Oh my! I'm researching about frost giants and a rotting girl named Hel when I should be leading some soldiers around a surreal otherworld. I think I've fallen in love with Norse Mythology.
Dead Sharp Bait was rejected by the Dead Bait anthology today (fabulous eight day response - I do love a quick turnaround), and I've now signed my zombie mermen up for another rejection in about 72 hours - I've sent it to Clarkesworld.
My abstinence from writing short stories only lasted a week. Though that's possibly a record.
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Blog: The Poisoned Apple (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Neil Gaiman (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Last night I introduced Stardust to the Swedes and did a Q&A after. Today I was interviewed by the Swedish press, then did a book-signing, and then I was given the "Finn the Giant" Award. In the crypt of the Cathedral at Lund. Beautiful live music was played, the legend of Finn the Giant was retold, and I was made the second person, following the unfollowable Terry Gilliam in 2005, to be honoured with the award.
In addition to a scroll, and flowers, I was given an amazing piece of art as my Award -- a portrait of me as a Saint, of sorts, all framed and ready to hang.
And then I left in the rain for the airport, happy to have met so many nice people and wishing I could stay longer in Lund.
....
Right. Here are the details of the upcoming Hay Festival London event...
Tuesday 2 October, 6pm
Neil Gaiman in conversation with Claire Armitstead, literary editor of the Guardian
The Criterion, Piccadilly
Book signing following the event.
The film of Stardust premieres in London on Wednesday 3 October. We have a pair of tickets to the premiere: all ticket-holders to the Hay Festival event at The Criterion will be entered into a draw and the winner announced at the book signing.
Tickets £5
Book at http://www.hayfestival.com/ or on 0870 990 1299.
Probably worth mentioning that the Criterion seats 600 people, which is slightly less than the last event in London, a year ago, so if you want to be sure that you can come, get tickets early.
This just came in from Japan...
Dear Neil
I am a Japanese fan who is dying to see Japanese release of Star Dust, coming this October. This is not exactly a question, but do you know about the special menues are available at Pascal Caffet and Shiseido Parlour (Both are famous sweets shops in Japan) in Yokohama Takashimaya while the department store is having photograph exhibition of Star Dust? Those menues are Star Dust Sweets Set (Pascal Caffet) and Star Dust Parfait (Shiseido Parlour).
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/yokohama/new3/index.html
Anyone who eats the menu will get a chance to win a pair of tickets of Star Dust. As your fan, I am wondering if I should take two hour trip to Yokohama to try both menues. (^^)
Kominami Mie
Hullo. Only if you like parfait and sweets, I would have thought. (I loved the website you linked to -- I'd not seen the Japanese Stardust poster before, and it makes me strangely happy that it has the Ghosts on it.)
Also, from it I learned that there's a whole Japanese Stardust website at:
http://www.stardustmovie.jp/top.html
In addition to which, late this afternoon I was told that...
On Friday, the 21st of September, at 6:30 in Japan, I will be doing a signing, at
Kadokawa Shoten
2-13-3 Fujimi,
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo
102-8177
Japan
(This is my publisher's office, by the way, not a bookshop. They were kind enough to agree to let me do a signing because I told them that people had been writing in to my blog from Japan and asking when I'd sign their books. So if you're in Japan, please come...)
...
Hi Neil
I thought you and your readers might like to know that the Mitch Benn podcast featuring an interview with you is now online - http://www.mitchbenn.com/podcasts/
Oh good. (I am now slightly less travel-weary than when I did the interview with Mitch, for those who worry about that sort of thing.)
...
Jonathan Ross's In Search of Steve Ditko documentary is broadcast in the UK this Sunday, on BBC4, and you can read what Jonathan has to say about it at http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2169000,00.html

Blog: Neil Gaiman (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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In the UK. I was in the car on the way from Gatwick to the hotel when the phone call came in asking if I could stop off in Soho to listen to the Stardust dub, being a fresh pair of ears, so we changed course and I soon found myself in a large room in DeLane Lea, sitting on a sofa while the film rolled and the music played (on the same sofa where, oddly enough, I'd been sitting about a month ago, while David Yates played clips with amazing whooshy sounds on the next Harry Potter film). I ate some sushi, not sure if it was a very early breakfast or just some lunch, had a cup of tea, and then, very impressed, nipped out to check in to the hotel and to meet Holly-who-is-in-the-Uk-too-right-now. Where I am now.
I watched the clips I'll be introducing tomorrow at the Hay festival. Got an email from Paramount telling me that Stardust now has a myspace account at http://www.myspace.com/stardustmovie and they want lots of friends. Discovered that some sort of error meant that last night's blog entry hasn't gone out as a feed. (Oh well.)
Right. Now back to the dub for a bit, then down to Hay. (Waves cheerfully.)
The Norse lore is pretty cool. My brother wanted to name his son Loki but his girlfriend won that battle.
I have books and books on mythology but have only ever dipped into Greek & Roman - wrists duly slapped.
Frost giants are instantly cool. I mean, well, they'd have to be. Cold, even.
That's too bad about your Dead Bait story, but maybe Clarksworld will love it!
Maybe... But then again maybe not.
Cool indeed. Mickey Rourke is into Norse mythology; his Chihuahua is named Loki.
Abstinence is for virgins. And we both know you've been with plenty of short stories ; )
Norse mythology is great for us dark fantasy folks. You will find a market for dead mermen, never fear.
Mary, I can't believe I wasted so much time with the Greeks. Damn Agamemnon.
Natalie - LOL!
Aaron - who could not love zombie mermen?
Zombie mermen - I love it!
Sorry about the rejection, but someone else will snap it up.
There are some great stories in Norse Mythos, told and to-be. I'm almost done with American Gods, and there are some prominent Norse gods scattered throughout.
Good luck with the story...I'm I think 0 and 2 with Clarkesworld.
Oh I love Viking lore - heck - I married one ;)
i never studied norse mythology only greek and roman, but the snippets i come across always enchant me. Your soldiers will be ok on their own a little longer.
It is a pretty a cool feeling when you go to research something for only a singlr item and end up getting sucked into the research, spending hours on it.
Also, zombie Mermen is an awesome concept!