03 Nov 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 9 Comments. Tagged wfc, writing

my dinner companion

Garth Nix took a bunch of us out to dinner in the Fairmont hotel grill the other night. I completely scored by being seated next to Peter Straub, one of my favourite authors and we got on like a house on fire. What an utterly adorable man.

I’m sitting in the hotel bar with the last of the Aussie attendees, waiting for a limmo to take us to the airport. I missed out on seeing the Star Trek exhibit that’s showing in the museum across the road but we’ve all just ordered food off the Star Trek Menu. I’ve just ordered a photon burger. Paula Guran, Mary Robinette Kowall and Doug Cohen are sitting with us. Paula is sharing drinking stories and singing the praises of Graham Joyce and Michael Marshall. John Joseph Adams and his buddies were hanging with us too — they managed to see the Star Trek exhibit before it closed for the afternoon… D’oh!

This was my third WFC and the best one yet.