26 hours…

…until I get into a perfectly good airplane and fly to Los Angeles to attend Gallifrey One. I am told that I will not be expected to jump out of said airplane at any point during my journey, nor will I need any sort of formal training, or specialized equipment.

We shall see.

If you’re attending, I plan to arrive late Thursday afternoon and drift bar-ward until my roommates arrive, at which time it is anybody’s guess where I will end up (but if Racheline is to be believed, probably the bar again).

Overall, my plan for the weekend is to try and catch some of the commentary sessions (particularly Day Four), a solid chunk of the Torchwood-specific stuff, and at least one of the Big Finish panels. And, obviously, I’ll be in attendance at the panel I’m on, which is:

Where The Hell Can Torchwood Go From Here?
11 AM Saturday, February 27 – “Second Stage” Imperial
(with John Fay, Kate Orman, Salina Conlan, Catie Kagawa, Gemma Kendrick, and me)
That season finale at the end of “Children of Earth” left things in a bit of a state, didn’t it? With only two major players left from the original gang, and a handful of recurring/supporting characters to potentially choose from, where can Torchwood go from here?

Which is sort of fantastic because I haven’t had a lot of time to really explore this much as a fanwriter yet (writing for publication makes a huge dent in the hobby, oddly enough), and I have a lot of ideas about themes and character, and what I’d do if I were Prince of Everything and got to decide.

(Or if the BBC were interested in hiring me to write for them, which would be very nice indeed. Dear BBC…)

Other goodness:

- Since the announcement has gone live, I can now tell the world that I’ll have two poems — “Pipe” and “The Irony Is That We Are All Hungry” — Well Versed 2010. This won’t be coming out for a little while, but rest assured I’ll make note of it in public when you can order it.

- Jim Hines’ glossary of writing terms over at SF Novelists made my morning.

- Jaclyn Dolamore’s book, Magic Under Glass, has finally got its new cover. And it is lovely.

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