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I’ve read a couple of write-ups about the Bristol Comic Expo 2009, & I’m sure that between them, & the various podcasts around covering the event, they’ll give a better reckoning of the event than I could, but the con each year is a big deal for me so it seems odd not to mention it.

The convention was reduced from previous years, from two and a bit days to two, and from the previous quite large railway station hall & Ramada Hotel to just the hotel.

I think people were expecting the event to be disappointing, especially with the limited amount of space and subsequent small number of available tickets, but with the Small Press Expo (SPExpo) taking place at the Mercure hotel just around the corner on the Saturday, and hastily affiliated with the main event, I was cautiously optimistic.

(This is of course all bullshit. The fact is I knew that people I enjoyed drinking with would be there, and a late night hotel bar, so it was always going to be groovy.)

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I have a new piece up at Elephant Words. It is called Confessional:

I’ve been in here most of the morning. I know his routine by now, although he hasn’t ever noticed me. I’m just another lost voice in this little dark box. With the door closed, I don’t even exist.

It was the end result of looking at this picture that Andrew Cheverton presented:

Palace Screen by Caroline Markham

… and then thinking REALLY hard.

By the way, the site just had a major redesign. So I hope you like it!

Image by Nick Papaconstantinou at flickr.
Inspired by the story “pennyappleblack”
by Andrew Cheverton

This is the first bit of Elephant Word inspired art I’ve done, and as such is my first ever piece of fan art, I reckon. I’m quite pleased with it. Click on the image to get a better look at it, because it looks a lot better before being resized for this site.

Fellow Elephanter Andrew Cheverton has done a lovely portrait of the female lead in my tale of romance and horror, “Forest Of The Dead“!

I love it! Thanks, Chev!

Another week begins at Elephant Words, with the following image, submitted by Andrew Cheverton -

Preso by Nany Mata

Josh draws the 24 hour shift this week, but as he was the first of us to do it, and the last time he came up with the wonderfully evocative “Blame the Wharf, Bless the Bacon“, it should be a doozy.

I’ve got ages, till Friday, but I already have a pretty good idea of what I’m doing. So far, though, whenever I’ve thought that, I’ve ended up changing my mind at the last minute, so I can’t be relied on…

Please go on over and enjoy! www.elephantwords.co.uk

Dear readers,

You know how much I already love you all right now?

Well, imagine how much more I will love you when you go over to www.elephantwords.co.uk and start reading?

And imagine how much more you will love me!

Elephant Words is a new website that will feature six fresh and inventive writers interpreting and being inspired by one new image every week. New writing will be posted every day, and there are no limits on the styles or genres that the contributors can use, so it will be worth visiting regularly to see what they have come up with!

To start reading new and exciting writing, go here:
http://elephantwords.co.uk

To find out more about the Elephant Words project, go here: http://elephantwords.co.uk/about/

And to start giving feedback (which we would love to hear) go here:
http://elephantwords.co.uk/forum/

All of the contributors are very enthused about working on the project, and some weeks, they will be worked pretty hard (just look at the schedule over there!), so please go along and offer them your support.