai, absolutely. Yes.
steadycat, it would be fab to meet you.
I'm trying to post a comment again. I see that one I did for Weekend did get through, although I don't know how. Am trying this one through Firefox, which i downloaded; thanks Jennifer. I'd love to go to the party on the 17th. That would be really cool, especially if other Nicola fans would be there. Prbably won't though because I would be on my own and I'm not sure I can travel such a distance on my own anymore. I don't even know what airport to fly into to. Seattle?
Sounds like a great time to be had.
duff
Some blog peeps who read through Facebook are coming–but I couldn't speak for anyone else. But, yep, SeaTac is the airport, and then about a forty-minute drive north.
Party! One of these days, I'm going to make it to one of your parties…
Duff, you can type your name into the select profile menu where it says 'comment as”. Select Name/URL and just enter your name – although there is a space for URL, you can just leave it blank.
Thanks Jennifer. I'm giving it a try. New York sounds like a better bet for us. We may be able to swing that.
It's sure enticing to contemplate attending your party! Not much farther from where we'll be at that time (Montana). Sadly, I think we'll have to return east instead of continuing to the sea.
Maybe next year…