Jay Lake: Writer

[food|travel] Open dinner in Columbus, OH Friday, May 11th (repost)

Repost: I’ll be in Columbus, OH the second week in May on Day Jobbe business. Due to my meeting schedule, I’ll be spending Friday night there before flying home on Saturday morning. I’m declaring an Open Dinner in Columbus, at 6:30 pm on Friday, May 11th.

Per a suggestion from Scott, we’ll be meeting at Northstar Cafe at Easton, a short distance north of the airport. [ Google Maps ]

Please let me know in comments if you can attend. I’ll repost this a couple of times, along with restaurant info once I know what’s what. Doesn’t matter if we’re old friends, acquaintances, or we’ve never met. If you can read this and will be in the Columbus, OH area that day, you’re invited..

Tags:

Posted: 5:14 am Mon April 30 2012 | Comments(0) |

[travel] Off to Omaha again

I’m off to Omaha again. A bit short-slept, eager to be back on Their Currents Turn Awry after a weekend of cancer echoes and chest pain. We shall see. Blogging and email service may be irregular.

Whatever you’re doing this week, be well.

Tags: Books, Cancer, Currents, health, Omaha, Travel, Writing

Posted: 4:25 am Mon April 30 2012 | Comments(1) |

[food|travel] Open dinner in Columbus, OH Friday, May 11th

Looks like I’ll be in Columbus, OH the second week in May on Day Jobbe business. Due to my meeting schedule, I’ll be spending Friday night there before flying home on Saturday morning. I’m declaring an Open Dinner in Columbus, location TBA, at 6:30 pm on Friday, May 11th.

Please let me know in comments if you can attend. I’ll repost this a couple of times, along with restaurant info once I know what’s what. Doesn’t matter if we’re old friends, acquaintances, or we’ve never met. If you can read this and will be in the Columbus, OH area that day, you’re invited.

Watch this space for more details.

Tags: Food, Ohio, Travel

Posted: 6:54 am Sat April 28 2012 | Comments(5) |

[travel|food] Having fun in Newark, CA

Last night’s open dinner at the Bombay Garden here in Newark, CA, was fun. We had about a dozen people show up. LiveJournal is down as I draft this post, so I can’t check LJ to namecheck everybody by their Official Internet Handles, but there was good spread of folks from dear old friends to brand new acquaintances. Author Juliette Wade brought her kids, who at about 9 and 7 reminded me a great deal of me and my sister at their age. Editor Gabrielle Harbowy was there, with Mr. G.H. and her assistant F—. K—, T— M— and her husband, Springtime Creations and Mr. S.C., as well as Dave a/k/a Dad. (I hope to Ghu I didn’t leave anybody off…)

Food at the Bombay Garden was pretty good, the service could kindly be described as eccentric, but that didn’t matter. It was a good bunch of people, and we hung out in the restaurant for about 2.5 hours.

Walked for an hour this morning, now gearing up for a day of Day Jobbery. Flying home tonight. With luck, I’ll finish the current section of Their Currents Turn Awry on the plane.

Tags: Books, California, Currents, Food, friends, Sunspin, Travel, Writing

Posted: 6:39 am Wed April 25 2012 | Comments(0) |

[travel|food] Repost: Open dinner in Newark, CA (East Bay) April 24th (today)

I will be in the East Bay area today and tomorrow on business. I’m announcing an open dinner at the Bombay Garden in Newark, CA [ Google Maps ] at 6:30 pm tonight, Tuesday, April 24th.

Let me know in comments if you think you’ll be there so I have an approximate headcount. If you’ve already RSVP’ed, I don’t need you to RSVP again.

Tags: California, Food, Repost, Travel

Posted: 5:43 am Tue April 24 2012 | Comments(2) |

[travel] Heading to the Bay Area

I’m off later this morning to San Jose, and from there by car up to the East Bay area. Business meetings in connection to the Day Jobbe tomorrow there. I won’t be home til late tomorrow night, which makes me a tad grumpy, but there’s not much I can do about that except smile and fly.

Next month I am currently scheduled to be out of town 18 days. Plus the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival here in Portland taking up one of my weekends as well. Apparently when I am healthy, I am busy. Who knew?

And of course, June brings JayCon.

But for now, off to California.

Tags: Conventions, Personal, Travel, work

Posted: 5:42 am Tue April 24 2012 | Comments(0) |

[travel|food] Repost: Open dinner in Newark, CA (East Bay) April 24th

I will be in the East Bay area tomorrow on business. Apologies for the late notice, but I’m announcing an open dinner at the Bombay Garden in Newark, CA [ Google Maps ] at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, April 24th.

Let me know in comments if you think you’ll be there so I have an approximate headcount. If you’ve already RSVP’ed, I don’t need you to RSVP again.

I will be re-posting this Tuesday.

Tags: California, Food, Repost, Travel

Posted: 5:32 am Mon April 23 2012 | Comments(0) |

[travel|food] Open dinner in Newark, CA (East Bay) on Tuesday, April 24th

I will be in the East Bay area next Tuesday on business. I’m announcing an open dinner at the Bombay Garden in Newark, CA [ Google Maps ] at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, April 24th.

Let me know in comments if you think you’ll be there so I have an approximate headcount.

I will be re-posting this both Monday and Tuesday.

Tags: California, Food, Travel

Posted: 8:14 am Sat April 21 2012 | Comments(2) |

[travel|writing] Fly away, little bird

I am in the Omaha airport, getting ready to head home to Portland. Much distracted by putting a wrap on Calamity of So Long a Life today, including the edits oh so helpfully provided by the lovely and talented lizzyshannon. Also a little tight for time, so this here is all the bloggery you’re getting today.

This weekend: busy with some Time Off, as well as Doing Taxes. Sunday or Monday I’ll start in on Their Currents Turn Awry, Sunspin volume two, of which I already have about 60,000 words written.

Meanwhile, the airways beckon. Y’all play nice.

Tags: Books, Calamity, Currents, Omaha, Portland, Sunspin, Travel, Writing

Posted: 3:10 am Fri March 30 2012 | Comments(2) |

[personal|travel] In Omaha

I’m in Omaha for Day Jobbery. A nice dinner last night with garyomaha and elusivem. We talked about current writing projects and whatnot.

Speaking of current writing projects, I batted a lot of cleanup the past couple of days. A bunch of things went out the door, including short fiction submissions, materials for three book proposals, and some new Sekrit Projekt stuff. Kind of rocketing along here. I have a modest nonfiction request to deal with, then I’m back on Sunspin, probably tonight, starting with a re-read of Calamity of So Long a Life then hitting the draft of book two, Their Currents Turn Awry.

Also of note today is that I’ll be guest teaching a literature class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on my lunch hour. I’m looking forward to that, should be a lot of fun.

Tags: Books, Calamity, Currents, friends, Omaha, Personal, Sunspin, Travel, Writing

Posted: 5:03 am Tue March 27 2012 | Comments(0) |