Odyssey 2010

I arrived at the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Heathrow (spitting distance from the airport) today for this years' eastercon-->Odyssey 2010. It doesn't officially start until 8pm Friday night, but there are events planned tomorrow during the day, some of which look to be quite interesting. I'll also have a chance to put up my artwork before most people arrive.

I was hoping to have six new pictures to put in the show this year, but things (mostly image size and framing) didn't go as planned. Of course, it's my fault for leaving it to the last minute (almost literally). So I will have 6 images showing, but one is from last year, with a new frame, and one will not be for sale. One that I had hoped to exhibit, Showdown, the first image in my Steampunk series, will have to wait for another con (or I may just put it online for sale). I do intend to open up an online store of popular images through my Artwanted.com profile, so watch this space for information.

In the meantime, I'm especially looking forward to listening to some well known authors. In addition the the guests of honour: Ian M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds and Liz Williams, I've also seen Paul Mcauley, Ken Mcleod, Mike Carey, Stephen Hunt and Chaz Brenchley on the program as panelists. Furthermore, I'm curious to hear the talks on 'how to submit your script to the BBC' and 'creating anthologies'. John Jarrold is also here, the sci-fi/fantasy agent that I'm most familiar with and will also be in York next week for the York Writers' Festival. Hopefully I'll get a chance to talk with him. And, of course, I'll once again be getting the opening of a novel critqued by the semi-pro London sci-fi group T-Party.

All in all, it's shaping up to be an interesting, enjoyable weekend.