Poetry reading.

I'm one of four poets reading at the Poet's Showcase at Twilght's Peace Galleries on Tuesday, 15 December at 4pm SLT. SLURL here.

Free homes for SL Premium members

After all those what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-become-a-subscriber surveys, it actually looks like Linden is going to offer some sort of an incentive for residents to upgrade from basic accounts - a free house on a 512m parcel, no less. The new policy, which is about to go into beta, imposes quite a number of restrictions on your use of the land (like not being able to change the house); even so, a free house is not to be scoffed at. Read more here.

It doesn't Often Snow at Christmas

I love this song... and am going to do everything I possibly can to get everyone I know humming it...



By Pet Shop Boys, my heroes of the synthetically understated. It doesn't have to be an X-Factor Christmas, people: buy this song on 14/12/2009!

PTSD awareness event

Anya Ibor has asked me to mention her upcoming SL event on to raise awareness about PTSD. The 'Fearless Nation' event will take place at Aloha over 24 hours - starting 12AM SLT on 19 December - and include music, giveaways and a "From the Abyss" exhibition. For more details, contact Anya Ibor or Spirit Pleides inworld.

Nano 2009: Job done

With final word count of 50,497, 'My Avatars and I' is finished. Watch this space for details of how to get hold of the PDF.

First prize for Cafe Huck at AWE

My booth at the 2009 Autumn Writers' Exhibition has won the 'Best Display' award. Based on a cafe used in 'Be Right Back' and 'Just so That You Know', the display was one of 80 stalls put together for the annual event, which ran over October. Included in the display was a photo wall of people who stopped by for a chat; this started as a small idea and ended up becoming a mini project in its own right!

There's an article about the AWE in which my display gets a mention at Rez Libris magazine.

NaNoWriMo 2009 begins

At 12am last night, work started on my NaNoWriMo 2009 project, 'My Avatars and I'. Set entirely in Second Life, this novel will update some of my SL thinking from AFK (which, unbelievably, is almost two years old now). At the time of writing (11:30am) I've already passed the 1,700 words mark (Nano novel writers should aim to hit 1,667 words per day), so it's profit from here on in today! See you on the other side.