Justina Robson's Blog

I'm doing a signing in Leeds Waterstones from 11am with other genre authors, please come along if you can :)

A post about my short story anthology will be coming up soon.

Meanwhile I hope everyone is well and enjoying some spring weather :)

I'm signing books tomorrow in Liverpool Forbidden Planet, just around 1pm.  Quantum Gravity 5 : Down To The Bone came out yesterday.    I'm now 'between' contracts, although I'm still writing, rather slowly, on other things.

Several people have asked me what my playlists were for Quantum Gravity.  The most recent of these was from Sanna, at SF bokhandeln in Stockholm.  She and I shared a lovely afternoon of sightseeing and delicious dinners there a few weeks ago and I promised to post her the list.  Then, when I got home, I realised what a scattered thing it had become and that there was only a current list, not a definitive one. So, for all you musically inclined readers who might like to know I'll be collecting...

Just a quick entry to kick start a more regular blog schedule for the next few months. I am presently 'doing' the Clarion West writeathon in which I promised to finalise editing on the last QG book and get that chapter done for Keith Brooke, which is kinda overdue now but...sooo close to being finished.  I'm stuck on the reference checking because I totally hate it.  I can do one horrible job a day and it's been overlooked as I've been doing other horrible jobs in a slow, tortured manner, but...

Surprisingly Good is the last book I finished, Demon Bound by Meljean Brooks.  Good, Not Surprisingly is the previous book I read, which is the third part of the brilliant regency fantasy trilogy from Stephanie Burgis, which you will all have to wait years for as the first part is not even out yet...mwahahah! 

I got Demon Bound during the last three minutes of Borders' existence in which everything was 5p.  I entered the shop, not realising it was all closing, grabbed a basket and ran.  I was...

Hi, I'm back.

I finally finished (draft but not final version) Quantum Gravity 5: Down To The Bone.  I'm figuring out what to do next.  I've spent a long time not doing much reading or TV watching so I feel quite out of things.  I have to catch up! 

Every room in my house needs tidying.  There seems nowhere to put anything.  Argh.

:)  I hope spring finds everyone feeling renewed.

I've been overdosing on other blogs, and articles and books recently.  It's been great.  I'm in awe of the great blogsters out there (Charlie Stross, Justine Larbalestier and you others...) and getting spun around by all the 'research' (ie sitting at my computer surfing idly) I've been doing into women who write SF and that whole gender deal.  One article that hit home was http://www.memdir.org/video/ben-barres-dearth-of-women-in-science.html     So my head is spinning with opinions but I keep c

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the Clarion Write-A-Thon games.  I will make  a final count and post a check off later this week for those who successfully came up with proto-titles for the book.  In other news I didn't manage yet to include the two character suggestions, but I will.  I'll let you know when.  They'll have to appear much later in the text because I am still fighting through Chapter Three and a ton of set up material.  I didn't manage to write every day, sadly, but I post th

I listened to this week's Beyond Belief on Radio 4.  It's a debate show, about religion and faith and their relationship to some bit of contemporary life.  This week they were talking about the internet and virtual worlds.  A range of views about the usefulness and social desirability of these things were expressed, as one might expect.  Some said how lovely to be connected and that a virtual church could provide similar emotional comfort and awe as a real one.  Others said what a waste of time

Just a note to let any interested parties know I am still with the Write-a-thon although very glad I didn't set a better target than 'will write every day'.  Hope you others are all doing well.  Meanwhile I am dithering over a decision about what to write next as this looks as if it will be the last QG book for the time being.