How about a Midlands meet?

Maythe said:

Agh no I flagellate myself most earnestly!

So, can you make it?

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I expect so. I never have plans

And Birmingham is almost exactly as easy as London for me - just have to remember to get on the train going the other way!

I saw AWers crunchyblanket, PeteMC and Sian and former AWer Nakhlasmoke at Fantasycon this weekend and told them about this proposed meetup. Sian definitely won't be able to make it as she's working on the afternoon of the 19th.

My Skype suggestion was semi-serious, but now I think about it... If the pub has wifi and it holds up well enough I could bring this netbook along in case anyone wants to say hello via Skype.

Are newbies welcome? I would like to meet more writers and B'rum isn't too difficult for me...

Maythe said:

They certainly are! It's always nice to meet new people.

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Excellent, I shall look forward to it. Presumably you'll PM or publish the time/venue here nearer the time?

Maythe said:

The venue is the Shakespeare pub opposite the New Street Station in Birmingham. We hadn't fixed a time but I was thinking either lunchtime or afternoon. What does everyone think?

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I can be there around noon, and I'm thinking of one person who wants to say hello and noon GMT will be 10pm her time!

You want me to be out of bed before noon on a Saturday? Madness!!

The pub website is here.

Maythe said:

Well we're a crazy bunch of people. That's what you get when you get a gang of writers together. Chaos and the end of sanity.

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Well sure. But there's madness and there's madness.

I've now booked my train tickets. I arrive at New Street at 1208 so will be at the pub shortly after then.

I've met maythe and Mirandashell before, so should be able to recognise them.

A message from Helix, who's going to say hello to us from the other side of the world. She contacted the pub and got the reply back that they hadn't had a booking from us and suggested we should do so. So, is anyone up for booking a space in the pub? I remember that being done for the London meets and fewer than expected people turning up.

eyeblink said:

I've met maythe and Mirandashell before, so should be able to recognise them.

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Everybody's forgetting about me in this thread. I mean, I know I'm quiet, but...

Whilst I am really keen to meet some fellow British writers I am reluctantly going to have to forego this lunch - two funerals and a birthday in the next seven days putting a bit of pressure on time )c:

Maythe said:

Wow that's a busy few days and sympathies for the funerals, two in a week is pretty awful. I hope we'll see you at some future shindig.

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Thanks for the sympathy, neither really a terrible shock my 92 year old Aunt and an 85 year old friend; the aunt is a relief for her family really as she has suffered severe dementia for over five years, the friend was more of a surprise; he came to our residents' association fireworks on 5th Nov, resigned from the association at our AGM on the 6th handing me the chair (damn it) and had a massive stroke on the 7th and didn't regain consciousness until he passed on the 12th - Olympic rower, Lloyds underwriter, JP... ten months ago his heart was repaired with a valve from a pig! Third and fourth funerals this year )c:

I would really like to meet and network with you guys but having just finished the draft of my second novel I also have a huge backlog of domestic duties...

Deffo next time, and have fun!