Just back. Tired. Friday night was a 2.45 am to bed after setting up in the dealer room. I was brain dead next morning. Ian Whates looked at me from his table and said he had a feeling he wasn't going to sell much. I had a similar feeling. Maybe it was just the alcohol still running through our system. How wrong we were! It was our best first day at any convention with several new subscriptions.

 


 
 

An excellent weekend at the above event.
Lots of new friends. Lots of Murky Depths sales.

Well, it was the best wedding I've ever been to. So said several of the guests too. Forget the biase. But it's all over now and April & Jason are man and wife.

Back to normal? No way. The extension still needs finishing and for the next two weeks we're looking after A&J's miniture dachshound, Reggie, who needs lots of attention. He's been a good boy though - but doesn't like strangers.

This year has been a year of lost days and not enough time to promote Murky Depths. When Liz's mum was hospitalised, and eventually died, Issue #7 sales didn't reach those of earlier issues (and I thought the Chris Moore cover superb) - I wasn't around to chase things. Not only that, but the extension (new kitchen/diner and studio for Murky Depths) was started at the very beginning of February (I was driving a dumper truck in a snow storm) and still needs finishing touches. With research and important material all boxed up you'd be surprised that I ever got Issue #8 onto the streets. We hyped up Issue #9 with the start of the Dead Girls graphic novel (and I'm still really excited about this project) and had load of interest at Eastercon - even before Issue #8 was published. And Issue #10 will feature a competition from Mike Carey and we've had loads of pre-orders (not due out till November) for this issue.

This week we're at the Steampunk Convivial in Lincoln on Saturday (not sure about Sunday yet) with Fantasycon the following weekend - its' the start of the convention silly season.

 


 

A strange weekend. Had my daughter (April's) wedding rehersal this morning. Wedding's on Monday. Picked up suits with the best man. Stayed in hotel last night and will be here until tomorrow night.

If all my Myspace friends bought a copy of Murky Depths #9 it'd break even. Is that a request? Well, only if people visit here and read this. Wanna take up the challenge? Then go to http://www.murkydepths.com and buy a copy . . . please. Currently there's a 3:1 ratio in favour of buyers in the States for Issue #9. Can the UK catch up?

The exchange rate is great for picking up a subscription bargain on Murky Depths - There's also a special eight-issue (two year subscription) too - save even more money!!

http://www.murkydepths.com/cartspecials.php

We are so pleased with the take-up on this offer we are continuing it.

http://www.murkydepths.com/cart-3for2.html