Meeting your heroes.

Have you missed me?

I know I promised a write up of Dragon*con and I did on my live journal but some of the things I wrote about I wasn't sure I needed to share, I'm not sure the audience for this blog wants to read about which fast food outlets I sampled in Atlanta.  But the Con was a hell of a lot of fun and I really wanted to write about meeting Eddie McClintock.

I wanted to talk about meeting Eddie McClintock. The guy is a complete rockstar. I got to chat to him at the convention and he's very sweet and funny. We got to talk about London, about Manchester and Factory records. He was okay with the mild flailing and generous with his time. He made my convention because whenever I encountered him, whether waiting for a lift, or in a panel he was happy to be there and soaking up the atmosphere.  As an aside he does some amazing artwork and he's been designing t-shirts all of which are great. I love my purple goo 2010 Warehouse 13 t-shirt :D

What I like most about Eddie, is that he wants to interact with the fans. He responds to them on Twitter and facebook. He's certainly won me over as a fan and as such I feel much more loyal to Warehouse 13 as a show and I'm now forever telling people about it and recommending that they catch it when they can.

That's the pinnacle of fandom, as I interact in it, meeting the people who make the shows you love and then getting to talk to them and letting them know you appreciate their work. 

Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Q&A at Kaleidoscopicfest.

Last Thursday I had a real treat. We, that is me and my chap went to see Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue at the Catrin Finch Centre, Glyndwr uni.

It was quite an intimate setting about 200 hundred people in the audience all there to listen to them speak about the process of adapting Sherlock in their recent adaptation with Mark Gatiss.

The first thing that struck me is just how dry Steven Moffat's wit is. He's also very playful and teasy with his wife which was lovely to see.

We were treated to some clips from the shows and questions were asked about casting Sherlocl (Benedict was the only person they asked to read.) Casting John (Matt Smith auditioned pre who but Martin Freeman twinkled).  They were also asked how they choose which parts of the story and he said that Mark Gatiss especially is like a magpie where SH is concerned and they use parts from everywhere in order to create the stories.  He also mentioned that MG and he both loved the 1940s Rathbone Holmes films.

It was definitely a fascinating insight into a process that fascinates me, I've always been interested in adaptations and I like to see where they go.

Steven Moffat really is my writing idol.

Dragon*Con - The Photos

Well I survived Dragon*Con.

Above are my photos from the event.  I managed to get a mixture of pictures from the panels I attended as well as getting many shots of friends and of the cosplayers. Because I was there for a week I've also got some pictures of the the things we did before and after the con and I will be writing this up properly when I'm no longer feeling quite so crappy.  Jetlag has been kicking my arse ever since I got back and also I think I've come down with con crud which is making me woozy and my tonsils are both up.

I hope you enjoy the photos - please leave a comment if you do; for I am shallow and need to feel appreciated.