by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog
So here are a few things that I’ve learned on my last day in London. Never, ever try to go to a museum, particularly the Victoria & Albert on a bank holiday when it is raining. The line literally went around the block. I opted to save this for another trip. Harrod’s is the Mother Ship of department stores, and it is filled with very expensive and really very gaudy and tasteless things. Here’s a small sample. The Tea Room is first rate so I’m betting all the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 24, 2014 | General
After the War Rooms I found myself at an impressive building that housed the Horse Guards. I’d never visited that museum so I rushed in and spent another hour studying the history of the Horse Guards. They were founded basically in a reaction to the Civil War and the beheading of Charles I. The rooms were filled with uniforms and mirror bright cuirasses, sabers, elaborate gold and silver helmets. And tack. The horses wear doubly bridles for their parade duties, and the curbs have...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 24, 2014 | General
I set forth on my wanders at 10:30 this morning, and got back to the hotel at almost 5:00. All of this was done on foot, I might add. After consulting a map I struck off in the general direction of the Imperial War Museum, and shortly came upon St. James’s Park. There are so many impressive buildings, but instinct or luck led me to the War Museum. I hadn’t ever seen Churchill’s War Rooms so that was the first order of business. I ended up spending almost two hours in the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog
Despite being fundamentally solitary creatures I think writer’s have a great need for community. Getting to spend a few days in the home of fellow writers Emma Newman and Peter Newman has been bracing and rejuvenating. It’s like being at a convention without all the stress or in a writer’s room in Hollywood without all the stress. We’ve talked about the business of writing, the craft of writing, run ideas past each other (thanks guys you helped me immeasurably with the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 22, 2014 | General
I’ve been in Britain for the past week and a half. The first part was spent at the World Science Fiction Convention in London. (Largest Worldcon ever). I met my new editor from Titan books, and the owners of Titan. Caught up with old friends, made new ones and that was lovely. Then I took the train down to Somerset to visit with my friends Emma and Peter Newman. Emma is the author of the SPLIT WORLD series. You’re heard/read me burbling about how great they are before so if...
