More Stuff -- and Worldcon

Posted by Colin Harvey Jun 10, 2009

As I mentioned a day or two ago, I've been a little erratic on the blogging, partly through blog-fatigue (yes, it does use up energy...) and partly because the stuff I mentioned in an earlier post became still more time-consuming on Sunday, albeit with a good outcome.

On the work front, I'm trying to keep the momentum going on Damage Time, having reached exactly the mid-point of the project, half-way through the revision (I write and revise each novel three times -- the first draft, the revision and the final polish). As I'd reached a tricky section this meant spending a little longer on the book than on previous days.

After their lousy service over Easter, I've also been shopping around for a new credit card to replace my Barclaycard, and after a lot of comparisons Virgin's seems to tick most of the boxes. The rest of the time was spent finally working out a route for Worldcon:

It now looks as if I'll be going outward from London City Airport with Swissair via Zurich, and coming back with American Airlines to JFK, then with BA to Heathrow. Assuming all the seats haven't gone on the outward leg by the time the new card arrives!

All the shopping around has probably saved me about £200, but it's been worth it as without it I probably wouldn't have got to Worldcon. But it also took up so much time that -unfortunately- something had to give; in this case the blog.

On the plus side, I can add Switzerland to my list of countries visited, even if it is only the airport!